Mosul, Mar Behnam Monastery, 207

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Other shelf numbers: Sony MS 220; olim 14

Physical description: paper, 21 × 16 cm, 147 fols., 1 col.; leaves missing at beginning and end

Language(s): Garšūnī

Date: 17th cent.

Provenance: unknown

Contents: West Syriac Life of Mary (fols. 1r–39r) featuring:

Protevangelium of James (end of book 2, fol. 1r)

Vision of Theophilus (as book 3, fols. 1r–11v)

Six-Books Dormition of the Virgin (as book 5, fols. 12r–31v, and book 6, fols. 31v–39r)

Additional Contents: Miracle of the Theotokos in the City of Apamea, and hagiographies.

Catalogs/Studies: 

Burke, Tony. The Infancy Gospel of Thomas in the Syriac Tradition. Gorgias Eastern Christian Studies 48. Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, 2017 (p. 86)

Other online databases: none.

Entry created by Tony Burke, York University ([email protected]), 15 March 2022.