Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Syr. 232

Images: Gallica

Other shelfmark(s): Ancien fonds 113

Physical description: paper, 32 × 22 cm, iii+592+iii fols., 1 col.; several folios missing before and after fol. 9; missing folio between 346 and 247 and 348 and 349; fol. 4 is placed before 3, and 590 after 583.

Language(s): Syriac and Garšūnī

Date: 17th cent.

Provenance: unknown

Contents:

Testament of Our Lord (fols. 184^r–195^v)

Apocalypse of Paul (fols. 196^r–205^v)

Preaching of Peter to Faustus (fols. 206^r–213^v)

Martyrdom of Peter (fols. 213^v–217^r)

Martyrdom of Paul (fols. 217^r–220^v)

Acts of Andrew and Philemon (fols. 220^v–226^v)

Acts of Andrew and Bartholomew (fols. 227^r–236^v)

Martyrdom of Andrew (fols. 236^v–238^v)

Preaching of James, Son of Zebedee (fols. 238^v–241^r)

Martyrdom of James, Son of Zebedee (fols. 241^r–242^v)

History of John (fols. 242^v–252^v)

Dormition of John (fols. 252^v–256^r)

Preaching of Philip (fols. 256^r–259^v)

Martyrdom of Philip (fols. 259^v–261^v)

Preaching of Bartholomew (fols. 261^v–266^r)

Martyrdom of Bartholomew (fols. 266^r–268^r)

Acts of Thomas (Preaching [=Acts of Thomas and His Wonderworking Skin], fols. 268^r–277^r; Martyrdom, fols. 277^r–279^v)

Acts of Matthew in the City of the Priests (fols. 279^v–285^v)

Martyrdom of Luke (fols. 285^v–288^r)

Martyrdom of James, Son of Alphaeus (fols. 288^r–289^r)

Preaching of Judas Thaddaeus (fols. 289^r–291^v)

Preaching of Simon the Canaanite (fols. 292^r–293^r)

Martyrdom of Simon the Canaanite (fols. 293^r–293^v)

Preaching of Peter in Rome (fols. 294^r–295^v) ~ identification uncertain

Acts of Andrew and Matthias (fols. 296^r–300^v)

Martyrdom of Matthias (fols. 300^v–301^v)

Preaching of James, Brother of the Lord (fols. 301^v–302^r)

Martyrdom of James, Brother of the Lord (fols. 302^r–304^r)

Arabic Infancy Gospel (fols. 304^r–323^r)

Last Words of Our Savior to the Disciples on the Mount of Olives (fols. 324^r–326^v)

Book of the Rolls (fols. 347^r–434^r)

Lament of the Virgin (fols. 472^v–493^r)

Six-Books Dormition of the Virgin (fols. 496^r–522^v)

Miracles of Mary (fols. 523^r–592^r)

Additional Contents: Solomon Basra, Book of the Bee; discourses of Simon ben Kolail-ben-Maqara; homilies.

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, p. 261).

Zotenberg, Hermann. Manuscrits Orientaux: Catalogues des Manuscrits Syriaques et Sabéens (Mandaïtes) de la Bibliothèque Nationale. Paris: Imprimerie Nationale, 1874 (pp. 177–81).

Other online databases: none

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