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Manuscript Name / Shelf Mark / Project Number Approximate Date Language The main body text Link to Digitized Manuscript
Borg. sir. 117 1,868 CE Syriac

Syriac Masora; see note in Scher

  • Binding
  • f. 1r-13r Genesis
  • f. 13r-20v Exodus
  • f. 21r-26v Leviticus
  • f. 26v-36v Numbers
  • f. 36v-46v Deuteronomy
  • f. 47r-48r On the person Job
  • f. 48r-57r Job
  • f. 57r-58r Concerning Job
  • f. 58r-66v Joshua
  • f. 66v-73v Judges
  • f. 73v-89v 1-2 Samuel
  • f. 89v-105v Psalms
  • f. 105v-122r Kings
  • f. 122r-137v Isaiah
  • f. 137v-155v Minor Prophets
  • f. 155v-173v Jeremiah
  • f. 174r-186r Ezekiel
  • f. 186r-192v Daniel
  • f. 193r-200v Proverbs
  • f. 200v-207v Wisdom
  • f. 207v-210r Kohelet
  • f. 210r-212r Song of Songs
  • f. 212v-212v Ruth
  • f. 212v-213r Esther
  • f. 213r-213v Judith
  • f. 213v-223r Ben Sira
  • f. 223r-233v Acts
  • f. 233v-234v Epistle of James
  • f. 234v-235r Epistle of Peter
  • f. 235v-236r Epistle of John
  • f. 236v-238r On Paul
  • f. 238r-241v Romans
  • f. 242r-245r 1 Corinthians
  • f. 245r-247v 2 Corinthians
  • f. 247v-249r Galatians
  • f. 249r-250v Ephesians
  • f. 250v-251v Philippians
  • f. 251v-252v Colossians
  • f. 252v-253v 1 Thessalonians
  • f. 253v-254r 2 Thessalonians
  • f. 254r-255r 1 Timothy
  • f. 255v-256v 2 Timothy
  • f. 256v-257v Titus
  • f. 257v-258r Philemon
  • f. 258r-261v Hebrews
  • f. 261v-271v Matthew
  • f. 271v-276v Mark
  • f. 276v-286v Luke
  • f. 286v-292v John
  • f. 292v-297v Acts (Harklean Version)
  • f. 297v-299v Romans (Harklean Version)
  • f. 300r-301r 1 Corinthians (Harklean Version)
  • f. 301v-302r 2 Corinthians (Harklean Version)
  • f. 302r-302v Galatians (Harklean Version)
  • f. 302v-303r Ephesians (Harklean Version)
  • f. 303r-303v Colossians (Harklean Version)
  • f. 303v-303v 1 Thessalonians (Harklean Version)
  • f. 303v-304r 2 Thessalonians (Harklean Version)
  • f. 304r-304v Titus (Harklean Version)
  • f. 304v-304v Philemon (Harklean Version)
  • f. 304v-307r Matthew (Harklean Version)
  • f. 307r-308r Mark (Harklean Version)
  • f. 308r-310v Luke (Harklean Version)
  • f. 310v-312 John (Harklean Version)
  • f. 312r-312r Colophon (of apograph)
  • f. 312v-316v Letter of Jacob of Edessa on Orthography
  • f. 316v-320r Letter of Jacob of Edessa on Persons and Tenses
  • f. 320r-321v On the Masora by Thomas the Deacon
  • f. 321v-323r Masora of Epiphanius
  • f. 323r-325r Translation of Greek terms
  • f. 325r-327v Translation of Hebrew Terms
  • f. 327v-335r Translation of terms in Hebrew and other languages
  • f. 335v-337v Homographs vocalized and pointed
  • f. 337v-337v Names of Biblical Books
  • f. 338r-338v Prophets who prophesied but did not write down their prophesies.
  • f. 338v-339r Extracts from Epiphanius
  • f. 339r-340r Ephrem Syrus, On the Formation of Man
  • f. 340r-340v Colophon (Of antigraph)
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Borg. sir. 147 1,400 CE Syriac

See entry in Scher

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  • f. 3v-9v Index of Lectionary Readings
  • f. 10r-10v Index of Sections in Matthew
  • f. 11v-47r Gospel of Matthew
  • f. 47r Index of sections in Mark
  • f. 69r Index of Sections in Luke
  • f. 69v-107v Gospel of Luke
  • f. 107v Index of Sections in Luke
  • f. 108r-132r Gospel of John 
  • f. 132v-170r Acts
  • f. 170r-171r Cause of the Book of Acts
  • f. 171v-174v Epistle of James
  • f. 175r-179r First Epistle of Peter
  • f. 179v-182r Second Epistle of Peter
  • f. 182r-186r First Epistle of John
  • f. 186r-187r Second Epistle of John
  • f. 187r-188v Epistle of Jude
  • f. 189r On Paul
  • f. 189v-274r Epistles of Paul
  • f. 274v Colophon
  • f. 275v-289r Jacob of Edessa, Letter
  • f. 289v-302r Monastic Anthology
  • f. 302v-303v Notes
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Vat. sir. 152 980 CE Syriac

