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Manuscript Name / Shelf Mark / Project Number Approximate Date Language The main body text Link to Digitized Manuscript
BnF syr. 361 800 CE Syriac

Composite manuscript

  • Peshitta 
    • f. 1-35 Matthew 
    • f. 35-55 Mark
    • f. 55-89 Luke
    • f. 89-101, 103-112, 102, 113-118 John
    • f. 118-169 Acts of the Apostles and Catholic Epistles
    • f. 170-225 Pauline Epistles

BnF syr. 424 Unknown Syriac

Collection of Medical and astrological texts

BnF syr. 73 1,509 CE Garshuni, Syriac

See catalog entry here

  • Syrian Orthodox Liturgical collection
    • f. 1r-7r Prooemia and Sedre
    • f. 7v-33v Order of the offering of the mysteries (ܛܟܣܐ ܕܩܘܪܒ ܪ̈ܐܙܐ)
    • f. 34r-50v Anaphora of St. Xystus, Pope of Rome
    • f. 51r-57r Anaphora of the Twelve Apostles
    • f. 57v-62r Anaphora of St. Dionysius, Metropolitan of Amid
    • f. 62v-69r Anaphora of Matthew the shepherd
    • f. 69v-76r Anaphora of St. Peter
    • f. 76v-85v Anaphora of John the Apostle
    • f. 86r-89r Sedra on the Mother of God in the Meter of Jacob of Sarug
    • f. 89v ff. Anaphora of Mar Marutha of Tagrit

BnF syr. 198 1,600 CE Garshuni

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  • f. 1-10v Ignatius of Antioch, Letter of Exhortation to Priests (CPG 1030)
  • f. 10v-28v Questions and responses between a disciple and his master regarding the sacrament and confession
  • f. 28v-48 Memra on Lent
  • f. 48-53v Ephrem Syrus, Memra on the Departure of the soul from the body
  • f. 53v-66v On the Excellence of the Christian Religion
  • f. 70v-88v Some canons relative to Baptism
  • f. 88v-100 Canons on penitence in the form of question and answer
  • f. 100-112 Sixty-two canons on penitence
  • f. 112-130 Questions and answers of Ss. Basil and Gregory

BnF arabe 6734 1,100 CE Arabic, Syriac

Collection of treatises on medicine translated from the Greek text of Hippocrates

  • f. 1-19r Book on General Maladies (Arabic)
  • f. 19v-29r Extracts
  • f. 29v-128r Aphorisms of Hippocrates in Syriac and Arabic

BnF arabe 53 1,724 CE Arabic, Georgian, Syriac
  • Syrian Rite, Liturgy; New Testament
  • f. 1r-1v Georgian text
  • f. 2-9v Table of Pericopes
  • f. 10v-65v Gospel of St. Matthew
  • f. 66-102 Gospel of St. Mark
  • f. 103-165v Gospel of St. Luke
  • f. 167-220 Gospel of St. John

