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The North American Society for the Study of Christian Apocryphal Literature is a scholarly organization dedicated to the study of the Christian Apocrypha. Please visit us at nasscal.com! Want some merch? Visit www.redbubble.com/shop/nasscal

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NASSCAL @nasscal.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
It's almost time for the October NASSCAL First Fridays Workshop: @brandonwhawk.bsky.social, Rhode Island College, will be presenting about "Uses of the Pseudo-Clementines in the Catechesis Celtica," Friday, October 2, 2026, 12:00 EDT!
Flyer for NASSCAL First Fridays Workshop: Brandon Hawk, Rhode Island College, "Uses of the Pseudo-Clementines in the Catechesis Celtica," Friday, October 2, 2026, 12:00 EDT
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NASSCAL @nasscal.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Added to e-Clavis: Manuscripta apocryphorum ~ Oxford, Bodleian Library, Barocci 230 (11 c.) a Metaphrastic menologion for September with texts on Thecla, Michael, John, and Cornelius. www.nasscal.com/manuscripta-...
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NASSCAL @nasscal.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Added to e-Clavis: Manuscripta apocryphorum ~ Mardin, Church of the Forty Martyrs, 1052 (18/19 c.) feat. Book of the Rolls. www.nasscal.com/manuscripta-...
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NASSCAL @nasscal.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Added to e-Clavis: Manuscripta apocryphorum ~ Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Pal. gr.68 (13 c.) feat. Acts Andrew and Matthias, Acts Thecla, Life and Martyrdom of John the Baptist. www.nasscal.com/manuscripta-...
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NASSCAL @nasscal.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Added to e-Clavis: Manuscripta apocryphorum ~ Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vat. lat. 5750, a 5th/6th cent. palimpsest feat. portions of Ascension of Isaiah in Latin. www.nasscal.com/manuscripta-...
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NASSCAL @nasscal.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Added to e-Clavis: Manuscripta apocryphorum ~ New Haven, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, P. CtYBR inv. 1788 qua (9 c.) a Coptic witness to the Book of Mary's Repose. www.nasscal.com/manuscripta-...
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NASSCAL @nasscal.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Added to e-Clavis: Manuscripta apocryphorum ~ Beirut, Bibliothèque Orientale de l’Université Saint Joseph, 627 (18 c.) feat. Acts of Thomas and His Wonderworking Skin. www.nasscal.com/manuscripta-...
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NASSCAL @nasscal.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Added to e-Clavis: Manuscripta apocryphorum ~ Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vat. gr. 1985 (11 c.) feat. Acts of Thomas and Acts of John by Prochorus. www.nasscal.com/manuscripta-...
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NASSCAL @nasscal.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Added to e-Clavis: Manuscripta apocryphorum ~ Tehran, Chaldean Church of St. Joseph, 17 (18/19 c.) feat. two leaves of the Apocalypse of Paul. www.nasscal.com/manuscripta-...
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NASSCAL @nasscal.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Added to e-Clavis: Manuscripta apocryphorum ~ Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Copt. 129.18, fol. 131 (ca. 10 c.) feat. a fragment of Acts of John by Prochorus. www.nasscal.com/manuscripta-...
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NASSCAL @nasscal.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Added to e-Clavis: Manuscripta apocryphorum ~ Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Gr. th. g. 2 (P) (6 c.) feat. Apocalypse of Paul. www.nasscal.com/manuscripta-...
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NASSCAL @nasscal.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Added to e-Clavis: Manuscripta apocryphorum ~ London, British Library, Or. 501 (15 c.) feat. Ascension of Isaiah. www.nasscal.com/manuscripta-...
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NASSCAL @nasscal.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Added to e-Clavis: Manuscripta apocryphorum ~ Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, gr. 524 (14 c.) feat. Martyrdom of Mark, Acts of Pilate, Acts of Philip, Miracle of Michael. www.nasscal.com/manuscripta-...
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NASSCAL @nasscal.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Added to e-Clavis: Manuscripta apocryphorum ~ Thrissur, Chaldean Syrian Church, Syr. 83 (17 c.) feat. the Apocalypse of Paul. www.nasscal.com/manuscripta-...
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NASSCAL @nasscal.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
The 2026/2027 season of First Friday Workshops begins with Stephen Hopkins (University of Virginia), "Angling for salvation: Heathen myth and typological thought in Old Norse literature." Sept. 4 at noon on Zoom. To sign up, contact nasscalworkshop@gmail.com.
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NASSCAL @nasscal.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Less than a week left to go: nominate the best scholarship in #apocrypha studies for this award!
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NASSCAL @nasscal.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Added to e-Clavis: Manuscripta apocryphorum ~ Milan, Biblioteca Ambrosiana, C 255 inf. (16 c.) feat. Apocalypse of Paul. www.nasscal.com/manuscripta-...
