Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, gr. 1489

Images: Gallica

Other shelfmark(s): Colbert 772

Physical description: parchment, 30.3 × 21.5 cm, 259 fols., 1 col.

Language: Greek

Date: 11th cent.

Provenance: unknown

Contents:

Acts of Cornelius (fols. 96v–105v)

Martyrdom of Thecla, by Symeon Metaphrastes (fols. 166r–179v)

Hypomnema on John, by Symeon Metaphrastes (fols. 188v–200r)

Miracle of Michael the Archangel at Chonae (fols. 506v–509v)

Additional contents: Metaphrastic menologia for September (with numerous hagiographa).

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. 2, pp. 334, 357).

Halkin, François. Manuscripts grecs de Paris: Inventaire hagiographique. Subsidia hagiographica 44. Brussels: Société des Bollandists, 1968 (pp. 181).

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. 63).

Omont, Henri A. and Hagiographi Bollandiani. Catalogus codicum hagiographicorum Graecorum Bibliothecae Nationalis Parisiensis. Brussels: Société des Bollandists, 1896 (pp. 172–73).

Other online databases: Pinakes; BnF

Entry created by Tony Burke, York University ([email protected]), 20 September 2021.