Messina, Biblioteca Regionale Universitaria ‘Giacomo Longo’, San Salvatoris 3

Images: BRUM

Other shelfmark(s): none

Physical description: parchment, 355 × 275 mm., 306 fols., 2 cols.; comprised of three codices: fols. 1–215, 216–292, 293–306.

Language(s): Greek

Date: 1141 (cod. 1); 12th cent. (cods. 2 and 3)

Provenance: unknown

Contents:

Martyrdom of Mark (fols. 69v–73r)

Passion of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul (fols. 117r–132r)

Homilies on the Dormition of the Virgin, by John of Damascus (Homily 2; fols. 271r–282v)

Additional Contents: 4 Maccabees, works by Cyril of Alexandria, Andrew of Crete, John Chrysostom, and others.

Catalogs:

Ehrhard, Albert. Uberlieferung und Bestand der hagiographischen und homiletischen Literatur der griechischen Kirche von den Anfängen bis zum Ende des 16. Jahrhunderts. 3 vols. TU 50–52. Leipzig: Hinrichs, 1937–1952 (vol. 1, pp. 315–17; vol. 2, pp. 192–94).

Delahaye, Hippolyte. “Catalogus Codicum Hagiographicorum Graecorum Monasterii S. Salvatoris nunc Bibliothecae Universitatis Messanensis.” Anboll 42 (1904): 19–75 (pp. 20–22)

Mancini, Augusto. Codices graeci Monasterii Messanesis S. Salvatoris. Messina: Typis D’Amico, 1907 (pp. 6–11).

Other online databases: Pinakes; Manus Online

Entry created by Tony Burke, York University ([email protected]), 23 March 2021.