Florence, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze, Magl. III 29

Images: BNCF

Physical description: paper, measurements not provided, 216 fols., 1 col.

Language(s): Arabic

Date: ante 1664

Provenance: unknown

Contents:

Preaching of Peter to Faustus (fols. 2^v–18^v)

Martyrdom of Peter (fols. 19^r–23^r)

Martyrdom of Paul (fols. 23^r–26^r)

Acts of Andrew and Philemon (fols. 26^v–39^v)

Acts of Andrew and Bartholomew (fols. 40^r–61^r)

Martyrdom of Andrew (fols. 61^v–65^r)

Preaching of James, Son of Zebedee (fols. 65^v–71^v)

Martyrdom of James, Son of Zebedee (fols. 72^r–74^v)

Acts of John by Prochorus (fols. 75^r–97^v)

Dormition of John (fols. 98^r–104^v)

Preaching of Philip (fols. 105^r–111^v)

Martyrdom of Philip (fols. 111^v–115^v)

Preaching of Bartholomew (fols. 116^r–124^r)

Martyrdom of Bartholomew (fols. 124^r–127^v)

Acts of Thomas (Preaching [=Acts of Thomas and His Wonderworking Skin], fols. 128^r–145^r; Martyrdom, fols. 145^v–151^v)

Acts of Matthew in the City of the Priests (fols. 152^r–163^r)

Martyrdom of Matthew (fols. 163^v–167^v)

Martyrdom of James, Son of Alphaeus (fols. 168^r–169^r)

Preaching of Simon the Canaanite (fols. 169^v–172^r)

Martyrdom of Simon the Canaanite (fols. 172^v–174^r)

Preaching of Judas Thaddaeus (fols. 174^v–182^r)

Acts of Andrew and Matthias (fols. 182^v–197^r)

Martyrdom of Matthias (fols. 197^v–200^v)

Preaching of Paul in the City of Ignorance (=History of the Contending of Paul 13; fols. 201^r–216^r)

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. 98).

Buonazia, Lupo. “Catalogo dei codici arabi della Biblioteca Nazionale di Firenze.” Pages 257–97 in vol. 3 of Catalogho dei codici orientali di alcune biblioteche d’Italia. Edited by Gustavo Sacerdote. Florence: Tipografia dei successori Le Monnier, 1886 (pp. 274–75).

Other online databases: none

Entry created by Tony Burke, York University ([email protected]), 2 November 2020.