Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vat. gr. 808

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Physical description: parchment, 295 × 225 mm., 512 fols., 2 col.; multiple hands; pages missing

Language: Greek

Date: 11th cent.

Provenance: unknown

Contents:

Martyrdom of Philip (fols. 184r–204v)

Acts of Matthew (fols. 229v–243v)

Pseudo-Clementines (Pre-Metaphrastic Epitome; fols. 342r–409r)

Acts of Andrew (fols. 507r–512v)

Additional contents: Menologion for November with various lives of saints.

Catalogs and Studies:

Franchi de’ Cavalieri, Pio. Catalogus codicum hagiographicorum graecorum Bibliothecae Vaticanae. Subsidia Hagiographica 7. Bruxelles: Société des Bollandistes, 1899.

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. 1, pp. 480–83).

Devreesse, Robert, ed. Codices Vaticani graeci, vol. 3: Codices 604–866. Bibliothecae Apostolicae Vaticanae codices manuscripti recensiti. Vatican City: Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, 1950 (p. 343–45).

Lanzillota, Fernando Lautaro Roig. “The Apocryphal Acts of Andrew: A New Approach to the Character, Thought, and Meaning of the Primitive Text.” PhD. diss, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, 2004 (description, pp. 131–37).

Prieur, Jean-Marc. Acta Andreae. 2 vols. CCSA 5–6. Turnhout: Brepols, 1989 (description, vol. 1, pp. 424–25).

Other online databases: Pinakes; Biblissima; DigiVatLib (bibliography)

Entry created by Tony Burke, York University ([email protected]), 6 January 2022.