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*The Approximate Date column is derived from the best available information for the manuscript. This is not asserted as a scholarly position on the dating of the manuscript. Instead, it is merely used here for the convenience of being able to sort all manuscripts by numerical date. The user should keep in mind that there may be considerable debate over the precise dating of the manuscript and should consult the manuscript repository and relevant scholarly literature for details.
| Manuscript Name / Shelf Mark / Project Number | Approximate Date | Language | The main body text | Link to Digitized Manuscript |
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| Mingana Syriac 124 | 1,665 CE | Syriac |
See the catalog entry for Mingana 124
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| Mingana Syriac 42 | 835 CE | Syriac |
See catalog entry for Mingana 42
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| Vat. sir. 266 | 600 CE | Syriac |
See note in Assemani
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| Vat. sir. 278 | 800 CE | Syriac |
See entry in Assemani
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| Vat. sir. 279 | 1,141 CE | Syriac |
See entry in Assemani
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| Vat. sir. 540 | 1,500 CE | Syriac |
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| Vat. sir. 556 | 1,729 CE | Garshuni, Syriac |
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| Vat. sir. 647 | Unknown | Arabic, Garshuni, Syriac |
This collection of fragments from Sinai has been published in F. Rillet, "La bibliothèque de Ste-Catherine du Sinaï et ses membra disiecta: nouveau fragments syriaques à la Bibliothèque Vaticane," in R. Lavenant (a c. di), VI Symposium Syriacum 1992 (Rome, 1994): 409-418.
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| Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 8 (SMMJ 00008) | 1,600 CE | Garshuni, Syriac |
See entry at CPART and in Macomber (St. Mark's Convent, Jerusalem 1-3; SMC 1-3); Baumstark 1 and Baumstark 1*; Filoksinos Yohanna Dolabany, Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in St. Mark’s Monastery (1994).
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| Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 36 (SMMJ 00036) | 1,800 CE | Garshuni, Syriac |
See entry at CPART and in Macomber (Macomber 2-2B) (St. Mark's Convent, Jerusalem 2-2; SMC 2-2)
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