Images: Utrecht, Universiteitsbibliothek (B1.2, p. 33); see links below for additional images
Other shelf number(s): none
Physical description: parchment, 265 × 205 mm., 2 cols.
Language: Coptic (Sahidic)
Date: ca. 10th/11th cent.
Provenance: White Monastery
Reconstructed Contents (provisional; additional information needed):
pp. 9–10: Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Copte 12917, fol. 26 ~ Gallica
pp. 31–32: Utrecht, Universiteitsbibliothek, B1.3 (Anonymous, Homily on the Virgin Mary) ~ images
pp. 33–34: Utrecht, Universiteitsbibliothek, B1.2 (Anonymous, Homily on the Virgin Mary)
pp. 35–38: Princeton, Princeton University, AM 15960 P, fols. 1–2 (Anonymous, Homily on the Virgin Mary) ~ Princeton
pp. 41–42: Utrecht, Universiteitsbibliothek, B2.6 (Anonymous, Homily on the Virgin Mary) ~ images 11 and 12
pp. 69–70: Utrecht, Universiteitsbibliothek, B1.1 (Theophilus of Alexandria, Homily on the Virgin and Christ’s Birth) ~ images 1 and 2
pp. 71–72: once in possession of Enoch Peterson, now lost but edited by van den Broek from photographs
pp. 99–102: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan Library, 158-24, fols. 24a–d (CC 0890, pp. 99–101; Pseudo-Basil of Caesarea, On the Birth of Christ [CC 0163], pp. 101–102)
pp. 103–104: Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, K9317 (Pseudo-Basil of Caesarea, On the Birth of Christ)
pp. ?–?: Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, K9373 (Pseudo-Basil of Caesarea, On the Birth of Christ)
pp. ?–?: Paris, Musée du Louvre, E 1000047 (Pseudo-Basil of Caesarea, On the Birth of Christ)
pp. ?–?: Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, K9252 (Pseudo-Basil of Caesarea, On the Birth of Christ)
pp. 109–110: Berlin, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin–Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Ms. or. fol. 1606, fol. 3 (Pseudo-Basil of Caesarea, On the Birth of Christ)
pp. 113–114: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan Library, 158-24, fols. 24e–f (Pseudo-Basil of Caesarea, On the Birth of Christ)
post 115: Cairo, Coptic Museum, 9272 (end of Pseudo-Basil of Caesarea, On the Birth of Christ, beginning of a second Basil homily on birth of Christ [CPC 0891])
p. ?–?: Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Copte 1318, fol. 152 (end of Basil and beginning of Evodius, Homily on the Dormition of the Virgin) ~ Gallica
pp. 143–144: Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, K9248 (Evodius, Homily on the Dormition of the Virgin)
pp. ?–?: Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, K10127 (Evodius, Homily on the Dormition of the Virgin)
pp. ?–?: Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Copte 12917, fol. 26 (Evodius, Homily on the Dormition of the Virgin)
pp. 147–148: Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Copte 12917, fol. 30 (Evodius, Homily on the Dormition of the Virgin) ~ Gallica
pp. ?–?: Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Copte 1316, fol. 100 (Severianus of Gabala, In Apostolos) ~ Gallica
According to P. Buzi, the manuscript also includes portions of Theodosius of Alexandria, In Michaelem identified as MONB.FF (PAThs entry):
pp. ?–?: Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, 9256
pp. ?–?: Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, 9253
pp. ?–?: London, British Library, Or. 3581 B(19)
pp. ?–?: Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Copte 1321, fol. 1 ~ Gallica
pp. ?–?: Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Copte 12917, fol. 29 ~ Gallica
pp. ?–?: Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vat. Borg. copt. 109, cass. xxviii, fasc. 155 ~ DigiVatLib
and perhaps Cairo, Bibliothèque de l’Institut Français d’Archéologie Orientale (IFAO), 207
Additional contents: none
Catalogs/Editions:
Buzi, Paolo. Coptic Manuscripts 7. The Manuscripts of the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin—Preussischer Kulturbesitz. Part 4. Homiletic and Liturgical Manuscripts from the White Monastery. With Two Documents from Thebes and Two Old-Nubian Manuscripts. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner, 2014 (includes reconstruction information, pp. 112–14).
Crum, Walter E. Catalogue of the Coptic Manuscripts in the British Museum. London: British Museum, 1905 (text of BL Or. 3581 B(19), pp. 134–35).
Broek, Roelof van den. Catalogue of the Coptic manuscripts in the Utrecht University Library. Utrecht: Utrecht University Library, 2017 (discussion of codex and editions of the Utrecht fragments and the lost Peterson fragment, pp. 33–50).
Story, C. I. K. “A Coptic Christmas Story, and More.” Princeton University Library Chronicle 55 (1993–1994): 43–62 (English translation of the Princeton fragment).
Other online databases: PAThs entry
Entry created by Tony Burke, York University ([email protected]), 27 April 2020.