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Manuscript Name / Shelf Mark / Project Number	Approximate Date	Language	The main body text
Vat. sir. 40	1,553 CE	Arabic, Syriac	See entry in Assemani Syriac Missal, with Arabic rubrics, according tot he Melkite rite Liturgy of John Chrysostom Liturgy of St. Basil the Great Pre-Sanctified Liturgy On the defects in the Mass
Vat. sir. 41 pt. 1	Unknown	Syriac	ff. 1-269; See entry in Assemani Liturgicon with Euchologion, translated from Greek into Syriac (Melkite rite) Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom Liturgy of St. Basil the Great Pre-sanctified liturgy Lections from the Gospels and Apostles Readings for common days Lections of Gospels and Apostles for the 40-day fast according to the Greek rite Lections from the Acts of the Apostles and Gospels Imposition of hands for the ordination of the priesthood Prayer for a subdeacon Service for the ordination of a deacon The ordination of a presbyter Prayer for an 8-day-old child Presentation of children in the temple Order of Baptism according Bishop Basil the Great, translated from Greek into Syriac Prayer of the blessing of a baptismal crown after seven days
Vat. sir. 41 pt. 2	Unknown	Syriac	ff. 269-end; See entry in Assemani Expedient baptism of a child near to death Order for the holy festival of the Sunday of Pentecost Order for the ordination of the monastic habit A prayer of the monastic Cucullus A prayer for the tonsure of men and women A prayer for the Great Habit Order of absolution Prayer for an abbess Benediction of the waters according to the Greek rite Order for the blessing of a bride and groom Order for the funeral according to the Greek rite Order of Vespers, of Dominical feasts, and of Sundays Order of Nocturns Order for the liturgy of the sacred oil of the lamps Various benedictions, obligations, and absolutions
Vat. sir. 42	1,603 CE	Syriac	Catalog entry in Assemani f. 1v-25r The Order of Priests f. 25v-50v The Liturgy of the Blessed Apostles f. 51r-62v The liturgy of Nestorius f. 63r-81r The Order fo Baptism, composed by Isho'yahb, Catholicos of Adiabene f. 81v-86v The order of absolution, composed by Isho'yahb, Catholicos of Adiabene f. 87r-93v Admonitions of the holy altar f. 94r-104v Admonitions of Baptism and the Eucharist f. 105r-105v Blessing of the table f. 106 r/v Blessing of the bread f. 106v Blessing of the chalice of wine f. 107r Prayer for the infirm f. 107v Prayer for the infant f. 107v Blessing of the chalice of the oblation f. 108r-122r Consecration of the altar f. 122v-164v Prayers of Elijah III, Catholicos f. 165r ff. Blessing of the mass for the dead
Vat. sir. 44	1,691 CE	Garshuni, Syriac	Catalog entry in Assemani Liturgy (Chaldean Rite) Order of Holy Baptism Liturgy of the apostles Gospel lections
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. 49	1,559 CE	Garshuni, Syriac	Catalog entry in Assemani Maronite Pontifical Ordination of a psalmist Ordination of a lector Ordination of a subdeacon Ordination of a Deacon Ordination of an Archdeacon Ordination of a Presbyter Ordination of a Periodeutes Ordination of a Chorbishop Ordination of a Bishop Ordination of a Metropolitan and Patriarch Consecation of an altar
Vat. sir. 59	1,266 CE	Syriac	Catalog entry in Assemani f. 1v-129r Funeral service for bishops, priests, and deacons f. 134r ff. Funeral service for monks
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. 68	1,465 CE	Syriac	Catalog entry in Assemani East Syrian Beth Gazzā (Common Breviary) f. 1v-211v Beth Gazzā f. 212r-222v Deacon's Office Book f. 223r-227v The Order of Expiation f. 228r-235r Diverse prayers for Vespers f. 235v-248r The Order of the Liturgy f. 248v-251r Prayers and Psalms f. 251v-252v The heavenly and ecclesiastical hierarchy f. 252v-253v The procession of the cross f. 254r-254v The Easter Procession f. 262v-263v Calendar of Saints F. Nau, “Un martyrologie et douze ménologes syriaques”, in Patrologia Orientalis, Paris: Firmin-Didot, 1912, pp. 5-26. f. 264r-265r Table of movable feasts f. 265v Formulary for a pastoral epistle f. 265v The Scribe Lazarus, on the year, andits weeks and days f. 266r Idem, On the sign of the year f. 266r-267r On the day and month of Adam's creation f. 267v Names of the 24 prophets f. 268v ff. The creed of Nicea and Constantinople

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