Chicago, University of Chicago, Joseph Regenstein Library, 938

Images: Regenstein Library

Former shelfmark(s): Goodspeed Ms. Grk. 43

Physical description: parchment, 341 × 245 mm., 225 fols., 2 col.

Language(s): Greek

Date: 11th/12th cent.

Provenance: Constantinople

Contents:

Symeon Metaphrastes, Menologion for the month of September, featuring:

Protevangelium of James (fols. 59v–68r)

Acts of Cornelius (fols. 94v–102r)

Martyrdom of Thecla, by Symeon Metaphrastes (fols. 162r–173v)

Hypomnema on John, by Symeon Metaphrastes (fols. 181v–191v)

Additional Contents: saints’ lives and martyrdoms.

Catalogs/Studies:

Parvis, Merrill Mead. The Story of the Goodspeed Collection. Chicago: s.n., 1952 (p. 24).

Faye, C. U., and W. H. Bond. Supplement to the Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada. New York: Bibliographical Society of America, 1962 (p. 162).

Other online databases: Pinakes

Entry created by Tony Burke, York University ([email protected]), 17 December 2020.