Dublin, Trinity College, 737

Images: not online

Other shelfmark(s): olim G.4.16

Physical description: parchment, 226 × 174 mm, i+126 fols., 1 col.

Language: Latin

Date: 9th cent.; portions in 12th cent. (fols. 1–8, 108–109, 123, 126v)

Provenance: Bavaria or Hesse

Contents:

Martyrdom of the Blessed Apostle Paul by Pseudo-Linus (BHL 6572; fols. 1v–8v)

Apostolic Histories (Virtutes apostolorum), including:

Passion of Peter (fols. 9r–15v)

Passion of Paul (fols. 15v–19v)

Hymn of Peter and Paul (fols. 19v–20r)

Passion of James, Brother of the Lord (fols. 20r–23r)

Acts of Philip (Latin) (fols. 23r–24v)

Miracles of Andrew by Gregory of Tours, combined with the Passion of Andrew (fols. 24v–52v)

Passion of James, Son of Zebedee (fols. 52v–58r)

Acts of John (Latin) (fols. 58r–79r)

Miracles of Thomas (fols. 79v–99v)

Passion of Bartholomew (Latin) (fols. 99v–106v)

Passion of Matthew (fols. 106v–116v)

Passion of Simon and Jude (fols. 116v–126v)

Acts of Barnabas (fol. 126v)

Additional contents: none.

Catalogs:

Bischoff, Bernhard. Katalog der festländischen Handschriften des neuenten Jahrhunderts. Teil 1: Aachen–Lambach. Wiesbaden: Otto Harassowitz, 1998 (vol. 1, p. 226)

Colker, Marvin L. Trinity College Library Dublin: Descriptive Catalogue of the Medieval and Renaissance Latin Manuscripts. 2 vols. Aldershot: Scolar Press, 1991 (vol. 1, pp. 1169–72).

Grosjean, Paul. “Codicum Hagiographicorum Latinorum: Bibliothecarum Dubliniensium.” AnBoll 46 (1928): 81–148 (pp. 107–108).

Krämer, Sigrid. Handschriftenerbe des deutschen Mittelalters. 3 vols. Munich: Beck, 1989–1990 (vol. 2, p. 683).

Rose, Els. “Abdias scriptor vitarum sanctorum apostolorum? The ‘Collection of Pseudo-Abdias’ reconsidered.” Revue d’Histoire des Textes 8 (2013): 227–68 (pp. 255–56).

Other online databases: Trinity College

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