See entry in Assemani

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  • f. 1r-1v Notes on paper front paper
  • f. 2r Frontpiece
  • f. 2v-9v Genesis
  • f. 9v-14r Exodus
  • f. 14r-17v Leviticus
  • f. 17v-22v Numbers
  • f. 22v-27v Deuteronomy
  • f. 27v-32r Joshua
  • f. 32r-36r Judges
  • f. 36r-41v Job
  • f. 41v-50r 1-2 Samuel
  • f. 50r-59r Psalms
  • f. 59r-66v 1-2 Kings
  • f. 66v-75r Isaiah
  • f. 75r-83r Minor Prophets
  • f. 83r-92v Jeremiah
  • f. 92v-99r Ezekiel
  • f. 99r-101v Daniel
  • f. 101v-102r Susanna
  • f. 102r-106r Proverbs
  • f. 106r-110r Wisdom
  • f. 110r-111v Ecclesiastes
  • f. 111v-112v Song of Songs
  • f. 112v Ruth
  • f. 112v-113r Esther
  • f. 113r Judith
  • f. 113r-118v Ben Sira
  • f. 118v-125r Acts of the Apostles
  • f. 125r-125v Epistle of James
  • f. 125v-126r 1 Peter
  • f. 126r-126v 1 John
  • f. 126v-128v Romans
  • f. 128v-130v 1 Corinthians
  • f. 130v-132r 2 Corinthians
  • f. 132r-133r Galatians
  • f. 133r-133v Ephesians
  • f. 133v-134r Philippians
  • f. 134r-134v Colossians
  • f. 134v-135r 1 Thessalonians
  • f. 134r-135v 2 Thessalonians
  • f. 135v-136r 1 Timothy
  • f. 136r-136v 2 Timothy
  • f. 136v-137r Titus
  • f. 137r Philemon
  • f. 137r-139r Hebrews
  • f. 139r-145r Matthew
  • f. 145r-147v Mark
  • f. 147v-153r Luke
  • f. 153r-156v John
  • f. 156v-168r Additional Masora for Harklean version
  • f. 168r-173r Masora for Severus
  • f. 173r-182r Masora for the works of Gregory the Theologian
  • f. 182r-183v Masora for the letters of Saints Gregory the Theologian and Basil the Great
  • f. 183v-185r Tractate of Severus 
  • f. 185r-188v Letter of Jacob of Edessa
  • f. 191v-193r Masora of Thomas the deacon
  • f. 193r-194r Masora and Extracts of Epiphanius
  • f. 194r-194v Books of the Old and New Testament
  • f. 194v-196r On the Death of the Prophets
  • f. 196r On the Death of the Apostles
  • f. 196r-198r Vocalization and pointing of homographs
  • f. 198r-202v Translations from Hebrew and other languages
  • f. 202v-204v Poem of Philoponus in the meter of Ephrem
  • f. 204-205r Ephrem, on the Formation of Man
  • f. 205r-205v On the Union of the Body of Christ
  • f. 206r-207r On the Union of the Body of Christ
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Medeltidshandskrift 58 1,204 CE Syriac

See the description on the Lund University Library Website.

  • ff. 3v-308r Old and New Testament Peshitta (with Massora)
  • ff. 308r-313v Jacob of Edessa, Letter to Giorgios, bishop of Sarug, on Syriac orthography A Letter by Mar Jacob, Bishop of Edessa
  • ff. 313v-318r Jacob of Edessa, Treatise on punctuation A Letter by Mar Jacob, Bishop of Edessa, On Syriac Orthography
  • ff. 318r-320r Deacon Thomas, Two treatises on the Syriac accent 
  • f. 320v Epiphanios On Greek prosody Hebraica, vol IV Gottheil, J. H. (ed.) , 1887-1888, p. 168. .
  • ff. 320v-321r Treatise on the Syriac conjunctions 
  • f. 321r-321v Treatise on the Syriac conjunctions
  • ff. 322r-323v Gregory of Nazianz Orations
  • f. 324r Concordance
  • ff. 324v-326r Calendar
Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 42 (SMMJ 00042) 1,500 CE Syriac

See entry at CPART and in Macomber. Title: "Volume of the names and readings of the Old and New Testaments according to the tradition of [the monastery of] Qarqapta." (St. Mark's Convent, Jerusalem 1-5; SMC 1-5); See entry in Baumstark 1*. Filoksinos Yohanna Dolabany, Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in St. Mark’s Monastery (1994).

