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Manuscript Name / Shelf Mark / Project Number Approximate Date Language The main body text Link to Digitized Manuscript
Harvard Ms Syr 45 1,896 CE Syriac

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  • ff. 1v-8v Teaching of the twelve holy apostles
  • ff. 9v-12v Selections from the letters of Ignatius
  • ff. 13v-19v Homily 11 from the commentary of Cyril on Luke, suitable to be read on Epiphany
Harvard Ms Syr 54 1,661 CE Armenian, Syriac

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  • Lexicon (A compilation of the lexica of Bar Bahlul, Bar Ali and others. The normal Arabic glosses are in Armenian –in Syriac letters– instead.)
Harvard Ms Syr 77 1,893 CE Syriac

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  • Solomon of Basra, Ktaba d-luqaṭe d-metqre dborita
Harvard Ms Syr 99 1,889 CE Syriac

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  • 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 
Harvard Ms Syr 104 1,400 CE Garshuni

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  • Canons for monks
Harvard Ms Syr 105 1,600 CE Syriac

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  • Canons
Harvard Ms Syr 115 1,889 CE Syriac

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  • ff. 1-7r Blank
  • ff. 7v-8r John of Dalyatha, Apology
  • ff. 8r-54r John of Dalyatha, Homilies numbered 1-24
  • ff. 54r-56v Chapters (sic) of knowledge, numbered 25
  • ff. 56v-97r John of Dalyatha, Letters numbered 1-51
  • ff. 97r-124r John of Dalyatha, Chapters of knowledge
  • ff. 124r-126r John of Dalyatha, Diverse chapters by the same author
  • ff. 126r-127r John of Dalyatha, Madrashe by the same author
  • ff. 127r/v John of Dalyatha, Apology by the author's brother
  • ff. 127v-128r John of Dalyatha, The author to his brother
  • ff. 128r-129r Extract of David the Phoenician
  • ff. 129r Colophon
  • ff. 129v-130r Extract from Jacob of Serug
Harvard Ms Syr 118 1,753 CE Arabic, Garshuni, Syriac

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  • ff. 2v-81v Moshe bar Kepha, On the soul, in 65 chapters
  • ff. 82r-125r Moshe bar Kepha, On the resurrection of bodies, in 34 chapters but ch. 25 is white space only
  • ff. 125v-148r Moshe bar Kepha, On the creation of angels, in 54 chapters
  • ff. 148v-164v Moshe bar Kepha, On the order of angels, in 16 chapters
  • ff. 165r-174r John of Dara, Chapters on demons, in 23 chapters, but breaking off in the middle of ch. 22
  • ff. 174v-236r, 236r-253r On paradise, in 2 memre of 28 and 7 chapters
  • ff. 253r Short colophon partly in Karshuni and Arabic
Harvard Ms Syr 122 1,899 CE Syriac

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  • John of Dara
    • ff. 2v-18v Commentary on ps-Dionysius the Areopagite, on the celestial hierarchy, in 16 chapters
    • ff. 18v-40r Commentary on ps-Dionysius, on the the ecclesiastical hierarchy, in 6 chapters
    • ff. 40r-66v On priesthood, in 4 memre of 8, 18, 2 and 13 chapters
    • ff. 66v-159r On the resurrection of human bodies, in 11, 15, 8 and 24 chapters
    • ff. 159v-182r On the eucharist
    • ff. 182v-183r Biblical scholia, lacking red headings and unfinished
    • ff. 184v Colophon in Karshuni
    • ff. 185r Colophon in Syriac 
Harvard Ms Syr 130 1,888 CE Syriac

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  • ff. 1r/v Table of contents
  • ff. 2r Cross design
  • Dionysius bar Ṣalibi​
    • ff. 2v-23v Commentaries on Genesis
    • ff. 23v-37r Exodus
    • ff. 37r-45v Leviticus
    • ff. 45v-57r Numbers
    • ff. 57r-67r Deuteronomy
    • ff. 67v-79v Job
    • ff. 79v-81v Joshua
    • ff. 81v-84r Judges
    • ff. 84v-88r Samuel
    • ff. 88v-95r Kings
    • ff. 95r-103r-166r Psalms (introduction in 32 chapters by Moses bar Kepha, 95r-103r; commentary 103r-166r)
    • ff. 166v-179v Proverbs
    • ff. 179v-193r Ecclesiastes
    • ff. 193r-201r Song of Songs
    • ff. 201r/v A section on chronology entitled ʻAl qadimut nbiye ḥad men ḥabreh
    • ff. 201v-234r Isaiah
    • ff. 234v-250r Jeremiah
    • ff. 250r-271v Ezekiel
    • ff. 272r-282v Daniel
    • ff. 282v-286r Hippolytus on Susanna
    • ff. 286r-309r Twelve Prophets
    • ff. 309r-315v Bar Asira
    • ff. 315v-316v Colophons
    • ff. 316v Prayer
    • ff. 317r-318v Ephrem on Malachi (317r-v) and Joel (317v-318v)

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