Images: DigiVatLib (Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vat. Borg. copt. 109, cass. xxv, fasc. 127, fol. 6); see additional links below
Other shelf number(s): none
Physical description:
Language: Coptic (Sahidic)
Date: ca. 10th–12th cent.
Provenance: White Monastery
Reconstructed Contents:
pp. 7–8: Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Copte 1321, fol. 26 (Preaching of Peter to Faustus) ~ Gallica
pp. ?–?: Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Copte 12918, fol. 94 (Passion of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul (Ps.-Marcellus)) ~ Gallica
pp. ?–?: London, British Library, Or. 3581 B(10) (Dormition of John)
pp. ?–?: Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, K 9575 (Acts of Andrew and Philemon) ~ ONB
pp. ?–?: Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vat. Borg. copt. 109, cass. xxv, fasc. 127, fol. 8 (Acts of Andrew and Philemon) ~ DigiVatLib
pp. 63–64: Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Copte 12918, fol. 160 (Martyrdom of Andrew, pp. 63–64; beginning of Preaching of Philip, 64) ~ Gallica
pp. [66]–67: London, British Library, Or. 3581 B(27) (olim Or. 3581 B[24]) (Preaching of Philip)
pp. 69–76: Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Copte 12918, fols. 102–105 (Preaching of Philip, pp. 69–75; Martyrdom of Philip, pp. 75–76) ~ Gallica
pp. [77]–78: London, British Library, Or. 3581 B(3) (Martyrdom of Philip, p. 77; Preaching of Bartholomew, pp. 77–78)
pp. 79–80: Cairo, IFAO, Copte 087 (Preaching of Bartholomew)
pp. 97–98: Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Copte 12918, fol. 139 (Preaching of James, Son of Zebedee) ~ Gallica
pp. 101–110: Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vat. Borg. copt. 109, cass. xxv, fasc. 127, fols. 1–5 (Preaching of James, Son of Zebedee, pp. 101–108; Martyrdom of James, Son of Zebedee, pp. 108–10; Acts of Thomas and His Wonderworking Skin, p. 110) ~ DigiVatLib
pp. [145]–146/9: Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Copte 12918, fol. 111 (Martyrdom of Thomas) ~ Gallica
pp. 149–150: Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Copte 12918, fol. 91 (Martyrdom of Thomas) ~ Gallica
pp. 163–164: Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vat. Borg. copt. 109, cass. xxv, fasc. 127, fol. 6 (Martyrdom of James, Brother of the Lord, p. 163–164; Preaching of Simon the Canaanite, p. 164) ~ DigiVatLib
pp. 173–174: Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vat. Borg. copt. 109, cass. xxv, fasc. 127, fol. 7 (Martyrdom of Simon the Canaanite, p. 173; Preaching of Judas Thaddaeus, pp. 173–174) ~ DigiVatLib
pp. 179–180: Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, K 9399 (Preaching of Judas Thaddaeus)
pp. [205]–206: Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, K 9576 (Acts of Andrew and Matthias) ~ ONB
Additional contents: none
Catalogs/Editions:
Crum, Walter E. Catalogue of the Coptic Manuscripts in the British Museum. London: British Museum, 1905 (text of BL Or. 3581 B(10), p. 130; text of Or. 3581 B(27[24]), pp. 138–39; Or. 3581 B(3), pp. 126–27).
Guidi, Ignazio. “Frammenti copti. Nota I.” Atti della Reale Accademia dei Lincei ser. 4, 3.1 (1887): 47–63 (edition of Vat. Borg. copt. 109, fols. 1–7, on pp. 54–63).
Guidi, Ignazio. “Frammenti copti. Nota IIa.” Atti della Reale Accademia dei Lincei ser. 4, 3.2 (1888): 19–35 (edition of Vat. Borg. copt. 109, fol. 8, on pp. 19–20).
Lemm, Oscar von. “Kleine koptische Studien I–IX.” Bulletin de l’Académie impériale des sciences de St.-Pétersbourg ser. 5, 10 (1899): 403–34 (partial edition of MONB.DM 71–72 and partial re-edition of CLM 2880, fol. 5r, pp. 433–34).
Lucchesi, Enzo. “Contribution codicologique au corpus copte des actes apocryphes des apôtres.” Pages 7–24 in Paul-Hubert Poirier, La version copte de la Prédication et du Martyre de Thomas. Subsidia Hagiographica 67. Brussels: Société des Bollandistes, 1984 (reconstruction of codex [=Codex B], pp. 12–14; edition of the Preaching of Thomas material, text pp. 51–54, trans., pp. 94–96).
Lucchesi, Enzo, and J.-M. Prieur. “Fragments coptes des Acts d’André et Matthias et d’André et Barthélemy.” AnBoll 96 (1978): 339–50 (edition and French translation of Vienna K 9576, pp. 343–47).
Miroshnikov, Ivan. “The Coptic Versions of the Acts of Andrew and Matthias (CANT 236), with an Edition of IFAO Copte Inv. 132.” Mus 132 (2019): 291–328 (description of the manuscript, p. 293).
__________. “The Coptic Martyrdom of Andrew.” Apocrypha 29 (2018): 9–28 (edition and translation of the Coptic fragments of Mart. Andr., 22–26).
__________. “The Acts of Andrew and Philemon in Sahidic Coptic.” Apocrypha 28 (2017): 9–83 (edition and translation of the Coptic fragments of Acts Andr. Phlm., 53–56, 69–71).
Wessely, Carl. Griechische und koptische Texte theologischen Inhalts. 5 vols. Studien zur Paläographie und Papyruskunde 9, 11–12, 15, 18. Leipzig: Avenarius, 1909–1917 (editions of Vienna K9575 and K9576, vol. 5, pp. 64–71).
Other online databases: PAThs entry
Entry created by Tony Burke, York University ([email protected]), 6 April 2020.