Mount Sinai, Monē tēs Hagias Aikaterinēs, ar. 441

Images: Sinai Digital Library; Library of Congress

Physical description: paper, 23.5 × 16.5 cm, 323 fols., 1 col.

Language(s): Arabic

Date: 1196

Provenance: unknown

Contents:

Apocryphal Gospel of John (fol. numbers not provided)

Protevangelium of James

Dormition of the Virgin by the Apostle John

Passion of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul (Pseudo-Marcellus)

Additional Contents: a mimar of John Chrysostom, a story of St. Anthony and St. Martha, calendar from Adam to Jesus, Sistakion or Investiture.

Catalogs and Studies:

Attiya, Aziz Suryal. The Arabic Manuscripts of Mount Sinai. Baltimore: John Hopkins, 1955 (p. 13).

Gibson, Margaret Dunlop. Catalogue of the Arabic mss in the Convent of St. Catherine on Mount Sinai. London: C.J. Clay and Sons, 1894 (p. 84).

Kamil, Murad. Catalogue of All Manuscripts in the Monastery of St. Catharine on Mount Sinai. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 1970 (no. 406, pp. 31–32).

Entry created by Tony Burke, York University, 25 June 2026.