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*The Approximate Date column is derived from the best available information for the manuscript. This is not asserted as a scholarly position on the dating of the manuscript. Instead, it is merely used here for the convenience of being able to sort all manuscripts by numerical date. The user should keep in mind that there may be considerable debate over the precise dating of the manuscript and should consult the manuscript repository and relevant scholarly literature for details.

Manuscript Name / Shelf Mark / Project Number Approximate Date Language The main body text Link to Digitized Manuscript
Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 41 (SMMJ 00041) 1,474 CE Syriac

See entry at CPART and in Macomber (St. Mark's Convent, Jerusalem 3-4; SMC 3-4); Filoksinos Yohanna Dolabany, Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in St. Mark’s Monastery (1994). Macler 5.

  • pp. 1-837 The book of the storehouse of the mysteries, the commentary on the entire text of the Bible from the writings of Mar Barhebraeus, Maphrian of the East (Gregorius Abū al-Faraj Barhebraeus)
    • pp. 1-2 preface
    • pp. 2-837 text
      • pp. 2-64 Genesis
      • pp. 65-97 Exodus
      • pp. 97-112 Leviticus
      • pp. 113-135 Numbers
      • pp. 136-148 Deuteronomy
      • pp. 149-151 Chronology of the patriarchs, from Adam to Nachor (the names of the last three patriarchs have not been filled in) 
      • pp. 153-161 Joshua
      • pp. 161-174 Judges
      • pp. 174-201 Samuel (I and II)
      • pp. 202 Chronology of the Judges
      • pp. 208-367 Psalms
      • pp. 367-407 Kings (I and II)
      • pp. 408-411 Chronology of the kings, from Saul to Sedecias
      • pp. 412-428 Proverbs
      • pp. 428-436 Ben Sirach
      • pp. 437-442 Ecclesiastes
      • pp. 442-452 Song of Songs
      • pp. 452-456 Wisdom
      • pp. 456-459 Ruth
      • pp. 459-474 Job
      • pp. 474-498 Isaiah
      • pp. 498-504 Hosea
      • pp. 504-506 Joel
      • pp. 506-509 Amos
      • pp. 509 Obadiah
      • pp. 509-510 Jonah
      • pp. 510-513 Micah
      • pp. 513-515 Nahum
      • pp. 515-517 Zephaniah
      • pp. 518-519 Haggai
      • pp. 519-528 Zechariah
      • pp. 528-529 Malachi
      • pp. 529-541 Jeremiah
      • pp. 541-543 Lamentations
      • pp. 543-560 Ezekiel
      • pp. 560-575 Daniel
      • pp. 576-580 Chronology of the kings of the Babylonians, Persians, Greeks and Romans who ruled over Palestine from Nebuchadnezzar to Vespasian
      • pp. 581-661 Matthew
      • pp. 661-684 Mark
      • pp. 684-724 Luke
      • pp. 725-750 John
      • pp. 753-773 Acts
      • pp. 774-777 James
      • pp. 777-779 1 Peter
      • pp. 779-780 1 John
      • pp. 781-790 Romans
      • pp. 791-803 1 Corinthians
      • pp. 803-809 2 Corinthians
      • pp. 810-813 Galatians
      • pp. 813-816 Ephesians
      • pp. 816-819 Philippians
      • pp. 819-821 Colossians
      • pp. 821-822 1 Thessalonians
      • pp. 822-824 2 Thessalonians
      • pp. 824-827 1 Timothy 
      • pp. 827-830 2 Timothy
      • pp. 830-831 Titus
      • p. 831 Philemon
      • pp. 831-837 Hebrews
BSB Cod. syr. 1 1,555 CE Arabic, Latin, Syriac

See catalog record here

  • Gregory Abu l-Farāj Barhebraeus, Book of Grammar
  • Gregory Abu l-Farāj Barhebraeus, Commentary on Ezekiel
  • Moses of Mardin, Dictionary of the Syriac Language
Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi 1/1 (DIYR 00002) 1,496 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • Gregory bar Hebraeus, Commentary on the Old Testament (Syriac)
  • Old Testament (Garshuni, Syriac)
  • New Testament (Syriac)
  • Pseudo Clement of Rome, Octateuch (Syriac)
Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi (DIYR 00130) 1,400 CE Syriac
  • Daniel of Salaḥ, Commentary on the Psalter
  • Athanasius, Patriarch of Alexandria, Treatise on the Psalms
  • Gregory bar 'Ebroyo, Commentary on the Beatitudes
  • Nicene Creed
  • John, Bishop of Tella, Commentary on the Trisagion
  • Dionysius bar Ṣalibi, Commentary on the Trisagion
  • Gregory bar 'Ebroyo, Commentary on the Our Father
  • Dionysius bar Ṣalibi, Commentary on the Nicene Creed
  • Gregory bar 'Ebroyo, Nomocanon (selections)
  • Glorifications of our Lady
  • Gregory bar 'Ebroyo, Chronological calculations