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Other shelfmark(s): Gijsel Ja4
Physical description: parchment, 245 × 174 mm, 228 fols.
Language: Latin
Date: end 14th cent.
Provenance: Trier, Germany (in the former possession of the Abbey of St. Martin in Trier). The inside of the front cover has the note: Liber iste est fratrum religiosorum existencium in monasterio s. Martini ordinis sanctissimi patris nostri Benedicti prope Treverim.
Contents:
“J Compilation,” which combines a Latin version of Protevangelium of James with the Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew and the Book of the Nativity of the Savior (fols. 9r–47v); prefaced by the spurious letters between Chromatius and Heliodorus and Jerome; with pars altera. Prefaced with the title: Incipit de ortu sancte Marie et infantia saluatoris.
Dormition of the Virgin, Transitus Latin W (fols. 52r–57v)
Gospel of Nicodemus (fols. 59r–79v)
Epistle of Christ from Heaven (fols. 82v–83v)
Passion of Matthew (fols. 84r–93r)
Miracles of Matthew (fols. 98v–123r)
Additional contents: Readings for the feast of Saint Anne, De Eusebio et Ostorge ducibus, Passio sanctorum decem milium martyrum, Passio sanctorum septem dormientium, Passio sancte Christine virginis et martiris, Visio Tundali, Miracula sancti Martini, Vita et passio sancte Barbare virginis.
Catalogs:
Coens, Mauritius. “Catalogus codicum hagiographicorum latinorum bibliothecae civitatis Treverensis.” AnBoll 52 (1934): 157–285 (pp. 172–173).
Gijsel, Jan. “Les ‘Évangiles latins de l’Enfance’ de M. R. James.” AnBoll 94 (1976): 289–302 (pp. 290–291).
Gijsel, Jan, ed. Libri de nativitate Mariae: Pseudo-Matthaei Evangelium, textus et commentarius, Libellus de nativitate sanctae Mariae, textux et commentarius. CCSA 9. Turnhout: Brepols, 1997 (pp. 214–215).
Izydorczyk, Zbigniew. Manuscripts of the Evangelium Nicodemi: A Census. Subsidia Mediaevalia 21. Toronto: Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, 1993 (no. 359; p. 178).
Kaestli, Jean Daniel, and Martin McNamara. “Latin Infancy Gospels: The J Compilation.” Pages 623–70 of vol. 2 of Apocrypha Hiberniae I: Evangelia Infantiae. Edited by Martin McNamara et al. 2 vols. CCSA 13–14. Turnhout: Brepols, 2001 (pp. 642–644).
Keuffer, Max. Beschreibendes Verzeichnis der Handschriften der Stadtbibiothek zu Trier. Fünftes Heft, Ascetische Schriften, 1. Abteilung. Trier: Lintz’sche Buchhandlung, 1900 (pp. 18–20).
Krämer, Sigrid. Handschriftenerbe des deutschen Mittelalters. 3 vols. Mittelalterliche Bibliothekskataloge Deutschlands und der Schweiz: Ergänzungsband I. Munich: Beck, 1989–1990 (vol. 2, p. 772).
Other online databases: Mirabile
Entry created by Bradley N. Rice, McGill University, 25 November 2023.