Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vat. sir. 159

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Physical description: paper, 31.1 × 21.5 cm., 467 fol., 2 col.

Language(s): Syriac, Garšūnī

Date: 17th cent.

Provenance: Convent of Mar Cyriacus or of Abu Galeb (near Gargar).

Contents:

Apocalypse of Paul (fols. 197f.)

Book of the Rolls (listed as the Book of Clement; in Garšūnī) (fols. 228f.)

Arabic Infancy Gospel (fols. 98v–104r; in Garšūnī)

Infancy Gospel of Thomas (fols. 104r–106v; in Syriac)

Homily on Joseph the Carpenter (fols. 346v–348v; in Garšūnī)

List of Apostles and Disciple by Pseudo-Eusebius (fol. 452r–?)

Additional Contents: works by Ephrem and Philoxenus of Mebbug, the canonical epistles of James and 1 Timothy, and others.

Catalogs:

Assemani, Joseph Simonius. Bibliotheca Orientalis Clementino-Vaticana : In Qua Manuscriptos Codices Syriacos, Arabicos, Persicos, Turcicos, Hebraicos, Samaritanos, Armenicos, Aethiopicos, Graecos, Aegyptiacos, Ibericos, & Malabaricos, […]. 4 vols. Paris: Maisonneuve, 1756–1759 (vol. 3, pp. 307–19).

Other online databases: none.

Entry created by Tony Burke, York University ([email protected]), 22 December 2016.