Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vat. sir. 537

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Physical description: paper, 16 × 10 cm, 160 fol., 1 col. (some sections missing and pages rearranged).

Language(s): Syriac.

Date: 16th cent.

Provenance: the village of Abu Ghalib (Wank); copyist identified as Saliba (see fol. 158v).

Contents:

Travels of Peter (fol. 1r–1v; incomplete)

West Syriac Life of Mary  featuring:

Protevangelium of James (as book 1, fol. 2v–12v; and book 2, fol. 12v–21r)

Vision of Theophilus (as book 3, fol. 21v–64r)

Infancy Gospel of Thomas (as book 4, fol. 64r–71r)

Six-Books Dormition of the Virgin (as book 5, 71v–130r, and book 6, fol. 130v–158v)

Additional Contents: none.

Catalogs:

Lantschoot, Arnold van. Inventaire des manuscrits syriaques des fonds Vatican (490-631): Barberini oriental e Neofiti. Città del Vaticano: Biblioteca apostolica Vaticana, 1965 (pp. 60–61).

Other online databases: none.

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