Images: DigiVatLib (Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vat. Borg. copt. 109, cass. xxvi, fasc. 129, fol. 1); see additional links below
Other shelf number(s): none
Physical description: parchment, 220 × 300 mm., 2 cols.
Language: Coptic (Sahidic)
Date: ca. 10th cent.
Provenance: Touton; perhaps copied by Matthew of Touton
Reconstructed Contents:
pp. 7–10: Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vat. Borg. copt. 109, cass. xxvi, fasc. 129, fols. 1–2 (Martyrdom of Peter) ~ DigiVatLib
pp. 13–14: Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vat. Borg. copt. 109, cass. xxvi, fasc. 129, fol. 3 (Martyrdom of Peter) ~ DigiVatLib
pp. 17–18: Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Copte 12917, fol. 69 (end Martyrdom of Peter, beginning Martyrdom of Paul) ~ Gallica
pp. 39–40: Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Copte 1316, fol. 62 (Dormition of John) ~ Gallica
pp. 43–44: Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen, P. 8772 (Dormition of John) ~ p. 43 image Alin Suciu
pp. [45]–[46]: Paris, Louvre, E 10015 (R 182) + Paris, Louvre, E 10094 + Sotheby-Bolaffi 4 (Dormition of John) ~ assembled image Alin Suciu
pp. 49–50: Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Copte 12918, fol. 90 (Martyrdom of Thomas) ~ Gallica
pp. [53]–[54]: Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Copte 12918, fol. 171 (Martyrdom of Thomas) ~ Gallica
pp. 55–56: London, British Library, Or. 3581 B(32) (olim Or. 3581 B[29]) (Martyrdom of Thomas)
pp. 61–62: Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, K 9494 (Martyrdom of Thomas)
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(29), p. 140).
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 fasc. 129, pp. 25–29).
Lemm, Oscar von. “Koptische apokryphe Apostelacten II.” Mélanges asiatiques 10.2 (1892): 293–385 (edition of Vat. Borg. copt. 109, pp. 343–43).
Leipoldt, Johannes. Ägyptisches Urkunden aus den Königlichen Museen zu Berlin. Koptische Urkunden. Bd. 1. Berlin: Weidmannsche Buchhandlung, 1904 (edition of P. 8772, pp. 173–75).
Junod, Eric, and Jean-Daniel Kaestli. Acta Iohannis. CCSA 1–2. Turnhout: Brepols, 1983 (edition of the Berlin, P. 8772, vol. 1, pp. 376–97).
Beltz, Walter. “Katalog der Koptischen Handschriften der Papyrussammlung der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin (Teil I).” Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete 26 (1978): 57–119 (description of P. 8772, p. 110).
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 C], pp. 14–15; edition of the Martyrdom of Thomas material, text pp. 55–62, trans., pp. 96–98).
Suciu, Alin. “Two Other Scraps from a Parchment Leaf Containing the Apocryphal Acts of John in Coptic.” Alin Suciu. Posted 31 October 2011. Online: https://alinsuciu.com/2011/10/31/two-other-scraps-from-a-leaf-containing-the-apocryphal-acts-of-john-in-coptic/.
Suciu, Alin. “A Further Fragment from the Apocryphal Acts of John in Coptic: Once Again Concerning the Sotheby-Bolaffi Fragments.” Alin Suciu. Posted 22 September 2011. Online: https://alinsuciu.com/2011/09/22/a-further-fragment-from-the-apocryphal-acts-of-john-in-coptic-once-again-concerning-the-sotheby-bolaffi-fragments/.
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]), 14 August 2020.