New York, Morgan Library and Museum, M583

Images: Morgan Library (color); Archive.org (black and white)

Other shelfmark(s): MICH.BP

Physical description: vellum, 338 × 281 mm., 173 fols., 2 col.

Language(s): Coptic (Sahidic)

Date: 848

Provenance: Monastery of the Archangel Michael at Phantoou in the Fayum; copied by Epïma

Contents:

Homily on the Archangel Gabriel by Pseudo-Archelaos of Neapolis (fols. 1r–16v)

Encomium on John the Baptist by Theodosius of Alexandria (fols. 23v–58v)

Homily on the Virgin Mary and Her Birth by Pseudo-Cyril of Jerusalem (fols. 139r–157r)

Additional Contents: martyrdoms.

Catalogs:

Depuydt, Leo. Catalogue of Coptic Manuscripts in the Pierpont Morgan Library. 2 vols. Corpus of Illuminated Manuscripts 4–5. Leuven: Peeters, 1993 (vol. 1, pp. 325–32; vol. 2, pl. 145–54, 265–70, 297–304, 319a, c, d, 323c, d).

Hyvernat, Henri. Bybliothecae Pierpont Morgan Codices Coptici Photographi Expressi. 57 vols. Rome: Vatican City, 1992 (facsimile of the codex in vol. 41).

Other online databases: Pierpont Morgan Library; PAThs

Entry created by Tony Burke, York University ([email protected]), 6 march 2020.