  • pp. 2-153 Old Testament (Syriac Masorah)
    • pp. 2-12 Genesis
    • pp. 12-18 Exodus
    • pp. 18-22 Leviticus
    • pp. 22-29 Numbers
    • pp. 29-35 Deuteronomy
    • pp. 35-41 Joshua
    • pp. 41-45 Judges
    • pp. 45-53 Job
    • pp. 53-64 I and II Samuel
    • pp. 64-74 I and II Kings
    • pp. 74-86 Psalms
    • pp. 86-91 Proverbs
    • pp. 91-96 Wisdom
    • pp. 96-98 Ecclesiastes (Qoheleth)
    • pp. 98-100 Song of Songs
    • pp. 100-111 Isaiah
    • pp. 111-119 Twelve minor Prophets
    • pp. 119-133 Books of Jeremiah
      • pp. 119-129 Jeremiah
      • pp. 129-131 Lamentations of Jeremiah
      • pp. 131 Prayer of Jeremiah
      • pp. 131-132 First Baruch
      • p. 132 Second Baruch
      • pp. 132-133 Epistle of Jeremiah
    • pp. 133-141 Ezekiel
    • pp. 141-146 Daniel
      • pp. 141-144 Prophecy of Daniel
      • pp. 144-145 Bel and the Dragon
      • pp. 145-146 Susanna
    • pp. 146-153 Ben Sirach
  • pp. 153-200 New Testament (Peshitta)
    • pp. 153-160 Acts
    • pp. 160-162 Catholic Epistles (only James, 1 Peter, and 1 John)
    • pp. 162-175 Pauline Epistles
    • pp. 176-185 Matthew
    • pp. 185-189 Mark
    • pp. 189-196 Luke
    • pp. 196-200 John
  • pp. 201-214v Names and readings of the New Testament according to the tradition of Thomas of Harkel
    • pp. 201-204 Acts
    • pp. 204-209 Pauline Epistles
    • pp. 209-214 Gospels
  • pp. 215-263 Names and readings of the Orthodox Doctors
    • p. 215 (Pseudo-) Dionysius the Areopagite
    • pp. 216-219 St. Basil
    • pp. 219-247 St. Gregory the Theologian (Nazianzus)
    • pp. 247-249 Letters of Basil and Gregory
    • pp. 249-263 Severus of Antioch
  • p. 263 The names that are in the Revelation according to John, the evangelist and apostle
  • pp. 263-267 Letter of St. Jacob, Bishop of Edessa, concerning the dots
  • pp. 267-272 Letter of St. Jacob, Bishop of Edessa to George, Bishop of Sarug
  • pp. 272-283 Names and readings of Epiphanius
  • pp. 284-292 Interpretations of the Hebrew words and of other peoples that are included in the books of the holy prophets which have been gathered with great diligence from the tradition of the Seventy-Two Translators and from the revision of Jacob of Edessa
  • pp. 292-296 Rabban Yohannan (called Beth-Qaddishe, disciple of Maron), Discourse on the Incarnation in view of the orthodox faith of the holy Fathers
BnF syr. 27 1,084 CE Syriac

See catalog entry here

  • f. 1r-93r 2 Kings (Syrohexapla) preceded by the commentary of John Chrysostom
  • f. 93v-149v The book of Daniel according to the revision of Jacob of Edessa
Leiden Or. 66 Unknown Syriac
  • Jacob of Edessa, The 7 books on the seven days of the week
  • St. Basil, Excerps from the Syriac Physiologus
  • Fragment of an index of the pericopes of the Gospels according to the Jacobite ecclesiastical year
Harvard MS Syr 93 700 CE Syriac

Catalog Entry

  • A collection of short works including a "Gospel of the Twelve Apostles" (ff. 47r-51v)
  • Apocalypses of Simon Kepha, James, John the little (51v-57v)
  • A fragment of the Doctrina Addai (57v)
  • Various responsa and canons (1r-46v, 59r ff.) including replies of Jacob of Edessa.
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 
Mosul, Iraq, Syrian Orthodox Archdiocese of Mosul MS 58 (ASOM 00058) 1,700 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • fol. 4r-5v, Pseudo-Callisthenes, Alexander Romance (Arabic Garshuni)
  • fol. 6r-75v Psalms
  • fol. 76r-85v Poem on the divine wisdom
    • Title NS: ܥܠ ܚܟܡܬܐ ܐܠܗܝܬܐ
  • fol. 86v-88v Memra on the Trinity
  • fol. 89v-92v Prayers
    • Includes prayers attributed to Ephrem of Nisibis and Jacob of Edessa
  • fol. 92v-96v Memre and Sogitha