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Manuscript Name / Shelf Mark / Project Number Approximate Date Language The main body text Link to Digitized Manuscript
Vat. sir. 51 pt. 1 1,100 CE Syriac

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  • Binding
  • West Syrian Pontifical of Michael the Patriarch
  • Binding
Vat. sir. 51 pt. 2 1,100 CE Syriac

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  • Binding
  • West Syrian Pontifical of Michael the Patriarch
  • Binding
Vat. sir. 148 1,267 CE Syriac

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  • f. 2r-29r George of Arbela, Liturgical Commentary, Tractate 1: On the Days of the Stewardship of the Lord
  • f. 29r-57v George of Arbela, Liturgical Commentary, Tractate 2: On the Evening Service
  • f. 57v-75v George of Arbela, Liturgical Commentary, Tractate 3: On the Night and Morning Service
  • f. 75v-121r George of Arbela, Liturgical Commentary, Tractate 4: On the liturgy of the sacraments
  • f. 121r-129r George of Arbela, Liturgical Commentary, Tractate 5: On the Service of Baptism
  • f. 129r-134r George of Arbela, Liturgical Commentary, Tractate 6: On the Service of the Consecration of the Church
  • f. 134r-140r George of Arbela, Liturgical Commentary, Tractate 7: On the Funerals and Commemoration of the Dead
  • f. 140r Copyist notes
  • f. 140v: Questioning about Bad Priests
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Vat. sir. 155 1,515 CE Syriac

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  • f. 1r Order of procession
  • f. 1r Order of approach to the door
  • f. 1r Order of foot-washing
  • f. 1v Order of adoration of the cross
  • f. 1v Order of absolution
  • f. 2r-2v Blessing of the table
  • f. 3r-6v Names and brief history of the fathers, prophets, and doctors
  • f. 6v On Jewish Fast days
  • f. 6v On the date of the creation of the world
  • f. 7r-7v Dionysius Barsalibi, exposition on priestly vestments
  • f. 7v-8r Preparation of the chrism
  • f. 8r-8v Consecration of the chrism
  • f. 8v-9r Order of foot-washing
  • f. 9r-9v Order of the succession of the second passion
  • f. 9r-9v Order of the adoration of the cross
  • f. 9v-16v Order of the Lord's resurrection
  • f. 17r Letter of Eusebius of Caesarea to Carpianus on gospel harmony
  • f. 17r-26v Dionysius Barsalibi, Prolegomena to the four gospels
  • f. 27r-31v Dionysius Barsalibi, Commentary on the four gospels, Preamble
  • f. 32r-149v Dionysius Barsalibi, Commentary on the gospel of Matthew
  • f. 150r-160r Dionysius Barsalibi, Commentary on the gospel of Mark
  • f. 160v-201v Dionysius Barsalibi, Commentary on the gospel of Luke
  • f. 202r-262v Dionysius Barsalibi, Commentary on the gospel of John
  • f. 263r-288r Daniel of Salah [Salaḥ], Exposition on the Psalms
  • f. 288v-290v Ephrem, A Profitable Warning
  • f. 290v-294r Ephrem, On Repentance
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Vat. sir. 91 1,551 CE Garshuni, Syriac

