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Manuscript Name / Shelf Mark / Project Number Approximate Date Language The main body text Link to Digitized Manuscript
Qarah Qūsh, Iraq, Syrian Catholic Archdiocesan Library (DSCQT 00038) 1,800 CE Syriac

fol. 1ra-367vb Liturgical book with prayers and Biblical readings in honor of the various saints

Qarah Qūsh, Iraq, Syrian Catholic Archdiocesan Library (DSCQT 00039) 1,718 CE Syriac
  • fol. 1ra-281ra Liturgical book with prayers and Biblical readings in honor of the various saints
Qarah Qūsh, Iraq, Syrian Catholic Archdiocesan Library (DSCQT 00042) 1,881 CE Syriac
  • fol. 1va-202rb Liturgical book with prayers and Biblical readings for the memory of Mār Benham and his companions
Borg. sir. 39 1,600 CE Syriac

See catalog entry here

  • History of Daniel the doctor
  • Abba Arsenius, the king of Egypt
  • St. George the Martyr
  • John of Daylom
  • History of Isaiah of Aleppo
  • Story of a penitent demon
  • Story of a religious saint
  • Story of Abba Moses
  • Story of Paul the Simple
  • Story of a child killed by its mother
  • Story of a pious virgin
  • Portion of Paradise of the Fathers
  • Edifying history of a king in the first centuries
  • Legend of the Rechabites recounted by Zosimus
  • History of St. Juliana
  • Wonders which were done in the great cities, on the sea and on the isles
  • Certain fables of Aesop
  • Apocalypse of Paul
  • Riddles
  • Questions of Basil to his brother
  • Extracts from the Book of Isho'bokht, the metropolotan, On Creation
  • History of Yareth
  • On Malcus of Clysma
  • On Jacob Intercissus
  • On Cyprian and Justa, virgins
  • On Sergius and Bacchus, martyrs
  • On Mar Benjamin
  • On the countries of Beith Nuhadra
  • On St. Martinianus
  • On St. Paphnutius
  • The spiritual transaction
  • History of Rabban Hormizd, composed by Rabban Simeon
  • Legend of Mar Zai'a
  • Assumption of the Virgin Mary
Vat. sir. 199 1,545 CE Garshuni

Catalog entry in Assemani

  • Life of St. Maron
  • Homily on Penitence
  • Story of the three holy Patriarchs Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob
  • Death of Isaac the patriarch
  • Death of Jacob the patriarch
  • Jacob of Sarug, Homily on the thief
  • Life of St. Alexei
  • History of St. Abdulmasih
  • Lives of Ss. Sergius and Bacchus
  • Life of St. Marina
  • Life of St. Susanna
  • On Isaac, the son of Abraham the Patriarch
  • Life of St. John
  • Life of Paul
  • On St. Abba Ammon
  • On the Seven children of Ephesus
  • Life of St. Cyril
  • Life of St. Martinianus the Anchorite
  • Life of St. Archelidos
  • History of the Holy Apostles, Peter and Paul
  • Homily on Penitence
  • Life of St. Dionysius the Aereopagite
  • Jacob of Sarug, Homily on Constantine the great
  • Life of St. Simon
  • Life of Ahiqar the sage
  • Fables of Shaddad, son of 'Addi and Solomon, son of David
  • Letter from heaven given by Athanasius Patriarch of Alexandria
  • History of the conception and nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary by her mother Anna
  • Narration of bribery
  • Fable of a certain prince
  • Homily of St. Cyril, Patriarch of Alexandria
  • Questions and answers
  • History of Pontius Pilate
  • Apostolic Constitutions
  • Homily of St. John Chrysostom
  • Ephrem Syrus, On wrestling with the Devil
  • Prayer for the sick and penitential
Harvard Ms Syr 166 1,885 CE Syriac

Catalog entry

  • Pp. 1-15, Story of Moses
  • 15-27, The letter of holy Sunday that descended from heaven
  • 27-49, Story of Mar Giwargis the martyr
  • 49-55, Story of Arsanis king of Egypt, how our Lord resurrected him
  • 55-58 Qanone for festivals and saints' days
  • 58-60, Divination concerning the sick
  • 60-62, Other prayers
  • 62, Colophon 
Sinai Syr. 30 778 CE Greek, Syriac
  • See entry in Lewis
  • Palimpsest. Underwriting:
    • ff. 1-21 On the Holy Lady, Thecla
    • ff. 21-52 On the Blessed Eugenia and her father, Philip
    • ff.53-69 Acts of the discipleship of Pelagia
    • ff. 69-76 The Blessedy Mary [Marinus]
    • ff. 76-84 The story of Euphrosyne of Alexandria
    • ff. 84-92 The story of Onesimus
    • ff. 92-95 Martyrdom of St. Drusius and those with her at Antioch
    • ff. 95-100 Story of St. Barbara in Heliopolis
    • ff. 100-105 The martyrdom of the Blessed Virgin Mary
    • ff. 105-137 The Story of St. Irene
    • ff. 137-149 The Martyrdom of the Blessed Euphemia
    • ff. 150-161 The martyrdom of St. Sophia and her three daughters
    • ff. 161-163 The martyrdom of Theodotia the harlot
    • ff. 163-165 An apology for the faith
    • ff. 165-170 The story of Susanna
    • ff. 170-180 The Martyrdom of Cyprian the Wizard and Justa the Virgin
    • ff. 180-181 Ephrem Syrus, a metrical homily on the Mansions of Paradise
  • Lower Text
    • ff. 1-140, 143, 148 The Four Gospels in Old Syriac
    • ff. 141, 145, 146, 150, 170 Syriac Apocrypha: Acts of Thomas and the Repose of Mary
    • ff. 142, 144, 147, 149 Text of the Gospel in Greek Uncials
    • ff. 171-182 A Greek text in sloping Uncials
Mosul, Iraq, Syrian Orthodox Archdiocese of Mosul MS 92 (ASOM 00092) 1,900 CE Syriac
  • fol. 3v-53v Ecclesiasticus
  • fol. 53v-104v 1 Maccabees
  • fol. 104v-149v 2 Maccabees
  • fol. 149v-169v 3 Maccabees
  • fol. 169v-199v Memra on Shmuni and her seven martyred sons
  • fol. 200r-228r 1 Esdras
  • fol. 228r-244v Tobit
Trichur, India, Chaldean Syrian Church 00009 1,615 CE Syriac
  • fol. 1v-7r 'Abdishō bar Brīkā, The Book of the Pearl
  • fol. 7r-73v Solomon of Basra, The Book of the Bee
  • fol. 74r-212v Hagiographic works and apocrypha
    • Story of Zosimus, fol.74r-87v
    • Acts of Philip according to recension attributed to Philip of Carthage, fol.87v-97r
    • Story of a penitent demon, fol. 97r-99r
    • Story of a disciple who was killed by his teacher, fol. 99v-101v
    • Story of Yohannan Bar Malke, fol. 101v-108r
    • Story of Virgin Mary, fol. 108r-141v
    • Story of John the Baptist, fol. 141v-144r
    • Story of the translation of the head of John the Baptist, fol. 144r-149r
    • Acts of the Apostle Peter, fol. 149v-163v
    • Acts of the Apostle Paul, fol. 163v-168r
    • Acts of the Apostle John, fol. 168r-180v
    • Acts of the Apostles Andrew and Jacob, fol.180v-189
    • Acts of the Apostle Thomas, fol. 189r-212v

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