Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, gr. 770

Images: Gallica

Former shelfmark: Colbert 2493

Physical description: parchment, 27 × 21 cm., 268 fols., 2 col.

Language(s): Greek

Date: 1315

Provenance: copied by George the priest and registrar (fol. 263r)

Contents:

Acts of Pilate (fols. 7r–20v)

Narrative of Joseph of Arimathea (fols. 20v–25r)

Report of Pontius Pilate (fols. 25r–27v)

Handing Over of Pontius Pilate (fols. 27v–29r)

Martyrdom of Andrew (fols. 43v–46r)

Dormition of the Virgin by the Apostle John (fols. 257r–263v)

Decapitation of John the Forerunner (fols. 264r–268r)

Additional Contents: martyrdoms, homilies of John Chrysostom and others.

Catalogs:

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. 3, p. 761).

Halkin, François. Manuscripts grecs de Paris: Inventaire hagiographique. Subsidia Hagiographica 44. Brussels: Société des Bollandists, 1968 (pp. 66–67).

Omont, Henri A. and Hagiographi Bollandiani. Catalogus codicum hagiographicorum Graecorum Bibliothecae Nationalis Parisiensis. Brussels: Société des Bollandists, 1896 (pp. 33–35).

Other online databases: Pinakes

Entry created by Tony Burke, York University ([email protected]), 15 April 2017.