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Physical description: paper, 32 × 22 cm, 199 fol. (originally 217), 2 col.
Language: Syriac
Date: 1720
Provenance: Monastery of Mor Hananyo (Dayr al-Za‘faran, Mardin)
Contents: West Syriac Life of Mary (fols. 10r–82v) featuring:
Protevangelium of James (as book 2, fols. 10r–10v, ending only; and book 1, fol. 10v–15r)
Vision of Theophilus (as book 3, fols. 15r–34v; ending missing)
Infancy Gospel of Thomas (as book 4, fols. 40r, ending only)
Six-Books Dormition of the Virgin (as book 5, fols. 40r–68v, and book 6, fols. 68v–82v)
Additional contents: various Mary-related homilies by Jacob of Sarug, Timothy of Gargar, etc.
Catalogs:
Orsatti, Paola. Il fondo Borgia della Biblioteca Vaticana e gli studi orientali a Roma tra sette e ottocento, Studi e Testi 376. Vatican: Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, 1996 (pp. 115–29).
Scher, Adai. “Notice sur les manuscrits syriaques du Musée Borgia, aujourd’hui à la Bibliothèque Vaticane.” Journal Asiatique 10/13 (March-April 1909): 249–87 (at 275–76).
Other online databases: Center for the Preservation of Ancient Religious Texts
Entry created by Tony Burke, York University ([email protected]), 5 July 2016.