Cairo, Coptic Museum, 25

Other shelfmark(s): Graf 720; Macomber CMB11-8

Physical description: paper, 23 × 14 cm., 226 fols., 1 col.; includes several illustrations (1^v, 8^v, 9^r, 21^v–22^r, 22^v, 45^v, 56^v, 123^v–124^r, 142^v, 155^v, 174^v)

Language(s): Arabic

Date: 1687

Provenance: copied for the deacon Simaikah, servant of the Church of the Virgin Mary in Al-Mu‘allaqah (fol. 214^v)

Contents:

Homily on the Entry of the Virgin into the Temple, by Pseudo-Cyril of Jerusalem (fols. 9^v–20^r)

Homily on the Dormition of the Virgin, by Pseudo-Cyril of Alexandria (fols. 125^r–142^r)

Homily on the Assumption of the Virgin, by Pseudo-Cyril of Alexandria (fols. 143^r–154^v)

Lament of the Virgin (fols. 156^r–173^v)

Martyrdom of Pilate (fols. 175^r–196^r)

Homily of Zacharias on the Flight to Egypt (fols. 198^r–214^r)

Additional Contents: additional homilies on and miracle stories of the Virgin.

Catalogs:

Macomber, William F. Final Inventory of the Microfilmed Manuscripts of the Coptic Museum, Old Cairo, Egypt. 4 vols. Provo, UT: Brigham Young University, 1995 (vol. 3; no pagination).

Other online databases: none

Entry created by Tony Burke, York University ([email protected]), 23 December 2019.