Mount Athos, Monē Dionusiou, 168

Images: Library of Congress (fols. 42v–53r only)

Other descriptors(s): Lambros 3702; LOC numbers it “339 (old 168)”

Physical description: parchment, measurements not provided, 539 fols., 1 col.

Language(s): Greek

Date: 1603

Provenance: unknown; copyist Daniel Hieromonachos

Contents:

Protevangelium of James (fols. 74r–82r ~ only fol. 82r remains)

Encomium on John, by Nicetas of Paphlagonia

Encomium on Thomas, by Nicetas of Paphlagonia

Encomium on James, Son of Alphaeus, by Nicetas of Paphlagonia

Encomium on Luke, by Nicetas of Paphlagonia

Encomium on James the Brother of Jesus, by Nicetas of Paphlagonia

Encomium on Philip, by Nicetas of Paphlagonia

Encomium on Andrew, by Nicetas of Paphlagonia

Additional Contents: menologion for Sept. to Nov. with works by Andrew of Crete, John of Damascus, 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, pp. 492–95).

Lambros, Spyr. P. Catalogue of the Greek Manuscripts on Mount Athos, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1895 (vol. 1, p. 353).

Other online databases: Pinakes

Entry created by Tony Burke, York University, 6 October 2026.