Angers, Bibliothèque municipale, 281

Images: BVMM

Other shelfmark(s): olim 272

Physical description: parchment, 330 × 240 mm, 164 fols., 1 col.

Language: Latin

Date: 11th

Provenance: Bavaria or Hesse

Contents:

Apostolic Histories (Virtutes apostolorum), including:

Miracles of Andrew by Gregory of Tours, combined with the Passion of Andrew (fols. 65^r–84^v)

Miracles of Thomas (fols. 84^v–99^v)

Acts of John (Latin) (fols. 99^v–115^v)

Passion of James, Brother of the Lord (fols. 115^v–118^r)

Acts of Philip (Latin) (fols. 118^r–119^r)

Martyrdom of Mark (fols. 119^r–122^r)

Passion of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul (Ps.-Marcellus) (fols. 122^v–133^v)

Passion of James, Son of Zebedee (fols. 134^r–138^v)

Passion of Bartholomew (fols. 139^r–144^v)

Passion of Matthew (fols. 144^v–154^v)

Passion of Simon and Jude (fols. 154^v–167^v)

Additional contents: a homiliary for the winter (fols. 1^r–65^r).

Catalogs:

Bischoff, Bernhard. Katalog der festländischen Handschriften des neuenten Jahrhunderts. Teil 1: Aachen–Lambach. Wiesbaden: Otto Harassowitz, 1998 (vol. 1, p. 21)

Molinier, Auguste. Catalogue général des manuscrits des bibliothèques publiques de France. Vol. 31: Lyon–Trie-sur-Baïse. Paris: Plon, 1898 (Angers, pp. 189–618, at p. 279).

Rose, Els. “Abdias scriptor vitarum sanctorum apostolorum? The ‘Collection of Pseudo-Abdias’ reconsidered.” Revue d’Histoire des Textes 8 (2013): 227–68 (p. 254).

Other online databases: Biblissima; Initiale

Entry created by Tony Burke, York University ([email protected]), 7 August 2023.