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Manuscript Name / Shelf Mark / Project Number Approximate Date Language The main body text Link to Digitized Manuscript
Mardin, Turkey Chaldean Cathedral (CCM 00450) 1,600 CE Garshuni
  • f. 2v-28v Canons of the Fathers. Section 4: Exhortation on fasting, prayer, and Eucharist
  • f. 28v-48r Canons of the Fathers. Section 7: On prayer
  • f. 48r-48v Canons of the Fathers. Section 8: On incense, pledges and tithes
  • f. 49r-64v Questions and answers of Basil and Gregory
Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi (DIYR 00251) 1,702 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • Prooemia, Sedrē, Readings from the Gospels and Pauline Epistles
  • Anaphora of Dionysius bar Ṣalibi
  • Anaphora of St. John (bishop of Haran Habura and Nisibis) 
  • Anaphora of Xystus of Rome
  • Anaphora of Eustathius of Antioch
  • Anaphora of Julius of Rome
  • Anaphora of Moshe bar Kepha
  • Anaphora of Marutha of Tagrit
  • Anaphora of Lazarus bar Sabta
  • Anaphora of Jacob of Edessa
  • Anaphora of Ignatius of Mardin
  • Dismissal and other prayers
  • Basil of Caesarea, Commentary on the Eucharist
Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi (DIYR 00270) 1,931 CE Garshuni, Syriac, Turkish
  • Readings from the Gospels and Pauline Epistles; Sedrē, prooemia (Garshuni, Syriac, Turkish)
  • Short anaphora of James, the Lord's brother (Garshuni, Syriac)
  • Anaphora of Abraham Naḥshirtana (Garshuni, Syriac)
  • Anaphora of the Twelve Apostles (Garshuni, Syriac)
  • Anaphora of Dionysius bar Ṣalībī  (Garshuni, Syriac)
  • Anaphora of Jacob of Ḥarran, Ḥabur and Nisibis (Garshuni, Syriac)
  • Anaphora of Eustathius of Antioch (Garshuni, Syriac)
  • Anaphora of Xystus of Rome (Garshuni, Syriac)
  • Anaphora of John bar Shushan (Garshuni, Syriac)
  • Joint Anaphora (Garshuni, Syriac)
  • Anaphora of Matthew the Pastor (Garshuni, Syriac)
  • Anaphora of Proclus of Byzantium (Garshuni, Syriac)
  • Anaphora of Xystus of Rome (Garshuni, Syriac)
  • Anaphora of Julius of Rome (Garshuni, Syriac)
  • Anaphora of Peter, the head of the Apostles (Garshuni, Syriac)
  • Vigil of the Virgin (Garshuni, Syriac)
  • Readings (Garshuni, Syriac)
  • Anaphora of Julius of Rome (Syriac)
  • Anaphora of Moshe bar Kepha (Syriac)
  • Anaphora of Marutha of Tagrit (Syriac)
  • Anaphora of Lazarus bar Sabta (Syriac)
  • Anaphora of Jacob of Edessa (Syriac)
  • Anaphora of Patriarch bar Wahib (Syriac)
  • Prayers (Garshuni, Syriac)
  • Basil of Caesarea, Commentary on the Liturgy (Garshuni, Syriac)
  • Prayers (Garshuni)
  • Anaphora of Jacob of Sarug (Garshuni, Syriac)
  • Readings (Garshuni, Syriac)
  • Anaphora of Marutha of Tagrit (Garshuni, Syriac)
  • Readings (Garshuni)
  • Anaphora of Philoxenus of Mabbug (Garshuni, Syriac)
  • Readings (Garshuni)
  • Anaphora of Mark the Evangelist (Garshuni, Syriac)
  • Readings; Anaphora of John the Evangelist (Garshuni, Syriac)
  • Readings, Anaphora of Patriarch bar Wahib (Garshuni, Syriac)
Harvard Ms Syr 99 1,889 CE Syriac

Catalog entry

  • ff. 1v-76v Didascalia apostolorum
  • ff. 76-92v First epistle of Clement to the Corinthians
  • ff. 92v-93v Letter of James of Jerusalem to Quadratus
  • ff. 93v-96v Letters of Herod and Pilate 
  • ff. 96v-103v Hypomnemata of our Lord
  • ff. 103v-106v The teaching of Peter in Rome
  • ff. 107r-111v Letter of Dionysius of Athens to Timothy on the deaths of Peter and Paul
  • ff. 111v-117r Extracts from various Fathers
  • ff. 117r-120r Severus on the synods
  • ff. 120r-120v Letter that the Jews wrote to the emperor Marcion about the Synod of Chalcedon
  • ff. 120v-122v Short texts by Philoxenus
  • ff. 122v Creed of orthodox Christians
  • ff. 122v-124v Letter of John bar Shushan against Chalcedon
  • ff. 124v-126v Easy questions against the Chalcedonians
  • ff. 126v-128r Diagrams explaining theology and christology
  • ff. 128v-131v Disputation against the Nestorians
  • ff. 131v Cyril against anyone who keeps a book from a reader
  • ff. 132r-146v Prophecies of the pagan philosophers 
  • ff. 147r-148r 6 questions of Jacob of Edessa
  • ff. 148r-150v Riddles from the Old Testament
  • ff. 150v-151r Under which kings each of the prophets prophesied
  • ff. 151r-154r On the foundation of the true faith which we have received from the apostles etc.
  • ff. 154r On what the Jews wrote above the cross of Christ
  • ff. 154r-155r From the story of Peter the Iberian, that one should not give up hope of God's mercy
  • ff. 155r-157r Severus, from a letter to Thomas of Germanica on the Epistle of Jude
  • ff. 157r-160r Short sections on the eucharist, baptism, etc.
  • ff. 160r-162r On the prophets
  • ff. 162r-163r Jacob of Edessa on the seven spirits of Isaiah 11.2
  • ff. 163 r/v Ephrem on the dove that Noah sent out from the ark
  • ff. 163v-174r Answers to questions, including extracts from various Fathers
  • ff. 174v Diagram of the ten commandments
  • ff. 174v-178r Various other short sections on Old Testament exegesis
  • ff. 178r-181v Jacob of Edessa on the heavenly powers
  • ff. 181v-188v The orthodox teachers on the souls of human beings, and other short extracts
  • ff. 188v-190r Letter of Cyril of Jerusalem on the rebuilding of the temple by the Jews
  • ff. 190r-191r Extracts from Puman, John, Cyril and Basil
  • ff. 191r-201r Explanations of Ephrem on various matters from the Law
  • ff. 201r Colophon