Mount Sinai, Monē tēs Hagias Aikaterinēs, gr. 1897

Images: Library of Congress

Physical description: paper, 20.5 × 13 cm, 205 fols., 1 col.

Language(s): Greek

Date: 14th cent.

Provenance: unknown

Contents:

Dormition of the Virgin by the Apostle John (fols. 158v–170r)

Homily on the Dormition of the Virgin, by John of Thessalonica (fols. 176r–184v)

Additional Contents: hagiographical works by John Chrysostom, Ephrem Graecus, and others.

Catalogs:

Beneševic, V. N. Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum graecorum qui in monasterio Sanctae Catharinae in Monte Sina asservantur. 3 vols. 1911–1917. Repr., Hildesheim: Georg Olms, 1965 (vol. 3.1, pp. 263–64).

Ehrhard, Albert. Uberlieferung und Bestand der hagiographischen und homiletischen Literatur der griechischen Kirche von den Anfängen bis zum Ende des 16. Jahrhunderts. 3 vols. TU 50–52. Leipzig: Hinrichs, 1937–1952 (vol. 3, p. 764).

Kamil, Murad. Catalogue of all Manuscripts in the Monastery of St. Catherine on Mount Sinai. Wiesbaden: Harassowitz, 1970 (p. 93, no. 789).

Other online databases: Pinakes

Entry created by Tony Burke, York University, 5 November 2026.