Images: Gallica (Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Copte 12918, fol. 95)
Other shelf number(s): none
Physical description: parchment, 255 × 315 mm., 2 cols.
Language: Coptic (Sahidic)
Date: 10th/11th cent.
Provenance: copied in Toutōn; transferred to White Monastery
Reconstructed Contents (all contain the Historia Sacra):
pp. 49–64: Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Copte 1313, fols. 3–10 ~ Gallica
pp. 83–92: Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Copte 1313, fols. 11–15 ~ Gallica
pp. 129–130: London, British Library, Or. 3581 A(69)
pp. 153–154: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan Library, 158.28
[pp. 174–175]: Cairo, Coptic Museum, Munier 9278
pp. 175–176: London, British Library, Or. 3581 A (85)
pp. 177–178: Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Copte 12918, fol. 95 ~ Gallica
pp. 181–184: Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Copte 12918, fols. 96–97 ~ Gallica
Unplaced fragments:
Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Copte 1313, fol. 25 ~ Gallica
Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Copte 1313, fol. 16 ~ Gallica
Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, K9785 ~ ONB
Naples, Biblioteca Nazionale Vittorio Emanuele III, IB 14.44–47
Additional contents: none
Catalogs/Editions:
Buzi, Paulo. Catalogo dei manoscritti copti Borgiani conservati presso la Biblioteca “Vittorio Emanuele III” di Napoli, con un profilo scientifico del cardinale Stefano Borgia e Georg Zoega. Accademia dei Lincei Classe di scienze Morali, Storiche e Filologiche – Memorie XXV.1. Rome: Bardi, 2009 (description of the Naples fragment, pp. 295–96).
Crum, Walter E. Catalogue of the Coptic Manuscripts in the British Museum. London: British Museum, 1905 (descriptions of Or. 3581 A(69), p. 108, and Or. 3581 A(85), p. 115).
Munier, Henri. Catalogue Général des Antiquités Égyptiennes du Musée du Caire, nos. 9201–9304. Manuscrits Coptes. Cairo: IFAO, 1916 (description and edition of Cairo 9278, pp. 132–33).
Winstedt, Eric O. “Addenda to ‘Some Coptic Apocryphal Legends.’” JTS 10 (1909): 389–412 (publication of the Naples fragment and BNF Copte 12918, fols. 95–97 with English translation).
_____. “Some Coptic Apocryphal Legends.” JTS 9 (1907–1908): 372–86. (publication of BL Or. 3581 A(85) and BNF Copt. 1313, fols. 3–14 with English translation).
Zoega, Georgio. Catalogus codicum Copticorum manu scriptorum. Rome: Sacra Congregatio de Propaganda Fide, 1810. Rep. Hildesheim: Olms, 1973 (description of the Naples fragment, p. 633).
Other online databases: PAThs entry
Entry created by Tony Burke, York University ([email protected]), 20 May 2023.