Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vat. gr. 2072

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Physical description: parchment, 21.8 × 16.4 cm, 224 fols., 1 col.

Language: Greek

Date: 11th cent.

Provenance: unknown

Contents:

Homily on the Dormition of the Virgin, by John of Thessalonica (fols. 166r–178v)

Decapitation of John the Forerunner (fols. 182v–184v)

Additional contents: works by Ephrem Graecus, Anastasius of Sinai, Andrew of Crete, and other hagiographical works.

Catalogs:

Ehrhard, Albert. Uberlieferung und Bestand der hagiographischen und homiletischen Literatur der griechischen Kirche von den Anfängen bis zum Ende des 16. Jahhunderts. 3 vols. TU 50–52. Leipzing: Hinrichs, 1937–1952 (vol. 3, pp. 787–88).

Hagiographi Bollandiani, Pio Franchi de’ Cavalieri. “Ad Catalogum codicum hagiographicorum graecorum Bibliothecae Vaticanae supplementum.” AnBoll 21 (1902): 5–22 (pp. 18–19)

Other online databases: Pinakes; DigiVatLib (bibliography)

Entry created by Tony Burke, York University, 7 January 2024.