Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, gr. 881

Images: Gallica

Other shelfmark(s): Colbert 703

Physical description: parchment, 28.5 × 19.2 cm, 359 fols., 2 col.

Language: Greek

Date: 10th cent.

Provenance: unknown

Contents:

Acts of John by Prochorus (fols. 204r–212v)

Martyrdom of Stephen (fols. 213r–222r)

Dormition of Luke (fols. 279r–280r)

Epistle of the Presbyters and Deacons of Achaea (fols. 282v–291r)

Acts of Matthew (fols. 291v–300v)

Martyrdom of James, Brother of the Lord (Greek) (fols. 300v–302v)

Discovery of John the Baptist’s Head (fols. 302v–310r)

Martyrdom of Mark (fols. 310r–313v)

Acts of Thomas (fols. 313v–330r)

Martyrdom of Philip (fols. 330v–348v)

Acts of Andrew and Matthias (fols. 348v–360v)

Additional contents: works of Antiochus Monachus and Nilus of Sinai, hagiographa of Pachomius.

Catalogs:

Bovon, François, Bertrand Bouvier, and Frédéric Amsler, eds. Acta Philippi: Textus. CCSA 11. Turnhout: Brepols, 1999 (pp. xii–xxiii).

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. 894).

Omont, Henri A. Inventaire sommaire des manuscrits grecs de la Bibliothèque nationale et des autres bibliothèques de Paris et des départements. 4 vols. 1886–1888. Paris: E. Leroux, 1898 (p. 165).

Omont, Henri A. and Hagiographi Bollandiani. Catalogus codicum hagiographicorum Graecorum Bibliothecae Nationalis Parisiensis. Brussels: Société des Bollandists, 1896 (pp. 47–48).

Other online databases: Pinakes

Entry created by Tony Burke, York University ([email protected]), 10 April 2017.