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NASSCAL @nasscal.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Added to e-Clavis: Manuscripta apocryphorum ~ Mount Sinai, Monē tēs Hagias Aikaterinēs, gr. 521 (14/15 c.) feat. Acts of Pilate. www.nasscal.com/manuscripta-...
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NASSCAL @nasscal.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
The deadline for nominations for NASSCAL's Sisters of Sinai Prize for outstanding scholarship in Christian apocrypha is fast approaching. Nominations close at midnight Sept. 1. For more information, visit www.nasscal.com/the-sisters-...
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The Sisters of Sinai Prize
The Sisters of Sinai Prize for outstanding scholarship in Christian apocrypha is named in honor of Agnes Smith Lewis and Margaret Dunlop Gibson, sisters who are responsible for a number of signific…
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NASSCAL @nasscal.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Added to e-Clavis: Manuscripta apocryphorum ~ Mount Athos, Monē Batopediou, 74 (12 c.) feat. Protevangelium of James and four hypomnemata of Symeon Metaphrastes (Michael, Cornelius, Thecla, and John). www.nasscal.com/manuscripta-...
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NASSCAL @nasscal.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Added to e-Clavis: Manuscripta apocryphorum ~ Mount Sinai, Monē tēs Hagias Aikaterinēs, gr. 526 (10/11 c.) a Greek menologion feat. Acts of Thecla, Philip, and Andrew. www.nasscal.com/manuscripta-...
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NASSCAL @nasscal.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Added to e-Clavis: Manuscripta apocryphorum ~ Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Supp. gr. 824 (8/9 c.) feat. Acts of Andrew and Matthias. www.nasscal.com/manuscripta-...
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NASSCAL @nasscal.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Added to e-Clavis: Manuscripta apocryphorum ~ Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Cod. theol. gr. 123 (13 c.) a menologion feat. Infancy Thomas, Prot. James, Acts of JOhn by Prochorus, and others. www.nasscal.com/manuscripta-...
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NASSCAL @nasscal.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Added to e-Clavis: Manuscripta apocryphorum ~ Karamlis, Mar Addai Church, 83 (20 c.) feat. Acts of Andrew and Matthias and the Story of the Talking Skull. www.nasscal.com/manuscripta-...
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Tony Burke @tonyburke.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
A new post on my blog Apocryphicity: a review of a Gradel and Pedersen's The Lost Novel of King Solomon and the Demons, which includes discussion of 10 third-century apotropaic rings. www.apocryphicity.ca/2026/08/04/b...
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NASSCAL @nasscal.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Added to e-Clavis: Manuscripta apocryphorum ~ Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, gr. 1556 (14/15 c.) feat. Acts of Andrew and Matthias and Acts of Thomas. www.nasscal.com/manuscripta-...
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NASSCAL @nasscal.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Added to e-Clavis: Manuscripta apocryphorum ~ Jena, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, P. Jen. inv. 649, a 4/5th c. Coptic fragment of the Act of Andrew. www.nasscal.com/manuscripta-...
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NASSCAL @nasscal.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Added to e-Clavis: Manuscripta apocryphorum ~ Mount Sinai, Monē tēs Hagias Aikaterinēs, ar. 409 (13 c.) feat. Acts of Andrew and Matthias and several homilies on the Dormition. www.nasscal.com/manuscripta-...
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NASSCAL @nasscal.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Added to e-Clavis: Manuscripta apocryphorum ~ Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Pal. gr. 4 (10/11 c.) feat. Acts of Andrew and Matthias. www.nasscal.com/manuscripta-...
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NASSCAL @nasscal.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Added to e-Clavis: Manuscripta apocryphorum ~ Milan, Biblioteca Ambrosiana, H 82 suss. (14 c.) feat. several Latin martyrdoms including Bartholomew, Stephen, Martha. www.nasscal.com/manuscripta-...
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NASSCAL @nasscal.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Added to e-Clavis: Manuscripta apocryphorum ~ Brussels, Bibliothèque Royale, 2839–43 (9 c.) feat. Epistles of Paul and Seneca. www.nasscal.com/manuscripta-...
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NASSCAL @nasscal.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Added to e-Clavis: Christian apocrypha ~ the Apocryphal Gospel of John (also known as the Miracles of Jesus), a lengthy Arabic text combining apocryphal and canonical material. www.nasscal.com/e-clavis-chr...
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NASSCAL @nasscal.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Added to e-Clavis: Christian apocrypha ~ Mount Sinai, Monē tēs Hagias Aikaterinēs, ar. 531 (13 c.) feat. Apocalypse of Paul and Apocryphal Gospel of John. www.nasscal.com/manuscripta-...
