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Manuscript Name / Shelf Mark / Project Number Approximate Date Language The main body text Link to Digitized Manuscript
Vat. sir. 467 1,186 CE Syriac
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  • f. 1v-222r Life of Yusuf Busnaya
  • f. 222r-223r Colophon
  • f. 223r-230v Hymn in honor of Yusuf Busnaya
  • f. 230v Prayer of the copyist
  • f. 230v-238v Narratives
    • f. 230v-232r The only son of a woman of Tagrit drowned in the Tigris and is saved on account of his mother's alms
    • f. 232r-234v Parable of the three friends (Story of Barlaam and Joasaph)
    • f. 234v-237r Mar Babai Nesibnaye and the sinner
    • f. 237r-238v Concerning the monk Serapion [Manuscript mutilated at the end]
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Vat. sir. 469 1,804 CE Syriac
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  • Table of the Sermons of Ephrem Syrus
  • f. 1v-123r Sermons of Ephrem Syrus
  • f. 123r-123v Colophon
  • f. 124r-132r Barhebraeus, Wonders of Creation
    • f. 124r-125r First day
    • f. 125r-125v Second day
    • f. 125v-127r Third day
    • f. 127r-128r Fourth day
    • f. 128r-130r Fifth day
    • f. 130r-132r Sixth day
  • f. 132v-151v Barhebraeus, Treatise on metals, taken from the crème of the sciences of Barhebraeus
    • f. 132v-136v Chapter 1
    • f. 136v-140r Chapter 2
    • f. 140r-141r Chapter 3
    • f. 141r-147r Chapter 4
    • f. 147r 151v Chapter 5
  • f. 151v-152v Sayings against exile, preceded (151v) and followed by (152v) a short lexicon of foreign words
  • f. 154r-154v Fragment of a grammar
  • f. 155r-155v Fragment of a magic text
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Vat. sir. 470 1,100 CE Syriac
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  • f. 1r-2v Fragment of a harmony of the gospel passion accounts (Philoxenian version)
  • f. 3r-35r Acts of the Apostles (Peshitta)
  • f. 35r-45r Catholic Epistles (Peshitta)
    • f. 35r-38v James (Peshitta)
    • f. 38v-41v 1 Peter (Peshitta)
    • f. 41v-45r 1 John (Peshitta)
  • f. 45r-110v Pauline Epistles (Peshitta)
    • f. 45r-57r Romans (Peshitta)
    • f. 57v-69v 1 Corinthians (Peshitta)
    • f. 69v-77v 2 Corinthians (Peshitta) 
    • f. 77v-81v Galatians (Peshitta)
    • f. 81v-85v Ephesians (Peshitta)
    • f. 85v-88r Philippians (Peshitta)
    • f. 88v-91r Colossians (Peshitta)
    • f. 91r-93v 1 Thessalonians (Peshitta)
    • f. 93v-94v 2 Thessalonians (Peshitta)
    • f. 94v-98r 1 Timothy (Peshitta)
    • f. 98r-100r 2 Timothy (Peshitta)
    • f. 100r-101v Titus (Peshitta)
    • f. 101v-102v Philemon (Peshitta)
    • f. 102v-110v Hebrews (to 12:29 Syriac text) (Peshitta)
  • f. Iv, Note of presentation of the ms. to Leo XIII by Abraham Ahmar-Dankno of Mardin
  • f. IIv, table of recent materials in Latin
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Vat. sir. 471 1,224 CE Syriac
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  • f. 2v-276v Peshitta New Testament
    • f. 2v-39v Matthew
    • f. 40r-60v Mark
    • f. 61r-99r Luke
    • f. 99r-130r John
    • f. 130r-174v Acts of the Apostles
    • f. 174v-178v James
    • f. 178v-183v 1 Peter
    • f. 183r-187v 1 John
    • f. 187v-203v Romans
    • f. 203v-220r 1 Corinthians
    • f. 220r-230v 2 Corinthians
    • f. 230v-236r Galatians
    • f. 236r-241v Ephesians
    • f. 241v-245r Philippians
    • f. 245r-249r Colossians
    • f. 249r-252r 1 Thessalonians
    • f. 252r-254r 2 Thessalonians
    • f. 254r-258v 1 Timothy
    • f. 258v-261v 2 Timothy
    • f. 261v-263v Titus
    • f. 263v-264v Philemon
    • f. 264v-276v Hebrews
  • f. 276v-277r Explicit and Colophon
  • f. 277v-278v Decorations
  • f. 279v Note in Armenian
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Vat. sir. 495 Unknown Greek, Syriac
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  • f. 1r-7r Documentation surrounding the signers of the Council of Nicaea
  • f. 7r-11r The canons of Nicaea
  • f. 11r-12v A letter written to the Church of Alexandria
  • f. 12v-13r A Letter of Emperor Constantine about Arius
  • f. 14r-19r The signers and canons of the Council of Constantinople
  • f. 19r Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed
  • f. 19r-19v Note about an anaphora of the Constantinopolitan Fathers sent to Emperor Theodosius
  • f. 19v-20r Scribal Notes
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Vat. sir. 497 1,900 CE Syriac

