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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 MS 33 (ASOM 00033) 1,908 CE Syriac
  • fol. 4r-145r Rite of ordination
    • Title NS: ܛܟܣܐ ܕܟܪܘܛܘܢܝܐ
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 48 (ASOM 00048) 1,866 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • fol. 3v-107v Syriac verb paradigms
    • Title NS: ܣܘܪܥܦܐ
  • Notes: List of Muslim caliphs, calendar tables of festivals on back flyleaves
Mosul, Iraq, Syrian Orthodox Archdiocese of Mosul MS 50 (ASOM 00050) 1,910 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • fol. 3v-84r Anaphoras (Syriac Rite, Western)
    • Title NS: ܐܢܢܐܦܘܪܐܣ
Mosul, Iraq, Syrian Orthodox Archdiocese of Mosul MS 55 (ASOM 00055) 1,923 CE Syriac
  • fol. 2r-140r Rituals for baptism, marriage, and burial
    • Title NS: ܛܟܣܐ ܕܥܡܕܐ ܘܕܟܠܝܠܐ ܘܕܥܘܦܝܐ
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 60 (ASOM 00060) 1,724 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • fol. 3v-30v Jacob of Edessa, Memra on Alexander the Great, Gog and Magog, and the end-times (Syriac)
  • fol. 31r-41r Ephrem of Nisibis, Memra on the end-times, Gog and Magog, and the Antichrist (Syriac)
  • fol. 41v-79r Burial Rite (Garshuni, Syriac)
  • fol. 79v-81v Lamentation for Gehenna (Syriac)
  • fol. 81v-100r Story of Mar Bassus (Syriac)
  • fol. 100r-131r Story of Mar Gabriel of Qartmin (Syriac)
Mosul, Iraq, Syrian Orthodox Archdiocese of Mosul MS 63 (ASOM 00063) 1,662 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • fol. 2v-59v Marriage rite (Garshuni)
  • fol. 60r-99v Ignatius bar Wāhib, Patriarch of Mardin, Exposition of the Arabic Letters (Garshuni)
  • fol. 100r-144v Ḥudrō (Syriac Rite, Western)
Mosul, Iraq, Syrian Orthodox Archdiocese of Mosul MS 71 (ASOM 00071) 1,800 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • fol. 1r-115r Psalms 
    • Parallel columns in Syriac and Arabic Garshuni
Mosul, Iraq, Syrian Orthodox Archdiocese of Mosul MS 73 (ASOM 00073) 1,700 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • fol. 1v-184v Burial Rite
    • Title NS: ܛܟܣܐ ܕܥܘܦܝܐ ܕܥܢܝ̈ܕܐ

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