Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, gr. 1458

Images: Gallica

Other shelfmark(s): Medic.-Reg. 1835

Physical description: parchment, 39 × 27 cm, 247 fols., 2 col.

Language: Greek

Date: 11th cent.

Provenance: unknown

Contents: Menologium for December 1–17, featuring:

Life and Conduct of the Holy Women Xanthippe, Polyxena, and Rebecca (fols. 5v–17v)

Additional contents: hagiographa, works by John Chrysostom, Andrew of Crete, George of Nicomedia, Theodoret of Cyrus, and others.

Catalogs:

Ehrhard, Albert. Uberlieferung und Bestand der hagiographischen und homiletischen Literatur der griechischen Kirche von den Anfängen bis zum Ende des 16. Jahhunderts. 3 vols. TU 50–52. Leipzing: Hinrichs, 1937–1952 (vol. 1, pp. 521–55).

Halkin, François. Manuscripts grecs de Paris: Inventaire hagiographique. Subsidia hagiographica 44. Brussels: Société des Bollandists, 1968 (p. 166–67).

Omont, Henri A. Inventaire sommaire des manuscrits grecs de la Bibliothèque nationale et des autres bibliothèques de Paris et des départements. 4 vols. 1886–1888. Paris: E. Leroux, 1898 (vol. 2, p. 49–50.

Omont, Henri A. and Hagiographi Bollandiani. Catalogus codicum hagiographicorum Graecorum Bibliothecae Nationalis Parisiensis. Brussels: Société des Bollandists, 1896 (pp. 130–34).

Other online databases: Pinakes

Entry created by Tony Burke, York University ([email protected]), 22 April 2020.