Cairo, Coptic Catholic Patriarchate Library, Hist. 16

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Other shelfmark(s): Graf 497

Physical description: paper, measurements not provided, 279fols., 1 col.

Language(s): Arabic

Date: 15th cent.

Provenance: unknown

Contents: folio numbers not provided

Preaching of Peter to Faustus 

Martyrdom of Peter

Preaching of Paul on the Island of Hypocrisy (similar to History of the Contending of Paul 14)

Acts of Andrew and Philemon 

Acts of Andrew and Bartholomew

Martyrdom of Andrew

Preaching of James, Son of Zebedee 

Martyrdom of James, Son of Zebedee 

Acts of John by Prochorus

Dormition of John

Preaching of Philip

Martyrdom of Philip 

Preaching of Bartholomew 

Martyrdom of Bartholomew

Acts of Thomas (Preaching [=Acts of Thomas and His Wonderworking Skin]; Martyrdom)

Acts of Matthew in the City of the Priests

Martyrdom of Matthew

Martyrdom of James, Son of Alphaeus

Preaching of Simon the Canaanite

Martyrdom of Simon the Canaanite

Preaching of Judas Thaddaeus

Acts of Andrew and Matthias

Martyrdom of Matthias

Preaching of James, Brother of the Lord 

Martyrdom of James, Brother of the Lord 

Martyrdom of Mark

Martyrdom of Luke

Preaching of Paul in the City of Ignorance (=History of the Contending of Paul 13)

Additional Contents: none

Catalogs:

Bausi, Alessandro. “Alcune osservazioni sul Gadla ḥawāryāt.” Annali dell’Istituto Orientale di Napoli 60–61 (2001–2002): 77–114 (discussion, p. 99).

Graf, Georg. Catalogue de manuscrits arabes chrétiens conservés au Caire. Studie et testi 63. Vatican: Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, 1934 (p. 190).

online-bulletGraf, Georg. Geschichte der christlichen arabischen Literatur. 5 vols. Rome: Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, 1944 (discussion, vol. 1, p. 261).

Simaika, Marcus, and Yassa ‘Abd al Masiḥ. Catalogue of the Coptic and Arabic Manuscripts in the Coptic Museums, the Patriarchate, the Principal Churches of Cairo and Alexandria and the Monasteries of Egypt. 3 vols. Cairo: Government Press, 1939–1942 (vol. 2, pp. 274–75).

Other online databases: none

Entry created by Tony Burke, York University ([email protected]), 11 November 2020.