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Manuscript Name / Shelf Mark / Project Number	Approximate Date	Language	The main body text
Vat. sir. 45	1,556 CE	Syriac	Catalog entry in Assemani Chaldean Pontifical Consecration of the altar with oil Instruction on the consecration of an altar when it is desecrated Consecration of an altar without oil Sign made over the chalice Order of the ordination of deacons Ordination of presbyters Order of the Habit of monks Order of the tonsure of monks, made by Rabban Pethion, the priest and monk Order of the tonsure of nuns Ordination of deaconesses Ordination of Archdeacons Order of installation of abbots Order of the laying on of hands of a Bishop Order of the perfection of a Bishop to Catholicos Ordination of the Catholicos The 'Onitha for Mar John Sulaqa, Catholicos Patriarch who was ordained in Rome the great by the hands of Pope Julius IV, composed by Mar 'Abdisho', Metropolitan of the tiny Gazarta 'Abdisho (of Gazarta), 7-syllable poem on the Patriarch John 'Abdisho (of Gazarta), A third song (7-syllable meter) mourning the death of Patr. John Sulaqa Dionysius bar Ṣalibi, canons and confessions Prayer for the sick Canons Benedictions for when Bishops leave the city Benedictions the Bishop performs which going to a monastery Prayer of benediction when the Bishop leaves the monastery Prayer for the Archimandrites with a benediction Benediction the Bishop performs for scholars Admonition for ordinations
Vat. sir. 66	1,545 CE	Syriac	Catalog entry in Assemani Chaldean ordinal translated from Latin into Syriac Ordination of the door-keepers Ordination of the Lectors Ordination of exorcists Ordination of acolytes Ordination of subdeacons Ordination of Deacons Ordination of Presbyters Order of Absolution Prayers On the wood (of the table) Consecration of the altar Consecration when the altar was desecrated Consecration of the altar without chrism Blessing over the chalice Diaconal ordination Ordination of a presbyter Service of the habit of a monk Service of the tonsure of a monk Service of the tonsure of holy women Admonition on temporal ordination 'Onyatha during the tonsure of monks Benediction for when the Bishop departs a city Benediction for when a Bishop enters a monastery Benediction for when a bishop leaves a monastery Prayer for an abbot Ḥutāmē at the end of a liturgy A form of consecration for the bread and wine (from Latin into Syriac) The Liturgy of the Blessed Apostles The Liturgy of Theodore the commentator of the Divine Books 12-syllable verses for common days during the liturgy Absolution
Vat. sir. 180	1,318 CE	Syriac	Catalog entry in Assemani The Apology before the Apocalypse of Paul the Apostle The Apocalypse of Paul the Apostle Gabriel Qamṣa, 'Onyatha
Vat. sir. 185	1,703 CE	Syriac	Catalog entry in Assemani 'Abdisho' the Solitary, Various works Khamis bar Qardahe, 'Onyatha
Vat. sir. 186	1,477 CE	Syriac	Catalog entry in Assemani Gregory bar 'Ebroyo, Songs on divine things, on one who is perfecting his death through tireless labor of knowledge Bar 'Ebroyo, Other poems Gabriel Qamṣa, Spiritual philosophy Khamis bar Qardahe, 'Onyatha Khamis bar Qardahe, short poems Khamis bar Qardahe, Sogyatha for feasts Rabban Isaac, Songs
Vat. sir. 187	1,669 CE	Syriac	Catalog entry in Assemani '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
Vat. sir. 222	1,670 CE	Garshuni, Syriac	Catalog entry in Assemani Chaldean office for common days, former Chaldean office for common days, latter Hymns Common office for matins Canticles for common days Calendar 'Onyatha 'Onyatha on the martyrs Song for vespers and matins Hymn of Mar Narsai, Memra for nocturns of a Dominical feast St. Ephrem, acrostic memra with the letters of Jesus' name Mar Narsai, Memra for matins of a Dominical feast Song of the three youths Theodore of Mopsuestia, hymn for matins of feast days Hymn on the Eucharist Elijah the Patriarch, prayer Names of the Arabic months

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