Mount Sinai, Monē tēs Hagias Aikaterinēs, gr. 497

Images: Library of Congress

Physical description: parchment, 31 × 25.2 cm., 400 fols., 2 col.

Language(s): Greek

Date: 10th/11th cent.

Provenance: Sinai

Contents:

Miracle of Michael the Archangel at Chonae (fols. 32v–38r)

Protevangelium of James (fols. 40v–48v)

Acts of Paul and Thecla (fols. 80v–87v)

Acts of John by Prochorus (with Acts of John chs. 56–57; fols. 94r–107v)

Acts of Thomas (fols. 115v–129r)

Dormition of Luke (fols. 172v–173v)

Additional contents: Pre-Metaphrastic Menologion for September to December with numerous hagiographical texts.

Catalogs:

Beneševic, V. N. Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum graecorum qui in monasterio Sanctae Catharinae in Monte Sina asservantur. 2 vols. 1911–1917. Repr., Hildesheim: Georg Olms, 1965 (vol. 1, pp. 178–79).

Ehrhard, Albert. Uberlieferung und Bestand der hagiographischen und homiletischen Literatur der griechischen Kirche von den Anfängen bis zum Ende des 16. Jahrhunderts. 3 vols. TU 50–52. Leipzig: Hinrichs, 1937–1952 (vol. 1, p. 349–53).

Gardthausen, Victor. Catalogus codicum graecorum sinaiticorum. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1886 (p. 121).

Kamil, Murad. Catalogue of all Manuscripts in the Monastery of St. Catherine on Mount Sinai. Wiesbaden: Harassowitz, 1970 (p. 90, no. 720).

Other online databases: Pinakes

Entry created by Tony Burke, York University ([email protected]), 22 May 2017.