Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, syr. 234

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Other shelfmark(s): Ancien fonds 143, Colbert 5137

Physical description: paper, measurements not provided, 456 fols., 1 col.

Language(s): Syriac

Date: 1222

Provenance: Antioch; some portions copied from Mount Sinai, Monē tēs Hagias Aikaterinēs, syr. 82

Contents:

Epistle of Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite to Timothy (fols. 130v–135v)

Acts of Andrew and Matthias (fols. 317v–326r)

Discovery of Paul’s Severed Head (fols. 338r–339v)

Additional Contents: History of the Rechabites (CAVT 166; fols. 61r–61v), various lives of saints and martyrdoms.

Catalogs:

Zotenberg, Hermann. Manuscrits Orientaux: Catalogues des Manuscrits Syriaques et Sabéens (Mandaïtes) de la Bibliothèque Nationale. Paris: Imprimerie Nationale, 1874 (pp. 182–85).

Other online databases: none

Entry created by Tony Burke, York University ([email protected]), 9 February 2020.