Oxford, Bodleian Library, Bodl. Ar. 541

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Physical description: paper, measurements not provided, 115 fols., 1 col.

Language: Arabic

Date: 18th cent.

Provenance: Unknown

Contents:

Preaching of Peter to Faustus (fols. 1^r–6^r)

Martyrdom of Peter (fols. 6^r–9^r)

Martyrdom of Paul (fols. 9^r–ending lost)

Acts of John by Prochorus (fols. 30^r–37^v; beginning lost)

Dormition of John (fols. 37^v–40^v)

Preaching of Philip (fols. 40^v–43^v)

Martyrdom of Philip (fols. 43^v–45^r)

Preaching of Bartholomew (fols. 45^r–48^r)

Martyrdom of Bartholomew (fols. 48^r–50^r)

Acts of Thomas (Preaching [=Acts of Thomas and His Wonderworking Skin], fols. 50^r–57^r; Martyrdom, fols. 57^r–59^v)

Acts of Matthew in the City of the Priests (fols. 59^v–64^v)

Martyrdom of Matthew (fols. 64^v–66^r)

Martyrdom of James, Son of Alphaeus (fols. 66^r–66^v)

Preaching of Simon the Canaanite (fols. 66^v–67^v)

Martyrdom of Simon the Canaanite (fols. 67^v–68^v)

Preaching of Judas Thaddaeus (fols. 68^v–71^r)

Acts of Andrew and Matthias (fols. 71^r–76^v)

Martyrdom of Matthias (fols. 76^v–77^v)

Preaching of James, Brother of the Lord (fols. 77^v–78^v)

Martyrdom of James, Brother of the Lord (fols. 78^v–80^v)

Martyrdom of Mark (fols. 80^v–83^r)

Martyrdom of Luke (fols. 83^r–85^r)

Acts of Cornelius (fols. 85^r–90^v)

Story of Peter and Paul in Antioch (fols. 90^v–99^r)

Preaching of Paul in the City of Ignorance (=History of the Contending of Paul 13; fols. 99^r–103^r)

Acts of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul (fols. 103^r–110^v)

History of John (Syriac) (fols. 110^v–113^r)

Encomium on John the Theologian by Pseudo-John Chrysostom (fols. 113^r–114^r)

History of Philip (fols. 114^r–115^v; ending lost)

Additional contents: none

Catalogs/Studies:

Bausi, Alessandro. “Alcune osservazioni sul Gadla ḥawāryāt.” Annali dell’Istituto Orientale di Napoli 60–61 (2001–2002): 77–114 (discussion, p. 98).

Graf, Georg. Geschichte der christlichen arabischen Literatur. 5 vols. Rome: Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, 1944 (discussion, vol. 1, pp. 259–61).

Esbroeck, Michel van. “Une collection de 35 apocryphes apostoliques.” ParOr 24 (1999): 179–99.

Nicoll, Alexander. Bibliothecae Bodleianae codicum manuscriptorum orientalium catalogi. Partis secundae volumen primum arabicos complectens. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1821 (pp. 54–55).

Other online databases: none

Entry created by Tony Burke, York University ([email protected]), 2 November 2020.