Images: Gallica
Physical description: parchment, 37.5 × 27 cm, 202 fols., 2 col.
Language: Greek
Date: copied in 1342/1343 by Michael Balsamos
Provenance: unknown
Contents:
Martyrdom of Ananias (fols. 5r–5v)
1 Apocryphal Apocalypse of John (fols. 6r–6v, 17r–17v; beginning missing)
Protevangelium of James (fols. 8r–8v; partial)
Acts of Thomas (fols. 9r–10v; partial)
Miracle of Michael the Archangel at Chonae (fols. 18r–21r)
Encomium on Philip (fols. 28v–31r)
Epistle of the Presbyters and Deacons of Achaia (fols. 37r–41r)
Passion of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul (fols. 114r–117v, 120r–121v)
Homily on the Dormition of the Virgin by John of Thessalonica (fols. 144v–150v)
Additional contents: hagiographa; Martyrdom of James, the Brother of the Lord (excerpt from Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 2.23); works of John Chrysostom, Gregory of Nazianzenus, and others.
Catalogs:
Devreesse, Robert. Bibliothèque Catalogue des manuscrits grecs, II: Le Fonds Coislin. Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, 1945 (pp. 111–16).
Ehrhard, Albert. Uberlieferung und Bestand der hagiographischen und homiletischen Literatur der griechischen Kirche von den Anfängen bis zum Ende des 16. Jahhunderts. 3 vols. TU 50–52. Leipzing: Hinrichs, 1937–1952 (vol. 1, pp. 203–10).
Montfaucon, Bernard. Bibliotheca Coisliniana olim Segueriana. Paris: Ludovicus Guerin & Carolus Robustel, 1715 (pp. 195–97).
Other online databases: Pinakes
Entry created by Tony Burke, York University ([email protected]), 27 May 2017.