‘A tour of the other world’ A contribution to the textual and literary criticism of the ‘Six Books Apocalypse of the Virgin’

Abstract

In this article we give the edition and the translation of the ‘Six Books Apocalypse of the Virgin’ contained in MS Vat. Ar. 698 (14th c.). Both the edition and the translation have been completed with a textual and literary criticism in comparison with MS Bonn or. 29, and with Syriac, Greek and Ethiopic versions as well. Our aim is to provide more information for contributing to a deeper knowdledge of both the textual tradition and the rich catalogue of the topoi in this apocryphal work in light of this Arabic translation.