Mount Sinai, Monē tēs Hagias Aikaterinēs, gr. 519

Images: Library of Congress

Physical description: parchment, 38.5 × 28.3 cm., 244 fols., 2 col.

Language(s): Greek

Date: 10th cent.

Provenance: Sinai; related to London, British Library, Add. 26114

Contents:

Miracle of Michael the Archangel at Chonae (fols. 6r–8v)

Protevangelium of James (fols. 9r–13v)

Acts of Paul and Thecla (fols. 28v–33r)

Acts of John by Prochorus (fols. 36v–46v)

Acts of Philip (Martyrdom; fols. 115r–120r)

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

Catalogs:

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. 239–46).

Gardthausen, Victor. Catalogus codicum graecorum sinaiticorum. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1886 (pp. 126–27).

Kamil, Murad. Catalogue of all Manuscripts in the Monastery of St. Catherine on Mount Sinai. Wiesbaden: Harassowitz, 1970 (p. 91, no. 742).

Other online databases: Pinakes

Entry created by Tony Burke, York University ([email protected]), 11 November 2021.