New York, Morgan Library and Museum, M635

Images: Morgan Library (fol. 17^r only)

Other shelfmark(s): MICH.CG; Codex M (Poirier)

Physical description: vellum, 31 × 26 cm., 33 fols., 2 cols.

Language(s): Coptic (Sahidic)

Date: ca. 10th cent.

Provenance: Monastery of the Archangel Michael at Phantoou in the Fayum

Contents:

Martyrdom of James, Son of Zebedee (beginning wanting; fols. 1^r–2^r)

Martyrdom of Philip (fols. 2^v–4^r )

Martyrdom of Bartholomew (fols. 4^r–5^v)

Acts of Thomas (Martyrdom) (fols. 6^r–14^v)

Martyrdom of Matthew (fols. 14^v–15^r)

Martyrdom of James, Son of Alphaeus (fols. 15^v–16^r)

Martyrdom of Judas Thaddaeus (fols. 16^r–17^r)

Martyrdom of Simon the Canaanite (fols. 17^r–18^r)

Martyrdom of Matthias (fols. 18^r–19^v)

Martyrdom of James, Brother of the Lord (fols. 20^r–24^r)

Martyrdom of Mark (fols. 24^r–32^v; end wanting)

unidentified text (fol. 33^r)

Additional Contents: none

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. 181–83; no. 93; vol. 2, pl. 385).

Poirier, Paul-Hubert. La version copte de la Prédication et du Martyre de Thomas. Subsidia Hagiographica 67. Brussels: Société des Bollandistes, 1984 (description of manuscript, pp. 35–37; edition of the Martyrdom of Thomas material, text pp. 73–90, trans., pp. 103–107).

Other online databases: Pierpont Morgan Library; PAThs entry

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