Testamentum Salomonis ad Roboam filium suum
Standard abbreviation: T. Sol.
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Clavis numbers: CAVT 162; ECCA 811
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1. SUMMARY
Named historical figures and characters:
Geographical locations:
2. RESOURCES
2.1 Web Sites and Other Online Resources
2.2 Art and Iconography
3. BIBLIOGRAPHY
3.1 Manuscripts and Editions
3.1.1 Arabic
3.1.2 Greek (BHG 2389–2391)
3.1.2.1 Rainer Papyrus
Π Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, G 330 + 21390 + 29436 + 35939 (=P. Rainer Cent. 39) (6th/7th cent.)
3.1.2.2 Vita (BHG 2389)
D Mount Athos, Monē Dionysiou, 132, fols. 367r–374v (16th/17th cent.) ~ Pinakes
Unexamined manuscripts:
Athens, Ethnikē Bibliothēkē tēs Ellados, 472, fols. 164v–170r (18th cent.) ~ Pinakes
Athens, Ethnikē Bibliothēkē tēs Ellados, 1005, fols. 41v–54v (17th cent.) ~ Pinakes
Manchester, John Rylands University Library, gr. 24, fols. 1r–6v (17th cent.) ~ Pinakes
3.1.2.3 Recension A: Testamentum (BHG 2390)
H Oxford, Bodleian Library, Holkham gr. 82 (olim 99), fols. 201v–235r (16th cent.) ~ Pinakes
J Mount Sinai, Monē tēs Hagias Aikaterinēs, gr. 1979 (17th/18th cent.) ~ Pinakes
K Mount Athos, Monē Koutloumousiou, 148 (17th cent.) ~ Pinakes
I Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Sup. gr. 500, fols. 78–82 (16th cent.) ~ Pinakes; Gallica
L London, British Library, Harley 5596, fols. 7–41 (15th cent.) ~ Pinakes
Athens, Ethnikē Bibliothēkē tēs Ellados, 825 ~ excerpt in Delatte 233-38
3.1.2.4 Recension B
N Jerusalem, Patriarchē bibliothēkē, Hagiou Saba 422, fols. 49r–93v (16th cent.) ~ Pinakes
P Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, gr. 38, fols. 1–24 (16th cent.) ~ Pinakes; Gallica
Q Mount Athos, Skētē Agiou Andrea, 73, fols. 11–15 (15th cent.) ~ now lost
Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vat. gr. 1871, fols. 142v–147r (12th cent.) ~ excerpts; Pinakes; BAV
3.1.2.5 Recension C: Testamentum brevius (BHG 2391)
S Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, hist. gr. 108, fols. 167v and 361v (16th cent.) ~ Pinakes; images
T London, British Library, Harley 5596, fols. 7–41 (15th cent.) ~ Pinakes (listed as BHG 2390)
U Milan, Biblioteca Ambrosiana, H2 inf., fols. 233v and 252v (16th cent.) ~ Pinakes; images
V Bologna, Biblioteca Universitaria, 3632, fols. 436v–441v (15th cent.) ~ Pinakes; images
W Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, 2419, fols. 266v–270v (15th cent.) ~ Pinakes; Gallica
3.1.26 Bailey Recension
G Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vat. gr. 1700, fols. 80r–86v (1332–1333) ~ Pinakes; BAV
M Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Arch. Cap. S. Pietro C 154 (16th cent.) ~ Pinakes; DVL
F Sofia, Cʺrkovno-istoričeski i arhiven institut, 881, fols. 217r–231v (1619–1620) ~ terminates at 23:3; Pinakes
3.1.2.7 Modern Greek
E Jerusalem, Patriarchē bibliothēkē, Hagiou Saba 290, fols. 177v–191r (18th cent.); pub McCown 123-26 and in Pedersen; Pinakes
Athens, Ethnikē Bibliothēkē tēs Ellados, 1894, fols. 19r–40v (1792) ~ Pinakes
Bailey, Ryan. “Greek Manuscripts of the Testament of Solomon in the Bibliotheca Apostolica Vaticana.” Pages 170–212 in The Embroidered Bible: Studies in Biblical
Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha in Honour of Michael E. Stone. Edited by L. DiTommaso, M. Henze, and W. Adler. Leiden: Brill, 2017.
Delatte, A. Anecdota Atheniensia I: Textes grecs inédits relatifs à l’histoire des religions. Liége/Paris: Imp. H. Vaillant-Carmanne/Édouard Champion, 1927 (editiones princeps of Athens 1894, pp. 211–27; and Athens 825, pp. 233–38).
Fleck, F. F. Wissenschaftliche Reise durch das südliche Deutschland, Italien, Sicilien und Frankreich. Vol. II.3 Leipzig: Verlag von Joh. Αmbr. Βarth., 1837 (editio princeps of P, pp. 110–40).
Gradel, Ittai, and Nils Arne Pedersen. The Lost Novel of King Solomon and the Demons: New Evidence on the Testament of Solomon in Antiquity. Parabiblica 5. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2025 (translation from Conybeare, pp. 195–220; G with readings from F, pp. 222–38; D pp. 241-48; E pp. 249–57; OHV from BL 14484 pp. 258–59 with images and ed. pp. 260–67).
Istrin, V. M. Griečeski spiski zabesania Solomona. Odessa, 1898 (editiones princeps of D, I, and Q).
McCown, C. C. The Testament of Solomon edited from Manuscripts at Mount Athos, Bologna, Holkham Hall, Jerusalem, London, Milan, Paris and Vienna. Leipzig: Hinrichs, 1922.
3.2 Modern Translations
3.2.1 English
Conybeare, F. C. (ed.) “The Testament of Solomon.” JQR 11 (1898): 1–45 (English translation of edition of P by Fleck).
3.3 General Works
