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Manuscript Name / Shelf Mark / Project Number Approximate Date Language The main body text Link to Digitized Manuscript
Mosul, Iraq, Syrian Orthodox Archdiocese of Mosul (ASOM 00022 013) Unknown Garshuni, Syriac
  • Liturgical prayers and scripture readings
Mosul, Iraq, Syrian Orthodox Archdiocese of Mosul MS 34 (ASOM 00034) 1,750 CE Syriac
  • fol. 2v-129r Psalms
    • Title NS: ܟܬܒܐ ܕܡܙܡܘܪ̈ܐ ܕܕܘܝܕ
    • Note: Syriac with Arabic Garshuni translation in parallel columns
  • fol. 129v-130r Athanasius, Patriarch of Alexandria, Hymn of the angels at the Nativity
    • Title NS: ܬܫܒܘܚܬܐ ܕܡ̈ܠܐܟܐ ܕܫܒܚܘܗ̇ ܒܝܘܡܐ ܕܡܘܠܕܗ ܕܡܪܢ ܒܒܣܪ
    • Note: Dominical prayer and Nicene Creed in Syriac on fol. 130rv
  • fol. 130v-133v Memre
    • Note: Includes memre by Ephrem of Nisibis, fol. 130v-131r, 132v-133v; also an acrostic memra in the meter of Ephrem of Nisibis, fol. 131r-132r
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
Mosul, Iraq, Syrian Orthodox Archdiocese of Mosul MS 90 (ASOM 00090) 1,800 CE Syriac
  • fol. 1r-96v New Testament lectionary
Mosul, Iraq, Syrian Orthodox Archdiocese of Mosul MS 117 (ASOM 00117) 1,730 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • fol. 1v-140r Psalms
    • Title NS: ܡܙܡܘܪ̈ܐ ܕܕܘܝܕ
    • Parallel columns in Syriac and Arabic Garshuni
    • Note: Includes also Psalm 151
  • fol. 140v-142r Odes
    • Moses and the song of the Red Sea
    • Isaiah the prophet
    • Hannah the prophetess [Mother of Samuel]
    • Jonah the Prophet
    • [Mary] the God-bearer
  • fol. 142v-143r Nicene Creed
  • fol. 143r-v The praise of the angel (Gloria in excelsis) and other liturgical prayers
  • fol. 143v Trisagion
  • fol. 143v The Lord's Prayer
  • fol. 143v-145r Ephrem of Nisibis, Memra on doctrine
    • Title NS: ܬܘܒ ܡܐܡܪܐ ܕܩ̄ܕ ܡܪܝ ܐܦܪܝܡ ܕܥܠ ܝܘܠܦܢܐ