BnF syr. 234 1,192 CE Syriac

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  • Collection of the lives of saints, of the martyrs, and of the pious
    • f. 1r-18v History of St. Bishoy
    • f. 9-12r History of St. Macarius
    • f. 12v-29 History of St. Behnam
    • f. 29-61 History of Dioscorus
    • f. 61-62 Summary of the vision of Zosimus
    • f. 62-79 History of St. Mary the Egyptian
    • f. 80-84 History of Maximus and of Demetrius
    • f. 84-92r History of Isaiah of Aleppo
    • f. 92v- 94 History of Abraham of the high mountain
    • f. 95-103 History of Serapion
    • f. 104-127r History of John the Merciful
    • f. 127v-130r History of John the Monk of Antioch
    • f. 130v-135r Letter (Ps.-)Dionysius the Areopagite to St. Timothy about the martyrdom of St. Peter and St. Paul
    • f. 135v-146r History of Eustathius
    • f. 146v-153r History of James Intercissus
    • f. 153v-156r History of a virgin and infant in Alexandria
    • f. 156v-164 History of Archelides of Constantinople
    • f. 165-166 History of Maria (Marina)
    • f. 167-172 History of Jacob of Nisibis (by Theodoret)
    • f. 172-186r History of Abraham Qidunaya and of his niece (attributed to Ephrem Syrus)
    • f. 186v-210r History of the image of Jesus Christ which the Jews made at Tiberius, by Deacon Philotheus
    • f. 210v-213r History of Martinianus
    • f. 213v-221r History of Euphrosinus of Alexandria
    • f. 221v-228 Essays and examples on the adherence to the day of Friday
    • f. 229-230r History of a bishop who denied Christ and afterward did penance
    • f. 230v-238r History of John Bar-Malke
    • f. 238v-260 History of Joseph and of his brothers
    • f. 261-265 Martyrdom of Mamas
    • f. 266-270r History of the martyrdom of the Himyarites of Najran
    • f. 270v-273 History of Peter the Publican
    • f. 274-280r History of Shemuni and her seven sons
    • f. 280v-287v History of Mark, the Christian merchant, and of Gaspard the Persian pagan
    • f. 288-290 History of a rich man who lost all his children and his poor neighbor
    • f. 291-292 History of the old woman of Jerusalem and her five sons
    • f. 293-294 History of Protonike, wife of Emperor Claudius and the discovery of the true cross
    • f. 295-298 History of Fausta, the virgin of Cyzicus
    • f. 299r-299v History of a virgin from Jerusalem
    • f. 299v-307v History of Euphemia and her daughter, Sophie
    • f. 308-317r History of the 40 martyrs of Sebaste
    • f. 317v-325 History of the apostles Matthew and Andrew and their preaching in the country of Beth-Kalbin
    • f. 326r-332r History of a holy man of Rome
    • f. 332v-337 Second part of the history of St. Alexei
    • f. 338-339 History of the discovery of the head of Paul
    • f. 339-344 History of a religious woman who was dwelling in a convent and was considered to be different and pure
    • f. 345 ff. Lives of the Desert Fathers
      • f. 345-376 Life of St. Anthony 
      • f. 376-416 Life of St. Macarius
      • f. 416-440r Life of St. Pachomius
      • f. 440v-443r History of a man who was living in a tree
      • f. 443v-450r History of John the Nazirite
      • f. 450v ff. History of the two brothers, Abraham and Maron

BnF arabe 96 1,300 CE Arabic

John Chrysostom, Homilies on the Epistle of St. Paul to the Hebrews (Arabic). Ff. 2, 216r-v contain some Syriac notes from the scribe.

BnF syr. 283 1,684 CE Syriac

See catalog entry here

  • Rite of the Church of the East
    • f. 1r-24r Prayers of Priests
    • f. 24v-47r Liturgy of the 12 Apostles
    • f. 48v-56 Liturgy of Theodore of Mopsuestia
    • f. 57-73 Liturgy of Nestorius
    • f. 74-96 Rite of baptism by Mar Isho'yahb
    • f. 97-102 Rite of absolution by Mar Isho'yahb
    • f. 103v-107 various prayers
    • f. 108-109r Benediction for cleansing defiled water
    • f. 109v-113 Rite of the renewal of the leaven
    • f. 114-115r Benediction of the chalice
    • f. 115v-119 Rite of vows
    • f. 120-135r Consecration of an altar without the use of holy chrism
    • f. 135v-140r Calendar for finding moveable feasts
    • f. 140v-151 Final benedictions which one sings at the door of the choir by 'Abdisho', metropolitan of Nisibis
    • f. 152-158r Other benedictions of 'Abdisho'
    • f. 158v-165r Other benedictions of 'Abdisho', bishop of Gazarta
    • f. 165v ff. Benedictions by the priest, Israel of Alqosh

BnF syr. 433 1,600 CE Syriac

Anonymous, Commentary on the Psalms

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