Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, gr. 1556

Images: Gallica

Former shelf number(s): Reg. 2444

Physical description: parchment, 35.1 × 30 cm, 351 fols., 2 col.

Language: Greek

Date: 14th/15th cent.

Provenance: unknown

Contents:

Acts of Andrew and Matthias (fols. 1r–11r)

Homilies I–III on the Dormition of the Virgin, by Andrew of Crete (fols. 126v–133r)

Acts of Thomas (fols. 138r–141v)

Additional contents: Testament of Abraham (CAVT 6593), various hagiographies and martyrdoms.

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. Leipzig: Hinrichs, 1937–1952 (vol. 3, pp. 240–41).

Halkin, François. Manuscripts grecs de Paris: Inventaire hagiographique. Subsidia hagiographica 44. Brussels: Société des Bollandists, 1968 (pp. 211–12).

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 (vol. 2, pp. 94–95).

Omont, Henri A. and Hagiographi Bollandiani. Catalogus codicum hagiographicorum Graecorum Bibliothecae Nationalis Parisiensis. Brussels: Société des Bollandists, 1896 (pp. 263–65).

Other online databases: Pinakes; Biblissima

Entry created by Tony Burke, York University, 21 July 2026.