Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, lat. 12604

Images: Gallica

Other shelf numbers: olim San-Germ. 472 and 489

Physical description: parchment, 295 × 205 mm, 132 fols., 1 col.

Language: Latin

Date: 12th cent.

Provenance: unknown

Contents:

Apostolic Histories (Virtutes apostolorum), including:

Passion of Peter (fols. 3^v–12^v)

Passion of Paul (fols. 12^v–16^v)

Hymn of Peter and Paul (fol. 16^v)

Passion of James, Brother of the Lord (fols. 16^v–18^v)

Acts of Philip (Latin) (fols. 18^v–19^r)

Miracles of Andrew by Gregory of Tours, combined with the Passion of Andrew (fols. 19^r–34^v)

Passion of James, Son of Zebedee (fols. 34^v–38^r)

Acts of John (Dormition; fols. 38^r–49^v)

Miracles of Thomas (fols. 49^v–60^r)

Passion of Bartholomew (Latin) (fols. 60^r–64^r)

Passion of Matthew (fols. 64^r–69^v)

Passion of Simon and Jude (fols. 69^v–76^r)

Passion of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul (Ps.-Marcellus) (fols. 78^v–85^r)

Breviarum apostolorum (fols. 88^v–89^r)

Acts of Barnabas (fols. 89^r–89^v)

Martyrdom of Mark (fols. 89^v–91^v)

Divisio apostolorum (fols. 91^v–92^v)

Additional Contents: additional saints and martyrs; Vita Gregorii Magni papae.

Catalogs:

Société des Bollandists. Catalogus codicum hagiographicorum latinorum antiquiorum saeculo XVI qui asservantur in bibliotheca nationali Parisiensi ediderunt hagiographi Bollandiani. 3 vols. Subsidia hagiographica 2. Brussels and Paris: Société des Bollandists, 1889–1893 (vol. 3, p. 131–33).

Rose, Els. “Abdias scriptor vitarum sanctorum apostolorum? The ‘Collection of Pseudo-Abdias’ reconsidered.” Revue d’Histoire des Textes 8 (2013): 227–68 (description pp. 262–63).

Other online databases: BnF Archives et manuscrits

Entry created by Tony Burke, York University ([email protected]), 2 March 2021.