MONB.MR

Images: Gallica (Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Copte 1323, fol. 223)

Other shelf number(s): none

Physical description: vellum, 32 × 26 cm., 2 cols.

Language: Coptic (Sahidic)

Date: ca. 10th cent.

Provenance: White Monastery

Reconstructed Contents:

pp. ?–?: Cairo, Coptic Museum, Munier 9230 (Martyrdom of Paul)

pp. 31–32: London, British Library, Or. 3581 B(31) (olim Or. 3581 B[28]) (Martyrdom of Thomas)

pp. [33]–[34]: Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Copte 1323, fol. 223 (Martyrdom of Thomas) ~ Gallica

pp. 47–48: Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, K 00361 (Martyrdom of James, Son of Zebedee)

pp. [49]–50: London, British Library, Or. 3581 B(7) (p. 50 end of Martyrdom of James, Son of Zebedee; p. 50 beginning of Martyrdom of Philip)

pp. [59]–60: Cairo, IFAO, Copte no. inv. 181 (Martyrdom of Matthias)

Additional contents: none

Catalogs/Editions:

Crum, Walter E. Catalogue of the Coptic Manuscripts in the British Museum. London: British Museum, 1905 (partial text of BL Or. 3581 B(7), p. 128; text of BL Or. 3581 B(28), pp. 139–40).

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 E], p. 16; edition of the Martyrdom of Thomas material, text pp. 65–66, trans., pp. 99–100).

Munier, Henri. Catalogue Général des Antiquités Égyptiennes du Musée du Caire, nos. 9201–9304. Manuscrits Coptes. Cairo: IFAO, 1916 (description and edition of Cairo 9230, pp. 23–25).

Wessely, Carl. Griechische und koptische Texte theologischen Inhalts. 5 vols. Studien zur Paläographie und Papyruskunde 9, 11–12, 15, 18. Leipzig: Avenarius, 1909–1917 (edition of Vienna K00361, vol. 4, pp. 7–8).

Other online databases: PAThs entry

Entry created by Tony Burke, York University ([email protected]), 11 May 2020.