Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Pal. gr. 1

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Physical description: parchment, 377 x 265 mm., 283 fols., 2 cols.

Language: Greek

Date: 10th/11th cent.

Provenance: unknown

Contents:

Miracle of Michael the Archangel at Chonae (fols. 55^v–62^r)

Acts of Cornelius (fols. 106^r–115^v)

Martyrdom of Thecla, by Symeon Metaphrastes (fols. 179^v–193^v)

Hypomnema on John, by Symeon Metaphrastes (fols. 203^v–215^r)

Additional contents: menologion for September with additional lives of saints.

Catalogs:

Hagiographi Bollandiani and Franchi de’ Cavalieri. Catalogus Codicum Hagiographicorum Graecorum Bibliothecae Vaticanae. Apud Editores, 1899 (pp. 201–202).

Ehrhard, Albert. Überlieferung und Bestand der hagiographischen und homiletischen Literatur der griechischen Kirche von den Anfängen bis zum Ende des 16. Jahrhunderts. 3 vols. TUGAL 50–52. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrich, 1937–1943 (vol. 2, p. 340 [numbered p. 343]).

Stevenson, Henricus. Codices manuscripti palatini graeci Bibliothecae Vaticanae descripti. Rome: Ex Typagrapheo Vaticano, 1885 (pp. 1–2).

Other online databases: Pinakes; Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams; Heidelberg

Entry created by Tony Burke, York University, 30 September 2026.