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Manuscript Name / Shelf Mark / Project Number Approximate Date Language The main body text Link to Digitized Manuscript
Borg. sir. 117 1,868 CE Syriac

Syriac Masora; see note in Scher

  • Binding
  • f. 1r-13r Genesis
  • f. 13r-20v Exodus
  • f. 21r-26v Leviticus
  • f. 26v-36v Numbers
  • f. 36v-46v Deuteronomy
  • f. 47r-48r On the person Job
  • f. 48r-57r Job
  • f. 57r-58r Concerning Job
  • f. 58r-66v Joshua
  • f. 66v-73v Judges
  • f. 73v-89v 1-2 Samuel
  • f. 89v-105v Psalms
  • f. 105v-122r Kings
  • f. 122r-137v Isaiah
  • f. 137v-155v Minor Prophets
  • f. 155v-173v Jeremiah
  • f. 174r-186r Ezekiel
  • f. 186r-192v Daniel
  • f. 193r-200v Proverbs
  • f. 200v-207v Wisdom
  • f. 207v-210r Kohelet
  • f. 210r-212r Song of Songs
  • f. 212v-212v Ruth
  • f. 212v-213r Esther
  • f. 213r-213v Judith
  • f. 213v-223r Ben Sira
  • f. 223r-233v Acts
  • f. 233v-234v Epistle of James
  • f. 234v-235r Epistle of Peter
  • f. 235v-236r Epistle of John
  • f. 236v-238r On Paul
  • f. 238r-241v Romans
  • f. 242r-245r 1 Corinthians
  • f. 245r-247v 2 Corinthians
  • f. 247v-249r Galatians
  • f. 249r-250v Ephesians
  • f. 250v-251v Philippians
  • f. 251v-252v Colossians
  • f. 252v-253v 1 Thessalonians
  • f. 253v-254r 2 Thessalonians
  • f. 254r-255r 1 Timothy
  • f. 255v-256v 2 Timothy
  • f. 256v-257v Titus
  • f. 257v-258r Philemon
  • f. 258r-261v Hebrews
  • f. 261v-271v Matthew
  • f. 271v-276v Mark
  • f. 276v-286v Luke
  • f. 286v-292v John
  • f. 292v-297v Acts (Harklean Version)
  • f. 297v-299v Romans (Harklean Version)
  • f. 300r-301r 1 Corinthians (Harklean Version)
  • f. 301v-302r 2 Corinthians (Harklean Version)
  • f. 302r-302v Galatians (Harklean Version)
  • f. 302v-303r Ephesians (Harklean Version)
  • f. 303r-303v Colossians (Harklean Version)
  • f. 303v-303v 1 Thessalonians (Harklean Version)
  • f. 303v-304r 2 Thessalonians (Harklean Version)
  • f. 304r-304v Titus (Harklean Version)
  • f. 304v-304v Philemon (Harklean Version)
  • f. 304v-307r Matthew (Harklean Version)
  • f. 307r-308r Mark (Harklean Version)
  • f. 308r-310v Luke (Harklean Version)
  • f. 310v-312 John (Harklean Version)
  • f. 312r-312r Colophon (of apograph)
  • f. 312v-316v Letter of Jacob of Edessa on Orthography
  • f. 316v-320r Letter of Jacob of Edessa on Persons and Tenses
  • f. 320r-321v On the Masora by Thomas the Deacon
  • f. 321v-323r Masora of Epiphanius
  • f. 323r-325r Translation of Greek terms
  • f. 325r-327v Translation of Hebrew Terms
  • f. 327v-335r Translation of terms in Hebrew and other languages
  • f. 335v-337v Homographs vocalized and pointed
  • f. 337v-337v Names of Biblical Books
  • f. 338r-338v Prophets who prophesied but did not write down their prophesies.
  • f. 338v-339r Extracts from Epiphanius
  • f. 339r-340r Ephrem Syrus, On the Formation of Man
  • f. 340r-340v Colophon (Of antigraph)
  • Binding
Vat. sir. 502 1,926 CE Syriac

See entry in Voste

  • Binding
  • 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
  • Binding
Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 44 (SMMJ 00044) 1,505 CE Garshuni

See entry at CPART and in Macomber (St. Mark's Convent, Jerusalem 2-8; SMC 2-8). Filoksinos Yohanna Dolabany, Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in St. Mark’s Monastery (1994).

