Images: Beinecke
Other shelfmark(s): formerly Cheltenham, Thirlestaine House, coll. Phillipps, 13864
Physical description: paper, 317 × 210 mm, fols. ii + 662 + ii (paginated 1–1335), 1 col.
Language: Greek
Date: 1585, 1651
Provenance: Monastery of St. Simon Petras, Mount Athos; three scribes (Cyrillus, pp. 1–1315; unsigned, pp. 1315–1323; Ioasaph, pp. 1324–1334).
Contents:
Encomium on Barnabas, by Alexander Monachus (pp. 387–426)
Life of Mary Magdalene (pp. 1324–1334)
Additional contents: sermons and lives of saints for March 25 through to August 29, including works by John Chrysostom, Andrew of Crete, Cyril of Alexandria, and others.
Catalogs:
Shailor, Barbara A. Catalogue of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. 3 vols. Binghamton, NY: Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies, 1984 (vol. 2, pp. 3–7).
Other online databases: Pinakes
Entry created by Tony Burke, York University ([email protected]), 5 January 2019.