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  • Elijah III, also known as Abu-Halim, Homilies to be read in the morning
    • On the Nativity of our Lord
    • Another on the Nativity
    • On the commemoration of St. Mary
    • Another on the commemoration of St. Mary
    • On the Epiphany of our Lord
    • Another on the Epiphany
    • Monday of the Rogation, week 1
    • Another Monday of the Rogation, week 1
    • Monday of the rogation, week 2
    • Mar Shallita, Tuesday of the Rogation, week 1
    • George of Arbela, Tuesday of the Rogation
    • Elijah of Nisibis, Tuesday of the Rogation, week 2
    • Another Elijah of Nisibis, Tuesday of the Rogation, week 2
    • Elijah of Nisibis, Wednesday or the Rogation, week 1
    • Another Elijah of Nisibis, Wednesday or the Rogation
    • Elijah of Nisibis, Wednesday of the Rogation, week 2
    • Elijah of Nisibis, On the ablution of Wednesday of Rogation
    • On holy Commemoration
    • Another on the holy Commemoration
    • Friday, on the departed 
    • Sunday of the entrance of the Fast
    • Another on the Sunday of the entrance of the Fast
    • Another on the Sunday of the entrance of the Fast
    • George of Arbela, On the Five Sundays of the Fast
    • Elijah the Patriarch, on the Five Sundays of the Fast
    • On the Festival of Hosannas
    • Another on the Festival of Hosannas
    • On the feast of the Resurrection
    • Another on the feast of the Resurrection
    • On the Monday of Holy Week
    • Another on the Monday of Holy Week
    • On the Feast of the Ascension
    • Another on the feast of the Asension
    • On the Feast of Pentecost
    • Elijah of Anbar, Another on the feast of Pentecost
    • Elijah the Patriarch, On Adoration for the liturgy
    • Elijah the Patriarch, On the Festival of the Transfiguration
    • Elijah the Patriarch, Another on the Festival of the Transfiguration
    • Elijah the Patriarch, On the Feast of the cross
    • Elijah the Patriarch, Another on the Feast of the cross
    • Presbyter Abul 'azziz,  Sunday of the dedication of the Church
    • Presbyter Abul 'azziz,  Another on the Sunday of the dedication of the Church
    • Blessings of the prayers of the morning and evening of Sundays and feasts
    • Benediction of the mystery over the door of the χόγχη
    • Prayers said before the 'Onyatha preceding and following hte feast of the Nativity
    • Various prayers
    • Questions and Answers which our Lord gives through Matthew, Mark, and Luke
    • On the one old Gospel upon the altar of the holy church of the dispersion of the Romans in the city of Baghdad...
    • An older note of Bishop Makika from Baladam
    • A song of Simeon on the Paraclete, for the second day of the deposition of the dead (Garshuni)
Vat. sir. 146 1,392 CE Garshuni, Syriac

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  • John Maron, Treatise on the faith
  • John Maron, Book against the Monophysites
  • John Maron, Book against the Nestorians
  • John Maron, On the Trisagion
  • David bar Paul, Jacobite Bishop, On the Trisagion
  • Thomas of Harran, Book on the one will and operation of Christ (Garshuni)
Vat. sir. 147 1,234 CE Syriac

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  • f. 1v-90r Moshe bar Kepha, Book of the soul 
  • f. 90v-93v Moshe bar Kepha, That the faithful dead benefit from the oblations offered for them
  • f. 94r-113r Moshe bar Kepha, Commentary on the sacred chrism
  • f. 113v-116r Daniel the Monk (Rabban Daniel), wherein the chrism differs from the Eucharist
  • f. 116v-end Moshe bar Kepha, Tractate on the sacrament of Baptism to Ignatius
Vat. sir. 151 1,613 CE Syriac

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  • Treatise on the Ecclesiastical Mysteries by the East Syriac Catholicos Timothy II
    • f. 1v-4r Proem addressed to the Priest and Monk Barsauma
    • f. 4v-27v Chapter 1: On the Priesthood
    • f. 28r-45v Chapter 2: On the Consecration of the Church
    • f. 46r-72v Chapter 3: On Baptism
    • f. 73r-123v Chapter 4: On the Eucharist
    • f. 124r-128r Chapter 5: On the Monastic Profession
    • f. 128v-139r Chapter 6: On Funeral Rites
    • f. 139v-end Chapter 7: On Betrothal and Marriage Rites
Vat. sir. 173 1,333 CE Syriac

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  • Poems (12-syllable meter) on executing proper duties of the Priest and Deacon
  • Order of the consecration of Chrism
  • On the Fast and the calendar
  • On ten Fathers
  • St. Cyril of Alexandria, Twelve Chapters
  • Priest Aitallaha
  • Gregory bar 'Ebroyo, excerpt from Chronicon Syriacum
  • Jacob of Edessa, 12-syllable meter poems on faith against Nestorianism
  • Gregory bar 'Ebroyo, The mystery of his confession of faith
  • Syriac Calendar
  • Gregory bar 'Ebroyo, Book of histories
Vat. sir. 187 1,669 CE Syriac

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  • 'Abdisho' of Nisibis, Interpretation of the 'Onyatha of Simeon of Sancalabar
  • Exposition of the obscure places in the Gospels
  • Exposition on certain places in Genesis and Exodus
  • Etymologies of Syriac words
  • A question of Macarius the Solitary and answer of Joshua bar Nun, Patriarch of the Chaldeans
  • Questions and answers from the Scriptures from Theodore of Mopsuestia

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