Edgbaston, University of Birmingham, Mingana Syr. 446

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Physical description: paper, 225 × 161 mm, 286 fols.

Language(s): Garšūnī

Date: ca. 1750

Provenance: Mosul; copied by Behnam, the weaver of veils (fol. 121^v, 139^r)

Contents:

Epistle of Christ from Heaven (in two forms: fols. 42^r–49^r, 160^r–166^v)

Preaching of Peter to Faustus (fols. 49^r–61^r)

Book of the Rolls (fols. 84^r–102^v)

Acts of Thomas (fols. 189^r–200^v, likely Acts Thom. Skin; and Martyrdom fols. 200^v–204^v)

Martyrdom of Luke (fols. 204^v–208^v)

Acts of Andrew and Matthias (fols. 208^v–217^v)

Homily on Mark, by Severus of Naswara (fols. 218^r–236^v)

Preaching of Simon the Canaanite (fols. 244^v–246^r)

Martyrdom of Simon the Canaanite (fols. 246^r–247^r)

Apocalypse of Paul (fols. 260^v–286^r)

Additional Contents: various treatises, including works by Jacob of Sarug and John Chrysostom, and hagiographies.

Catalogs:

Mingana, Alphonse. Catalogue of the Mingana Collection of Manuscripts Now in the Possession of the Trustees of the Woodbrooke Settlement, Selly Oak, Birmingham. 3 vols. Cambridge: W. Heffer & Sons, Ltd., 1933 (vol. 1, cols. 792–800).

Other online databases: University of Birmingham, Mingana Collection

Entry created by Tony Burke, York University ([email protected]), 11 October 2020.