4 works by anonymous authors on the subjects of Christian saints and Homilies

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Title

4 works by anonymous authors on the subjects of Christian saints and Homilies

Shelfmark

MS. Huntington 470

Language

Arabic

Coptic

1. ff. 1r-77v Author: Anonymous Title: Martyrdom and miracles of SS. Abshāy and Peter followed by several epistles in Coptic with Arabic commentary

2. ff. 78r-96v, 222v-232v Author: Anonymous Title: Martyrdom* of SS. Cosmas and Damian, their brothers Anthimus, Leontius and Euprepius, and their mother Theodora, under Diocletian

3. ff. 97r-222r Author: Anonymous Title: Martyrdom of S. Pesurus, S. Peter of Alexandria and S. Mercurius of Rome

4. ff. 238r-319v Author: Anonymous Title: Homily for the feast of S. Michael the Archangel

Form

codex

Physical extent

77 ff. 30 ff. 126 ff. 82 ff.

Acquisition

Purchased by the Bodleian Library in 1693.

Provenance

The collections of Robert Huntington, d. 1701.

Subject

Christian saints

Homilies

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Huntington, Robert, d. 1701

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