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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
Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana: Orientali 298 1,488 CE Syriac

See Assemani 62; [Bibliographic Record]; [Data Record]

  • Syriac Sermons
    • St. Ephrem Syrus
    • St. Isaac
    • John Chrysostom
    • Ignatius of Antioch
    • Gregory Thaumatugos
    • Dionysius bar Ṣalibi
    • Severus of Antioch
    • Rabbula of Edessa
    • St. John
    • Jacob of Edessa
    • John bar Ma'dani
  • Gregory bar Hebraeus, Physical Tractate
    • On planets
    • On air
    • On 4-footed animals
    • On birds
    • On fish
    • On earth
    • On minerals
    • On hot water
  • Gregory bar Hebraeus, Grammar
Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana: Orientali 409a 1,656 CE Arabic, Syriac

See entries for Assemani 46, Assemani 47, and Assemani 48; [Bibliographic Record]; [Data Record]

  • Assemani 46
    • Georgio Amirae, Maronite Patriarch of Antioch
      • Calendar for the Ecclesiastical year
      • Rules for finding Pascha
    • Ananias Xenaia, song about himself
  • Assemani 47
    • Maronite Missal
    • Anaphora of John the Evangelist
  • Assemani 48
    • Jacobite Ecclesiastical calendar
    • John Chrysostom, Exposition on Psalm 6
    • Dionysius bar Ṣalibi, Commentary on Luke
    • Jacob of Sarug, Memra on Constantine the Faithful Emperor
Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana: Orientali 409b 1,656 CE Arabic, Syriac

See entries for Assemani 46Assemani 47, and Assemani 48; [Bibliographic Record]; [Data Record]

  • Assemani 46
    • Georgio Amirae, Maronite Patriarch of Antioch
      • Calendar for the Ecclesiastical year
      • Rules for finding Pascha
    • Ananias Xenaia, song about himself
  • Assemani 47
    • Maronite Missal
    • Anaphora of John the Evangelist
  • Assemani 48
    • Jacobite Ecclesiastical calendar
    • John Chrysostom, Exposition on Psalm 6
    • Dionysius bar Ṣalibi, Commentary on Luke
    • Jacob of Sarug, Memra on Constantine the Faithful Emperor
Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana: Orientali 409c 1,656 CE Arabic, Syriac

See entries for Assemani 46Assemani 47, and Assemani 48; [Bibliographic Record]; [Data Record]

  • Assemani 46
    • Georgio Amirae, Maronite Patriarch of Antioch
      • Calendar for the Ecclesiastical year
      • Rules for finding Pascha
    • Ananias Xenaia, song about himself
  • Assemani 47
    • Maronite Missal
    • Anaphora of John the Evangelist
  • Assemani 48
    • Jacobite Ecclesiastical calendar
    • John Chrysostom, Exposition on Psalm 6
    • Dionysius bar Ṣalibi, Commentary on Luke
    • Jacob of Sarug, Memra on Constantine the Faithful Emperor
Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 162 (SMMJ 00162) 1,900 CE Syriac

Filoksinos Yohanna Dolabany, Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in St. Mark’s Monastery (1994).

  • Homilies
    • Includes homilies by Jacob of Serugh, Shemʿūn II, Mafrian of Ṭur ʻAbdin, Jacob of Edessa, Dīonīsīūs bar Ṣalībī, Ephrem of Nisibis, Yuḥannōn Sabrīnoyō, Īsḥāq of Antioch, Bihnam Hadlōyō, and John Chrysostom
Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 247 (SMMJ 00247) 1,700 CE Garshuni, Syriac

Filoksinos Yohanna Dolabany, Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in St. Mark’s Monastery (1994).

  • fol. 1v, 9r Dionysius bar Ṣalibi, Homily on the Eucharist (Garshuni)
  • fol. 9v, 3r Introduction to the Books of Solomon (Garshuni)
  • fol. 3v-9v, 2r-2v, 10r-22v Proverbs (Garshuni)
  • fol. 23r-34r Wisdom of Solomon (Garshuni)
  • fol. 34r-41r Ecclesiastes (Garshuni)
  • fol. 41v-88v Testament of the Lord (Garshuni)
    • Text attributed to Clement of Rome; divided into 8 books
  • fol. 89r-158r Book of the teacher and the disciple (Garshuni)
  • fol. 158v-161v John Chrysostom, Homily on the rich man (Garshuni)
  • fol. 161v-166v John Chrysostom, Homily on mercy and admonition (Garshuni)
  • fol. 166v-184v John Chrysostom, Homily on virginity, repentance, and admonition (Garshuni)
  • fol. 185-188v Teaching of Addai (Syriac)