Images: not yet digitized
Physical description: rebound from three separate codices:
I (fols. 1–227): paper, 50 × 34 cm, 227 fols., 2 cols.; lacking leaves at the beginning and after fol. 59, 209, 211, 213, 214, 215, 221, 222, 223, and 226
II (fol. 228): paper, 50 × 32 cm, 1 fol., 3 cols.
III (fols. 229–237): paper, 50 × 34 cm, 9 fols., 2 cols.
Language(s): Syriac
Date: 12th/13th cent.
Provenance: Deir al-Suryan
Contents:
Six-Books Dormition of the Virgin (fols. 2v–16r)
Martyrdom of Peter (fos. 223r–224r) ~ fragment
Martyrdom of Paul (fols. 224r–225v) ~ lacks beginning
Martyrdom of Luke (fols. 225v–227r)
Additional Contents: codex I originally contained 70 lives of holy men and holy women (listed in the table of contents) but now only 15 remain; discourse of Jacob of Batnae on Isaiah (II); works by John Chrysostom, and Isaac of Nineveh (III).
Catalogs:
Wright, William. Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired Since the Year 1838. 3 vols. London: British Museum, 1870 (fols. 1–227 in vol. 3, pp. 1141–46).
Wright, William. Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired Since the Year 1838. 3 vols. London: British Museum, 1870 (fol. 228 in vol. 2, p. 517; fols. 229–37 in vol. 2, p. 867).
Other online databases: none
Entry created by Tony Burke, York University ([email protected]), 2 May 2021.