Cambridge, Trinity College, R. 13. 49

Images: Trinity College

Other shelfmark(s): none

Physical description: paper, size nor provided, 129 fols., 1 col. (three hands: fols. 1–13, 14–29 (smaller but similar to the first), 30–129 (from a separate book).

Language: Arabic (Garšūnī)

Date: 16th cent.

Provenance: Al Yamuma; scribe identified as Yāqūb ibn Darī.

Contents:

Apocalypse of Paul (fols. 14r–29v; first page missing)

Protevangelium of James (fols. 30r–42r; first page missing)

Six-Books Dormition of the Virgin (fols. 42v–73v)

1 Apocryphal Apocalypse of John (fols. 100r–108r)

Book of the Rolls (fols. 108v–118r; excerpt only; one page missing between 113 and 114)

Additional contents: Story of St. Archelides, Story of Paul the Monk, Testament of Adam (fols. 118v–129v; ending lost).

Catalogs:

Palmer, E. H. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Arabic, Persian, and Turkish Manuscripts in the Library of Trinity College, Cambridge. Cambridge: Deighton, Bell, & Co., 1870 (pp. 130–37).

Other online databases: none

Entry created by Tony Burke (York University) and Slavomír Čéplö (Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften), 27 April 2026.