Images: Gallica
Other shelf number(s): Supplément arabe 2616
Physical description: paper, 17 × 11 cm, 295 fols., 1 col.; defective at start
Language(s): Arabic
Date: 19th cent.; copied by Muḥammad ʿIzzat
Provenance: unknown
Contents:
Preaching of Peter to Faustus (fols. 159v–175v)
Martyrdom of Peter (fols. 176r–182r)
Martyrdom of Paul (fols. 182v–189r)
Acts of Andrew and Philemon (fols. 189r–200r)
Epistle of Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite to Timothy (fols. 225r–234r)
Epistle to the Laodiceans (fols. 234v–235v)
Martyrdom of James, Son of Alphaeus (fols. 236r–237v)
Additional Contents: Miracles of the Virgin, Homily on Peter and Paul by Theophilus of Antioch, Seven Sleepers of Ephesus, and others.
Catalogs/Studies:
Bausi, Alessandro. “Alcune osservazioni sul Gadla ḥawāryāt.” Annali dell’Istituto Orientale di Napoli 60–61 (2001–2002): 77–114 (discussion, p. 98).
Haase, Felix. Apostel und Evangelisten in den orientalischen Überlieferungen. Neutestamentliche Abhandlungen 9. Münster: Aschendorff, 1922 (p. 6).
Vajda, Georges. Notice manuscrits Arabe 4755–4799 (p. 21).
Troupeau, Gérard. Catalogue des manuscrits arabes, première partie: Manuscrits chrétiens. 2 vols. Paris: Bibliothèque Nationale, 1972–1974 (vol. 2, pp. 21–23)
Other online databases: BnF
Entry created by Tony Burke, York University ([email protected]), 27 October 2020.