Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vat. gr. 866

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Physical description: parchment, dimensions not known, 413 fols., 2 col.

Language: Greek

Date: 11th/12th cent.

Provenance: unknown

Contents:

Acts of Paul and Thecla (fols. 27^r–30^r)

Virtuous Deeds of Thecla (fols. 30^v–32^r)

Acts of John (fols. 32^r–33^v)

Martyrdom of Ananias (fols. 37^r–38^r)

Acts of Thomas (fols. 38^r–40^r)

Miracle of Michael the Archangel at Chonae (fols. 69^r–71^r)

Acts of Philip (fols. 86^v–89^r)

Acts of Andrew and Matthias (fols. 140^v–143^v)

Epistle of the Presbyters and Deacons of Achaea (fols. 144^r–147^v)

Martyrdom of Mark (fols. 276^r–277^v)

Acts of Nereus and Achilleus (fols. 302^r–309^v)

Acts of Timothy (fols. 394^r–395^r)

Additional contents: Menologion with various lives of saints; Martyrdom of James, the Brother of the Lord (excerpt from Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 2.23).

Catalogs:

Bovon, François, Bertrand Bouvier, and Frédéric Amsler, eds. Acta Philippi: Textus. CCSA 11. Turnhout: Brepols, 1999 (pp. xiii–xxiv).

Franchi de’ Cavalieri, Pio. Catalogus codicum hagiographicorum graecorum Bibliothecae Vaticanae. Subsidia Hagiographica 7. Bruxelles: Société des Bollandistes, 1899 (pp. 83–93).

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. 338–46).

Devreesse, Robert, ed. Codices Vaticani graeci, vol. 3: Codices 604–866. Bibliothecae Apostolicae Vaticanae codices manuscripti recensiti. Vatican City: Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, 1950 (pp. 434–40).

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Entry created by Tony Burke, York University ([email protected]), 13 June 2017.