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Manuscript Name / Shelf Mark / Project Number Approximate Date Language The main body text Link to Digitized Manuscript
Vat. sir. 216 Unknown Arabic, Syriac

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  • f. 1r-2v Notes in Arabic
  • f. 3r-121v Commentary on Genesis
  • f. 122r-185r Commentary on Exodus
  • f. 185r-187v Notes in Arabic
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Vat. sir. 251 900 CE Syriac
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  • f. 1v Index of Memre
  • f. 2r-3r Jacob of Sarug, [Memra]
  • f. 3r-4v Jacob of Sarug, Memra 9, On the Kingdom as Leaven (B 166)
  • f. 4v-6r Jacob of Sarug, [Memra]
  • f. 6v-10v Jacob of Sarug, [Memra]
  • f. 10v-13r Jacob of Sarug, [Memra on the Parable of the Ten Virgins]
  • f. 13r-15v Jacob of Sarug, Memra 19, On the Three Baptisms (B 57)
  • f. 15v-18r Jacob of Sarug, Memra 20, On Christ's Thirty Years (B 101)
  • f. 18r-21r Jacob of Sarug, Memra 21, On Christ as Food and Drink (B 18)
  • f. 21r-27r Jacob of Sarug, Memra 22
  • f. 27r-30r Jacob of Sarug, Memra 23, On the Canaanite Woman (B 269)
  • f. 30r-35v Jacob of Sarug, Memra 24, On Paul I (B 228)
  • f. 36r-39v Jacob of Sarug, Memra 25, On Paul II (B 215)
  • f. 40r-41r Jacob of Sarug, Memra 26, On 1 Timothy 2:5 (B 305)
  • f. 41r-46r Jacob of Sarug, Memra 27, On Melchizedek (B 289)
  • f. 46r-48v Jacob of Sarug, Memra 28, On Psalm 110:4
  • f. 48v-50v Jacob of Sarug, Memra 29, On Emmanuel (B 160)
  • f. 50v-53r Jacob of Sarug, Memra 30, On Isaiah 9:6 (B 130)
  • f. 53r-55v Jacob of Sarug, Memra 31, On Pride (B 184) 
  • f. 55v-58v Jacob of Sarug, Memra 32, On Ezekiel and the Torrent (B 103)
  • f. 58v-62r Jacob of Sarug, Memra 33, On Sunday and Thomas (B 189)
  • f. 62r-66r Jacob of Sarug, Memra 34, On the Temptation of Christ (B 118)
  • f. 66r-69v Jacob of Sarug, Memra 44, On the Antichrist (B 322) 
  • f. 60v-71r Jacob of Sarug, Memra 45, On the End II (B 298)
  • f. 71r-74r Jacob of Sarug, Memra 48, On the End (B 331)
  • f. 74r-76v Jacob of Sarug, Memra 49, On the End IV (B 164)
  • f. 76v-79r Jacob of Sarug, Memra 50, On the End and Judgment (B 299)
  • f. 79v-82r Jacob of Sarug, Memra 51, On Day and Night, Work and Rest (B 145)
  • f. 82r-85r Jacob of Sarug, Memra 52, On the Cursed Fig Tree (B 194)
  • f. 85r-85v Colophon and Notes
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Vat. sir. 252 900 CE Syriac

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  • f. 1r-2r Jacob of Sarug, On the Samaritan Woman (John 4:4-26)
  • f. 2r-3r Jacob of Sarug, On the woman who was bent over for eighteen years (Luke 13:11)
  • f. 3r-4r Jacob of Sarug, On the torrent that Ezekiel saw
  • f. 4r-6r St. Ephrem, A spiritual homily on War (elsewhere attributed to Jacob of Sarug, On Job)
  • f. 6r-11r Jacob of Sarug, On Uzziah the king and Isaiah the prophet
  • f. 11r-13r On Job (incipit illegible)
  • f. 13r-13r On Elijah the Prophet (incipit illegible)
  • f. 13r-16r Jacob of Sarug, On Elisha the prophet and the Shunammite woman (2 Kings 4) (incipit illegible)
  • f. 16r-19r Jacob of Sarug, On the Ark of the Covenant
  • f. 19r-22r Jacob of Sarug, On the circumcision of Moses (incipit illegible)
  • f. 22r-24r Jacob of Sarug, On Phineas
  • f. 24r-28r Jacob of Sarug, On Samson
  • f. 24r-28r Jacob of Sarug, On Samson
  • f. 28r-30r Jacob of Sarug, On Tamar
  • f. 30r-32r Jacob of Sarug, On Hosea the Prophet
  • f. 32r-37r Jacob of Sarug, On Sinai
  • f. 37r-40r Jacob of Sarug, On the veil of Moses
  • f. 40r-42r Jacob of Sarug, On Moses and Amalek
  • f. 42r-45r Jacob of Sarug, On the saying of Moses: Show me your glory (Ex 33:18)
  • f. 45r-48r Jacob of Sarug, On the Tower of Babel
  • f. 48r-49r Jacob of Sarug, On Melchizedek
  • f. 49r-52r Jacob of Sarug, On those two small birds (Leviticus 14) 
  • f. 52r-53r Jacob of Sarug, On those who way that angels had intercourse with the daughters of men
  • f. 53r-60r Jacob of Sarug, Four Homilies on Joseph
  • f. 60r-65v Jacob of Sarug, Four Homilies on Cain and Abel
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Vat. sir. 253 700 CE Syriac

