Trichur, Chaldean Syrian Church, Syr. 9

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Physical description: paper, 21 × 15.2 cm, 212 fols., 1 col. (pagination differs between Briquel-Chatonnet–Desreumaux– Thekeparampi and the modern pagination on the manuscript, which is used here)

Language: Syriac

Date: 17 April 1615 (colophon fols. 73^v–74^r)

Provenance: Urmia (?)

Contents:

History of Philip (fols. 87^v–97^r)

East Syriac History of the Virgin (fols. 108^r–141^v)

Story of John the Baptist (fols. 141^v–144^r)

Story of the Translation of the Head of John the Baptist (fols. 144^r–149^r)

History of Simon Cephas, Chief of the Apostles (fols. 149^v–163^v)

History of Paul (fols. 163^v–168^r)

History of John (fols. 168^r–180^r)

Acts of Andrew and Matthias (fols. 180^r–188^v); appended by short note on Andrew (188^v) and a short note on James, Son of Zebedee (188^v–189^r)

Acts of Thomas (fols. 189^r–212^v)

Additional Contents: Abdisho bar Berika, Book of the Pearl (1^v–7^r); Solomon of Basra, Book of the Bee (7^r–73^v); History of the Rechabites (CAVT 166; 74^r–87^v); History of a Repentant Demon (97^r–99^r); Story of a disciple who was killed by his teacher (99^v–101^v); History of John Bar Malke (101^v–108^r).

Catalogs and Literature:

Briquel-Chatonnet, Françoise, Alain Desreumaux, and Jacob Thekeparampil. “Découverte d’un manuscript très important contenant des texts apocryphes dans la bibliothèque de la métropolie de l’Église de l’Est à Trichur, Kérala, Inde.” Pages 587–97 Symposium Syriacum VII: Uppsala University, Department of Asian and African Languages, 11–14 August 1996. Edited by René Levenant. OrChrAn 256. Rome: Pontificio Istituto Orientale, 1998.

Project for Preserving the Manuscripts of the Syrian Churches in India.

Other online databases: none.

Entry created by Tony Burke, York University ([email protected]), 12 August 2018.