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NASSCAL @nasscal.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Added to e-Clavis: Manuscripta apocryphorum ~ Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, syr. 309 (19 c.) feat. Legend of the 30 Pieces of Silver, Acts Andrew and Matthias. www.nasscal.com/manuscripta-...
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NASSCAL @nasscal.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Added to e-Clavis: Manuscripta apocryphorum ~ Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Syr. 238 (15 c.) feat. unpublished Arabic and Garšūnī versions of Arabic Infancy Gospel, Six-Bks Dormition of the Virgin, and Protevangelium of James. www.nasscal.com/manuscripta-...
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NASSCAL @nasscal.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Added to e-Clavis: Manuscripta apocryphorum ~ Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, gr. 276 (14 c.) feat. Acts of Pilate, Dorm. Virgin, and Apocalypse of Paul. www.nasscal.com/manuscripta-...
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NASSCAL @nasscal.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Added to e-Clavis: Manuscripta apocryphorum ~ Jerusalem, Monastery of Saint Mark, 153 (19/20 c.) feat. unpublished excerpts from the Doctrine of Addai. www.nasscal.com/manuscripta-...
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NASSCAL @nasscal.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Added to e-Clavis: Manuscripta apocryphorum ~ Mount Sinai, Monē tēs Hagias Aikaterinēs, ar. 441 (1196) feat. Apocryphal Gospel of John, Protevangelium of James, and more. www.nasscal.com/manuscripta-...
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NASSCAL @nasscal.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Added to e-Clavis: Manuscripta apocryphorum ~ Jerusalem, Patriarchē bibliothēkē, Hagiou Saba 30 (10/11 c.) feat. various Acts of apostles including John, Andrew, Paul, and Mark. www.nasscal.com/manuscripta-...
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NASSCAL @nasscal.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Added to e-Clavis: Manuscripta apocryphorum ~ Athens, Ethnikē Bibliothēkē tēs Hellados, gr. 284 (1599) feat. Acts of John by Prochorus and Acts of Thomas. www.nasscal.com/manuscripta-...
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NASSCAL @nasscal.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Added to e-Clavis: Manuscripta apocryphorum ~ Athens, Ethnikē Bibliothēkē tēs Hellados, gr. 2522 (12 c.), a menologion for November feat. Hypomnemata of Andrew, Philip, and Matthew. www.nasscal.com/athens-ethni...
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NASSCAL @nasscal.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Added to e-Clavis: Manuscripta apocryphorum ~ Mardin, Mar Hirmiz Keldani Kilisesi, 2 (17 c.) feat. an unexamined copy of East Syriac History of the Virgin. www.nasscal.com/manuscripta-...
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NASSCAL @nasscal.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Added to e-Clavis: Manuscripta apocryphorum ~ Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Coislin 26 (10/11 c.) feat. a fragment of the Martyrdom of Longinus by Pseudo-Hesychius of Jerusalem. www.nasscal.com/manuscripta-...
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NASSCAL @nasscal.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Added to e-Clavis: Manuscripta apocryphorum ~ Mardin, Church of the Forty Martyrs, 304 (16 c.) feat. Life of John the Baptist by Serapion and the Epistle of Christ from Heaven. www.nasscal.com/manuscripta-...
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NASSCAL @nasscal.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Added to e-Clavis: Materia apocryphorum ~ the Sinai Mandylion Icon (10 c.) feat. images of Thaddaeus handing the image of Christ to King Abgar. www.nasscal.com/materiae-apo...
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NASSCAL @nasscal.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Added to e-Clavis: Manuscripta apocryphorum ~ London, British Library, Egerton MS 654 (12 c.) feat. Epistles of Seneca with the Epistles of Paul and Seneca. www.nasscal.com/manuscripta-...
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NASSCAL @nasscal.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
The International School on Christian Apocrypha is hosting a conference on the Gospel of Barnabas Sept. 14–17. Participation is available in person or online. Details in the flyer below or contact nejla.gnahoua@etu.unistra.fr
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NASSCAL @nasscal.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Added to e-Clavis: Manuscripta apocryphorum ~ London, British Library, Add. 21917 (10 c.) feat. the Apostolic Histories collection of apocryphal acts. www.nasscal.com/manuscripta-...
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NASSCAL @nasscal.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Added to e-Clavis: Manuscripta apocryphorum ~ Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Éthiopien d’Abbadie 168 (18/19 c.) feat. Miracles of Jesus and Book of the Rooster www.nasscal.com/manuscripta-...
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NASSCAL @nasscal.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Added to e-Clavis: Manuscripta apocryphorum ~ Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, NAL 1154 (15 c.) feat. Gospel of Nicodemus and other Pilate Cycle texts. www.nasscal.com/manuscripta-...
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