Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, syr. 235

Images: Gallica

Other shelfmark(s): Ancien fonds 144

Physical description: paper, 18 × 25 cm, 341 fols., 1 col.

Language(s): Syriac

Date: 13th cent. (repaired in 1292); scribe David (fol. 312v)

Provenance: unknown

Contents:

History of John (fols. 1r–3r); pages torn out leaving only portions of two torn folios and the final portion of the text

Epistle of Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite to Timothy (fols. 51v–55v); includes Discovery of Paul’s Severed Head as ch. 6

History of Philip (fols. 55v–60v)

Additional Contents: History of the Rechabites (CAVT 166; fols. 84v–91v), and various lives of saints.

Catalogs:

Zotenberg, Hermann. Manuscrits Orientaux: Catalogues des Manuscrits Syriaques et Sabéens (Mandaïtes) de la Bibliothèque Nationale. Paris: Imprimerie Nationale, 1874 (pp. 185–87).

Other online databases: BnF

Entry created by Tony Burke, York University ([email protected]), 11 December 2020.