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  • f. 2v Dedicatory note
  • f. 4v-17r John bar Penkaye, From the Creation to the Flood
  • f. 17r-32r John bar Penkaye, From the Flood until the destruction of Babel by Cyrus
  • f. 32v-50r John bar Penkaye, From the end of the captivity of the Jews until Antiochus
  • f. 50v-71r John bar Penkaye, The fulfillment of prophecies, the dissolution of Alexander's Empire, and the reign of Pacorus
  • f. 71r-86v John bar Penkaye, On demons and false gods
  • f. 86v-109r John bar Penkaye, On the books of the Old Testament: their content, doctrine, value, and their points of contact with the books of the New Testament
  • f. 109r-134 John bar Penkaye, Similar considerations to those of the previous section
  • f. 134r-152r John bar Penkaye, Following the previous section
  • f. 152r-167v John bar Penkaye, On the gods among different peoples
  • f. 168r-284v John bar Penkaye, History from the New Testament period to 686 CE
  • f. 284v-285v Colophon
Vat. sir. 498 1,890 CE Syriac

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  • f. 4v-22r Narsai, On the manifestation of God to Abraham
  • f. 22r-39v Narsai, Another discourse for Advent
  • f. 49r-51v Narsai, Accompanying Sogitha
  • f. 51v-62v Narsai, On the Holy Virgin
  • f. 62v-64v Narsai, Accompanying Sogitha
  • f. 64v-75r Narsai, On the Epiphany
  • f. 75r-77r Narsai, Accompanying Sogitha
  • f. 77r-87r Narsai, On John the Baptist
  • f. 87r-89r Narsai, Accompanying Sogitha
  • f. 89r-102v Narsai, On Saints Peter and Paul
  • f. 102v-112r Narsai, On the Four Evangelists
  • f. 1123-117v Narsai, On Saint Stephen
  • f. 117v-133r Narsai, On Diodore, Theodore, and Nestorius
  • f. 133v-135r Narsai, Accompanying Sogitha
  • f. 135r-144r Narsai, On Lent
  • f. 144r-154v Narsai, On the temptation of our Savior
  • f. 154v-156v Narsai, Accompanying Sogitha
  • f. 156v-167r Narsai, On the celebration of the Hosannah
  • f. 167r-175r Narsai, On Palm Sunday, Against the Jews
  • f. 180r-182r Narsai, Accompanying Sogitha
  • f. 182r-190r Narsai, On holy Thursday
  • f. 190r-198r Narsai, On the passion
  • f. 198r-206v Narsai, On the good thief
  • f. 206v-216v Narsai, On the mysteries and baptism
  • f. 216v-223v Narsai, On Easter
  • f. 223v Narsai, Accompanying Sogitha
  • f. 223v-234r Narsai, On the Friday of the confessors
  • f. 234r-236r Narsai, Accompanying Sogitha
  • f. 236r-244r Narsai, On the youths in the furnace
  • f. 244r-251r Narsai, On the Ascension
  • f. 251r-259r Narsai, On the Pentecost
  • f. 259r-265v Narsai, On the celebration of the dedication
  • f. 265v-272v David the scholastic, On the discovery of the cross
  • f. 272v-273v Colophon
  • f. 274r-309v Narsai, Four memre on Joseph, son of Jacob
  • f. 309v Colophon
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Vat. sir. 501 1,927 CE Syriac

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  • f. 3v-4r Symbol of Nicea
  • f. 4v-10v Twenty canons of the Council
  • f. 10v-12v Names of the participating bishops
  • f. 12v-13r Constantine's letter to the nations
  • f. 13r-87r The work of Marutha of Maypherqat concerning the council in the form of a letter to the Pontiff Isaac
  • f. 87r-96v Symbol of Nicaea and his apology
  • f. 97r-97v Colophon
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Vat. sir. 502 1,926 CE Syriac

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  • f.2v-199r Explication of obscure words in the Pentateuch
  • f. 2v-2v Notes
  • f. 4v-53v Genesis
  • f. 53v-92v Exodus
  • f. 92v-117v Leviticus
  • f. 118r-157r Numbers
  • f. 157r-197v Deuteronomy
  • f. 197v-198v Colophon
  • f. 199r Preface
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Vat. sir. 508 1,927 CE Syriac

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  • f. 3r-23r Moshe bar Kepha, Introduction to the Commentary on the Psalms
  • f. 23v-24v Colophon
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