MS. Huntington 458 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

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9 works by 2 authors on the subjects of Canon Law and Church history

1. ff. 1r-10v*
Title: The 30 Canons of the Apostles [in a Coptic collection]

*includes preface ff. 1r-3r; f. ii lists works of the entire MS.

Language(s): Arabic

References

Graf I, p. 579
[Nicoll Arab. Christ. 40 (1)]
2. ff. 11r-30r
Title: The 82 pseudo-Apostolic canons [in a Coptic collection].

f. 11 is part of the 1667 supplementation, and is a list of 81 canons

Language(s): Arabic

References

Graf I, p. 575
[Nicoll Arab. Christ. 40 (2, 3), with corrig. Nicoll p. 500]
3. ff. 30v-43v
Title: The Canons of the Apostles on the priesthood, in a Coptic collection.
Language(s): Arabic

References

Graf I, p. 578
[Nicoll Arab. Christ. 40 (4)]
4. ff. 44r-45r
Author: Ibn al-ʻAssāl, al-Ṣafī Abū al-Faḍāʼil Mājid, 13th cent.
Title: Note on the different recensions of the Apostolic canons
Language(s): Arabic

References

Graf I, p. 576
[Nicoll Arab. Christ. 40 (5)]
5. ff. 45v
Author: Anonymous
Title: Notes on the post-Apostolic history of the Church
Language(s): Arabic

References

Graf I, p. 576
[Nicoll Arab. Christ. 40 (6)]
6. ff. 46r-81r
Title: The 71 pseudo-Apostolic canons, in a Coptic collection
Language(s): Arabic

References

Graf I, p. 576
[Nicoll Arab. Christ. 40 (7)]
7. ff. 81v-88r
Title: The 56 pseudo-Apostolic canons, in a Coptic collection
Language(s): Arabic

References

Graf I, p. 577
[Nicoll Arab. Christ. 40 (8)]
8. ff. 88v-172r
Title: The Didaskalia of the Apostles
Language(s): Arabic

References

Graf I, p. 568
[Nicoll Arab. Christ. 40 (9), with corrig. Nicoll p. 500]
9. ff. 172v-175r
Title: Letter of Peter to Clement [Canons of Clement]
Language(s): Arabic

References

Graf I, p. 581
[Nicoll Arab. Christ. 40 (10)]

Physical Description

Form: codex
10 ff. 20 ff. 15 ff. 2 ff. 1 f. 36 ff. 8 ff. 85 ff. 4 ff.

History

Origin: 14th or 15th c.? CE 14th or 15th c.? CE 14th or 15th cent.? 1667 CE 1667 CE 14th or 15th c.? CE 1667 CE 14th or 15th c.? CE 1667 CE

Provenance and Acquisition

The collections of Robert Huntington, d. 1701.

Purchased by the Bodleian Library in 1693.

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on the Bodleian Library's public card index of Arabic manuscripts with additional enhancements by the OCIMCO project team.

Availability

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Funding of Cataloguing

JISC

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