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  • f. 1v-2r Colophon
  • f. 2v-167v Homiliary
    • f. 2ff St. John Chrysostom, Homily on the Annunciation
    • St. John Chrysostom, Homily on the Nativity of our Lord
    • f. 6 St. John Chrysostom, Homily on St. Stephen
    • f. 7 St. John Chrysostom, Homily on the Lights
    • f. 48 St. John Chrysostom, Homily on temptation of our Lord
    • f. 56 St. John Chrysostom, Homily on the festival of Hosannas according to Matthew
    • f. 59 Jacob or Sarug, Homily on the Festival of the Palms
    • f. 66 St. John Chrysostom, Homily on [the saying] "Father, if it is possible, take this cup from me"
    • f. 76 St. John Chrysostom, Homily on the treason of the Jews
    • f. 79 St. John Chrysostom, Homily on the Passion of the Lord
    • f. 81 St. John Chrysostom, Homily on the Cross and the Thief
    • f. 82 Jacob of Sarug, Homily on Holy Friday
    • f. 86 Proclus of Constantinople, Homily on the treason of the Jews
    • f. 90 St. John Chrysostom, Homily 85 on John
    • f. 91 St. John Chrysostom, Homily on the Resurrection of our Lord
    • f. 100 Jacob of Sarug, Homily on the Resurrection of our Lord
    • f. 105 Severus of Antioch, Homily on Pentecost
    • f. 108 St. John Chrysostom, Homily on the Cross, Adam, and Eve
    • f. 113 Jacob of Sarug, Homily on the Passion of our Lord
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Vat. sir. 254 900 CE Syriac

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  • f. 1r-41r Dionysius the Aereopagite, Treatise on the Divine Names, with commentary from an unknown Syriac author
    • f. 1r End of Chapter Three
    • f. 1r-14r Chapter Four
    • f. 14r-20v Chapter Five
    • f. 20v-21v Chapter Six
    • f. 21v-25v Chapter Seven
    • f. 25v-29v Chapter Eight
    • f. 29r-33r Chapter Nine
    • f. 33r-35r Chapter Ten
    • f. 35r-38r Chapter Eleven
    • f. 38r-39r Chapter Twelve
    • f. 39r-41v Chapter Thirteen

 

Vat. sir. 255 900 CE Syriac

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  • f. 2r-37r Severus of Antioch, Letter to Julian, Bishop of Halicarnassus
  • f. 37r-154v Severus of Antioch, Treatise against Julian, Bishop of Halicarnassus
  • f. 154v-160r Works of Cyril of Alexandria
  • f. 160r-163r Severus of Antioch, To the Eastern Monks
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Vat. sir. 256 599 CE Syriac

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  • f. 1r-165r Cathedral Homilies 101-125 of Severus of Antioch
  • f. 166v Colophon
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Vat. sir. 266 600 CE Syriac

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  • f. 1r-5v Index of the readings for the year
  • f. 6r-216v Peshitta New Testament
    • f. 6r-34r Matthew
    • f. 34r-53r Mark
    • f. 53r-86r Luke
    • f. 86r-111v John
    • f. 111v-146v Acts of the Apostles
    • f. 146v-150r James
    • f. 150r-154r 1 Peter
    • f. 154r-157v 1 John
    • f. 157v-171r Romans
    • f. 171r-184r 1 Corinthians
    • f. 184r-192v 2 Corinthians
    • f. 193r-197r Galatians
    • f. 197r-201r Ephesians
    • f. 201r-204r Philippians
    • f. 204r-206v Colossians
    • f. 207r-209r 1 Thessalonians
    • f. 209r-210v 2 Thessalonians
    • f. 210v-213v 1 Timothy
    • f. 213v-216v 2 Timothy
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Vat. sir. 267 700 CE Syriac

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  • f. 1r-45v Matthew (Harklean version)
  • f. 46r-73v Mark (Harklean version) [ends at Mark 16:3] (f. 74 missing, folio numeration jumps from 73-75)
  • f. 75r-130r Luke (Harklean version)
  • f. 130v-165v John  (Harklean version) [ends 19:8]
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Vat. sir. 272 1,487 CE Syriac

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  • f. 5r-76v Matthew (Harklean version)
  • f. 76v-119v Mark (Harklean version)
  • f. 120r-196v Luke (Harklean version)
  • f. 196v-253r John (Harklean version)
  • f. 253r-253v Colophon
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