Edgbaston, University of Birmingham, Mingana Christ. Arab. 84

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Physical description: paper, 218 × 157 mm, 149 fols.

Language(s): Arabic

Date: ca. 1780

Provenance: unknown; believed to be a copy of Mingana Christ. Arab. 87b

Contents:

Acts of John by Prochorus (fols. 1^v–10^v)

Preaching of Philip (fols. 11^r–14^v)

Preaching of Bartholomew (fols. 15^r–19^v; pagination includes Martyrdom of Bartholomew)

Acts of Thomas and His Wonderworking Skin (fols. 19^v–30^r)

Acts of Matthew in the City of the Priests (fols. 30^r–36^v)

Preaching of Judas Thaddaeus (fols. 36^v–40^v)

Preaching of James, Brother of the Lord (fols. 40^v–42^r)

Martyrdom of James, Brother of the Lord (fols. 42^r–44^v)

Martyrdom of Mark (fols. 44^v–48^r)

Martyrdom of Luke (fols. 48^r–51^r)

Preaching of Paul in the City of Ignorance (=History of the Contending of Paul 13) (fols. 51^r–59^r)

Acts of Andrew and Matthias (fols. 60^v–67^v)

Story of Peter and Paul in Rome (fols. 67^v–82^r)

Acts of Andrew and Philemon (fols. 82^r–89^v)

Additional Contents: additional hagiographies, assorted miracles of the Virgin, a history of Mount Sinai, and other treatises and tales.

Catalogs:

Bausi, Alessandro. “Alcune osservazioni sul Gadla ḥawāryāt.” Annali dell’Istituto Orientale di Napoli 60–61 (2001–2002): 77–114 (discussion, p. 100).

Graf, Georg. Geschichte der christlichen arabischen Literatur. 5 vols. Rome: Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, 1944 (discussion, vol. 1, p. 262).

Mingana, Alphonse. Catalogue of the Mingana Collection of Manuscripts Now in the Possession of the Trustees of the Woodbrooke Settlement, Selly Oak, Birmingham. 3 vols. Cambridge: W. Heffer & Sons, Ltd., 1936 (vol. 2, pp. 130–33).

Other online databases: University of Birmingham, Mingana Collection

Entry created by Tony Burke, York University ([email protected]), 24 October 2020.