  • f. 1v-624r The book of the Torah interspersed with anonymous commentary which some scholars attribute to the Copt, Marqus al-Darīr ibn Mawhūb Ibn al-Qanbar [Marqus ibn Qanbar, died 1208]
    • f. 1v-227v The book of Genesis, interspersed with anonymous commentary
    • f. 228r-410r The book of Exodus, interspersed with anonymous commentary
    • f. 410v-528r The book of Leviticus, interspersed with anonymous commentary
    • f. 529r-580r The book of Numbers, without commentary
    • f. 580v-624r The book of Deuteronomy, without commentary
Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi 2/5 (DIYR 00058) 1,770 CE Garshuni
  • Commentary on the Psalter (Pss 1-40)
Mardin, Turkey Chaldean Cathedral (CCM 00018) 1,610 CE Garshuni
  • f. 1v-3v On the priest and the sponsors of the bride and groom
  • f. 3v-7v Command and blessing of marriage
  • f. 7v-14v Blessings of the contract of the oath
  • f. 15r-50v Unidentified astrological-theological text
  • f. 50v-78r Story of the palace of Shād b. 'Ād
  • f. 78v-131r Story of Masrūr and Zayn al-Muwāṣif
  • f. 131v-135v Hymns to the Virgin Mary
  • f. 136r-139v Hymns
  • f. 140r-177v Unidentified hagiographic text
  • f. 178r-185r Story of the skull that conversed with Jesus Christ, said to be the head of Arsenios, the king of Egypt
  • f. 185v-196r John Chrysostom, On the commandments of Great Sunday
  • f. 196r Explanation of that which God gave Moses the prophet
  • f. 196v-197v Forbidden, defective days in the lunar months
  • f. 198r-216v Hymns
  • f. 216v-217v Reading from the Gospel of Matthew (i.e. Mark)
  • f. 218r-227v Story of Mark the Merchant, who was carried away into exile to the land of Persia, and Gaspar the Pagan
  • f. 227v-236v Hymn on the Economy of Christ
Mardin, Turkey Chaldean Cathedral (CCM 00354) 1,682 CE Garshuni
  • f. 1r-97r Psalter
  • f. 97r-108v Canticles of Praise
  • f. 109r-113r Homily 
  • f. 113r-119r John Chrysostom, Homily on repentance, love, and faith
  • f. 119r-126r John Chrysostom, Homily on Psalm 6
  • f. 127r-131v Jacob of Sarug, Homily on the Holy Mysteries, Confession, and repentance
  • f. 132r-137v John Chrysostom, Homily on repentance and the rebuke of the soul
  • f. 137v-142v Ephrem Syrus, Homily on the End and the punishment of the world
  • f. 142v-155v Basil of Caesarea, Homily on repentance, on poor Lazarus and the rich man
  • f. 155v-163v John Chrysostom, Homily on the first day of creation
  • f. 163v-169r Jacob of Sarug, Homily on repentance and for baptism
  • f. 169r-173r Gregory Nazianzus, Homily on the Nativity of our Lord
  • f. 173r-178v John Chrysostom, Homily on the Ten Virgins
  • f. 178v-183r John Chrysostom, Homily on Abraham and Isaac, when he took his son to sacrifice him
  • f. 183r-194v John Chrysostom, Homily on Judas's betrayal of Christ
  • f. 194v-202r John Chrysostom, Homily on Peter's denial of Jesus
  • f. 202r-207v John Chrysostom, Homily on the Lord's words, "My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass by me"
Mardin, Turkey Chaldean Cathedral (CCM 00468) 1,800 CE Garshuni, Turkish
  • f. 1r-29r Dialogue between a master and his disciple on the ascetic life (Garshuni, Turkish)
  • f. 30r-39r Ignatius Shukr Allah II, sermon (Garshuni, Turkish)
  • f. 39r-56v On sun and moon eclipses according to Daniel (Garshuni, Turkish)
  • f. 56v-76v Story of Susanna (Garshuni, Turkish)
Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi 1/1 (DIYR 00002) 1,496 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • Gregory bar Hebraeus, Commentary on the Old Testament (Syriac)
  • Old Testament (Garshuni, Syriac)
  • New Testament (Syriac)
  • Pseudo Clement of Rome, Octateuch (Syriac)
Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi (DIYR 00088) 1,600 CE Syriac
  • Commentary on the Psalter
Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi 7/7; 11 (DIYR 00165) 1,909 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • Life of Mor Behnam the Martyr
  • Life of Qasis the priest
  • Life of the Penitent Mary
  • On Leavened Bread
  • Commentary of Mor John the Patriarch on the mystery of salt, wine, and oil
  • Apology against disagreement with witnesses of orthodox teachers
  • Questions of the Holy Fathers
  • Short treatises on some episodes of the Old Testament
  • Ignatius Shukr Allah II, Selection from the teaching of metropolitan Shukr Alla on the Cross
  • Athanasius, Patriarch of Jerusalem, Selection from the teaching of the Patriarch of Jerusalem on the Ascension of our Lord
  • Athanasius, Patriarch of Jerusalem, Pentekostarion
  • Selection on the Transfiguration of Our Lord
  • Selection for the feast of John the Baptist
  • Selection on repentance
  • Admonition on the Our Father
  • Selection on prayer
  • Special commandment of vigil
  • Admonitions
  • Life of the Apostle Thomas
  • Prayers on occasions of illness and pain
  • Gospel readings

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