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Manuscript Name / Shelf Mark / Project Number Approximate Date Language The main body text Link to Digitized Manuscript
Vat. sir. 103 pt. 1 861 CE Syriac

See entry in Assemani 

Catenae Severi

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  • f. 1v-32r Genesis (Attributed to Ephrem)
  • f. 32r-44r Genesis (Attributed to Jacob of Edessa)
  • f. 44r-52r Exodus (Attributed to Jacob of Edessa)
  • f. 52r-57r Leviticus (Attributed to Jacob of Edessa)
  • f. 57r-59v Numbers (Attributed to Jacob of Edessa)
  • f. 59v-63r Deuteronomy (Attributed to Jacob of Edessa)
  • f. 63r-65r Job (Attributed to Jacob of Edessa)
  • f. 65r-66r Joshua (Attributed to Jacob of Edessa)
  • f. 66r-67r Judges (Attributed to Jacob of Edessa)
  • f. 67r-72v Exodus (Attributed to Ephrem)
  • f. 72v-76r Leviticus (Attributed to Ephrem)
  • f. 76r-80r Numbers (Attributed to Ephrem)
  • f. 80r-85v Deuteronomy (Attributed to Ephrem)
  • f. 86r-91r Job (Attributed to Ephrem)
  • f. 91v-95r Joshua (Attributed to Ephrem)
  • f. 95r-99v Judges (Attributed to Ephrem)
  • f. 100r-114r 1-2 Samuel (Attributed to Ephrem)
  • f. 114v-132v 1-2 Kings (Attributed to Ephrem)
  • f. 133r-134v Hosea (Attributed to Ephrem) (Continued in Vat. sir. 103 pt. 2)
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Vat. sir. 103 pt. 2 861 CE Syriac

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  • f. 135r-136r Hosea continued (Attributed to Ephrem) (Continued from Vat. sir. 103. pt. 1)
  • f. 136v-139v Amos (Attributed to Ephrem)
  • f. 139v-143v Micah (Attributed to Ephrem)
  • f. 143v-145r Joel (Attributed to Ephrem)
  • f. 145r-145v Obadiah (Attributed to Ephrem)
  • f. 146r-153v Zachariah (Attributed to Ephrem)
  • f. 153v-155r Malachi (Attributed to Ephrem)
  • f. 155r-166r Ezekiel (Attributed to Ephrem)
  • f. 166r-175v Jeremiah (Attributed to Ephrem)
  • f. 175v-176r Lamentations (Attributed to Ephrem)
  • f. 176v-181v Song of Songs (Attributed to Ephrem)
  • f. 181v-190v Daniel (Attributed to Ephrem)
  • f. 190v-217v Isaiah (Attributed to Ephrem)
  • f. 218r-238v Isaiah (Attributed to Cyril of Alexandria)
  • f. 238v-240r Proverbs of Solomon
  • f. 240r-247v Kohelet (Ecclesiastes)
  • f. 247r Colophon
  • f. 247 Romans (Continued in Vat. sir. 103 pt. 3)
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Vat. sir. 110 500 CE Syriac

See entry in Assemani and the manuscript description from CPART.

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  • f. 1v-76r Ephrem Syrus, Commentary on Genesis
  • f. 76r-95v Ephrem Syrus, Commentary on Exodus
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Vat. sir. 155 1,515 CE Syriac

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  • f. 1r Order of procession
  • f. 1r Order of approach to the door
  • f. 1r Order of foot-washing
  • f. 1v Order of adoration of the cross
  • f. 1v Order of absolution
  • f. 2r-2v Blessing of the table
  • f. 3r-6v Names and brief history of the fathers, prophets, and doctors
  • f. 6v On Jewish Fast days
  • f. 6v On the date of the creation of the world
  • f. 7r-7v Dionysius Barsalibi, exposition on priestly vestments
  • f. 7v-8r Preparation of the chrism
  • f. 8r-8v Consecration of the chrism
  • f. 8v-9r Order of foot-washing
  • f. 9r-9v Order of the succession of the second passion
  • f. 9r-9v Order of the adoration of the cross
  • f. 9v-16v Order of the Lord's resurrection
  • f. 17r Letter of Eusebius of Caesarea to Carpianus on gospel harmony
  • f. 17r-26v Dionysius Barsalibi, Prolegomena to the four gospels
  • f. 27r-31v Dionysius Barsalibi, Commentary on the four gospels, Preamble
  • f. 32r-149v Dionysius Barsalibi, Commentary on the gospel of Matthew
  • f. 150r-160r Dionysius Barsalibi, Commentary on the gospel of Mark
  • f. 160v-201v Dionysius Barsalibi, Commentary on the gospel of Luke
  • f. 202r-262v Dionysius Barsalibi, Commentary on the gospel of John
  • f. 263r-288r Daniel of Salah [Salaḥ], Exposition on the Psalms
  • f. 288v-290v Ephrem, A Profitable Warning
  • f. 290v-294r Ephrem, On Repentance
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Vat. sir. 596 1,917 CE Arabic, Syriac
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  • f. 1r-53v Jacob of Edessa, Commentary on the Old Testament
    • f. 1r-20r Genesis
    • f. 20v-32r Exodus
    • f. 32r-39v Leviticus
    • f. 39v-42v Numbers (f. 41rv lacuna)
    • f. 42v-47r Deuteronomy
    • f. 47v-50v Job
    • f. 51r-52r Joshua
    • f. 52v-53v Judges
  • f. 53v-66r Exlanation of difficult Old Testament passages (Ephrem, Jacob, and others) 
  • f. 66r Colophon
  • f. 66v-79r Explanations of various subjects attributed to different authors
  • f. 79v-81v Teaching of the Twelve Apostles
  • f. 81v-83v The Doctrine of Addai
  • f. 83v-84r Twenty Canons of the Apostles
  • f. 84r-85r Six questions and answers of Jacob of Edessa
  • f. 85v-90r Hypomnemata of our Lord
  • f. 90v-99v Two letters of Theodore bar Wahbun
  • f. 99v-105r Prophecies of pagan philosophers
  • f. 105r-111r Chosen words of philosophers teaching wisdom
  • f. 111r Colophon
  • f. 111v-112v Eulogy of Abraham of Nathpar
  • f. 113r Anecdote of Moses bar Kepha by Mar Sawira
  • f. 113v-115r Profession of Faith by Mar Michael
  • f. 115v-116v Questions and answers on ousia
  • f. 117r-120v Legend of Mar Eli al-Hira in Arabic
  • f. 121r-130r History of Yareth the Alexandrian
  • f. 130r Colophon (other colophons found at 66r and 111r)
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