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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
Vat. sir. 23 1,100 CE Arabic, Syriac

See entry in Assemani

  • Binding
  • f. 1r-142v Pauline Lectionary
  • Binding

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.

  • f. 1rv Liturgical book (?) 1/1
  • f. 2rv Marian text 1/2
  • f. 3rv Gospels 1/3
  • f. 4rv Lectionary 1/4
  • f. 5rv Menaion 1/5
  • f. 6rv Liturgy (?) 1/6
  • f. 7rv ??? 1/7
  • f. 8rv ??? 1/8
  • f. 9rv ??? 1/9
  • f. 10-23v Memra on the prodigal son; Biblical text (Palimpsest) 2/1
  • f. 24r-26v Psalter; Horologion 3/1
  • f. 27r-28v Irmologion 3/2
  • f. 29r-30v ??? 3/3
  • f. 31rv [Unidentified theological text] 3/4
  • f. 32r-35v [Unidentified hagiographical text] 3/5
  • f. 36r-37v [Unidentified liturgical text] 3/6
  • f. 38r-39v [Unidentified, possibly canons for common days] 3/7
  • f. 40r-41v [Unidentified, Bible, Old testament] 3/8
  • f. 42rv [Unidentified hagiographical text] 3/9
  • f. 43rv ??? 3/10
  • f. 44r-46v Triodion, Pentakostarion 4/1
  • f. 47rv [New Testament Lectionary ?] 4/2
  • f. 48r-49v [Unidentified Liturgical Text] 5/1
  • f. 50rv Arabic note of possession 5/2
  • f. 51rv ??? 5/3
  • f. 52rv [New Testament lectionary ?] 5/4 
  • f. 53rv [Unidentified liturgical text] 5/5
  • f. 54rv Acts of the Apostles 5/6
  • f. 55rv [Acts of the Apostles ?] 5/7
  • f. 56rv [Unidentified liturgical text] 5/8
  • f. 57rv Menaion 5/9
  • f. 58rv [Unidentified liturgical text] 5/10
  • f. 59rv [Unidentified liturgical text] 5/11
  • f. 60rv [Unidentified liturgical text] 5/12
  • f. 61rv [Gospel lectionary ?] 5/13
  • f. 62rv Colophon 5/14
  • f. 63rv Bilingual note 5/15
  • f. 64r-69v [Psalter ?] 6/1
  • f. 70r-73v [New Testament Lectionary?] 6/2
  • f. 74r-79v New Testament Lectionary 6/3
  • f. 80r-83v [Sticherarion?] 6/4
  • f. 84r-85v [Unidentified liturgical text] 6/5
  • f. 86r-87v [Unidentified liturgical text] 6/6
  • f. 88r-91v [Psalter?] 6/7
  • f. 92rv Arabic and Garshuni fragment 6/8
  • f. 93r-95v Arabic 6/9
  • f. 96r-98v [Menaion?] 7/1
  • f. 99r-100v [Menaion?] 7/2
  • f. 101r-104v Old Testament Lectionary 7/3
  • f. 105r-107v [Menaion?] 7/4
  • f. 108r-109v [Gospel lectionary?] 7/5
  • f. 110rv [Gospel lectionary?] 7/6
  • f. 111r-112v [Liturgical text?] and Colophon 7/7
  • f.113rv [Menaion?] 7/8
  • f. 114rv [Kanonarion?] 7/9
  • f. 115r-116v Menaion [summary] 7/10
  • f. 117r-120v Notes in Syriac, Arabic, and Greek 7/11
  • f. 121r-128v Menaion for January 8/1
  • f. 129r-132v Oktoeikos 8/2
  • f. 133r-135v Old Testament Lectionary 8/3
  • f. 136r-138v [Triodion?] 8/4
  • f. 139r-141v [Unidentified liturgical text] 8/5
  • f. 142r-143v [Unidentified liturgical text] 8/6
  • f. 144r-147v [Unidentified liturgical text] 8/7
  • f. 148r-151v [Table of lections?] 8/8
  • f. 152r-155v [Unidentified liturgical text] 9/1
  • f. 156rv Gospel 9/2
  • f. 157rv [Acts of the Apostles?] 10/1
  • f. 158r-159v [Unidentified liturgical text] 10/2
  • f. 160r-162v [Synaxarion?] 10/3
  • f. 163rv [Acts of the Apostles?] 10/4
  • f. 164r Colophon 10/5
  • f. 165rv 10/6
  • 10/7? [Gospel?] 10/7
  • f. 166r [Unidentified liturgical text?] 10/8
  • f. 167rv Colophon [Oktoeikos?] 10/9
  • f. 168rv [Arabic and Syriac Horologion ?] 10/10
  • f. 169r-174v [Unidentified liturgical text?] 11/1
  • f. 175r-178v [Unidentified liturgical text?] 11/2

BnF arabe 53 1,724 CE Arabic, Georgian, Syriac
  • Syrian Rite, Liturgy; New Testament
  • f. 1r-1v Georgian text
  • f. 2-9v Table of Pericopes
  • f. 10v-65v Gospel of St. Matthew
  • f. 66-102 Gospel of St. Mark
  • f. 103-165v Gospel of St. Luke
  • f. 167-220 Gospel of St. John

BnF arabe 6725 1,000 CE Arabic, Syriac
  • f. 2 Kaoul Yohanna al-Kiddis ibn Zebede habib Yashou' al-Masih, Nashki from the beginning of the 10th century
  • f. 3-4 Shubhalmaran of Karka of Beth Seluk, fragment of the Book of Stages [6-7th century]
  • f. 5-11 Portion of the Acts of the Apostles (Arabic) [9th century]
  • f. 12-21 Portion of the Epistle of St. Paul to the Romans [10th century]
  • f. 22-29 Portion of Acts fo the Apostles [9th century]

BnF syr. 11 Unknown Arabic, Garshuni, Syriac

See catalog entry here

  • f. 1-117 and 128-187 Books of the Prophets
    • Isaiah
    • Jeremiah
    • Ezekiel
    • Daniel according to the Peshitta (includes a paraphrase of the visions of the four monarchies and the history of Bel and the Dragon)
    • At the end of Daniel is a treatise on astonomy/astrology in Syriac, Garshuni, and Arabic
    • Jeremiah according to the Peshitta
  • f. 188-366 Other biblical texts
    • Esther 
    • Judith
    • Esdras
    • Nehemiah
    • Ecclesiastes
    • 1-3 Maccabees
    • Josephus' account of Eleazar, Shmuna and their sons
    • 3 Esdras
    • Tobit according to the Peshitta
    • 1-2 Baruch
    • Letter of Jeremiah
    • 3 Esdras and the first part of Tobit according to the Syrohexapla

Mosul, Iraq, Mar Behnam (Monastery) (MBM 00462) 1,700 CE Arabic, Garshuni, Syriac, Turkish
  • Miscellany: Prayers and Psalms; Syriac Grammar

Mosul, Iraq, Mar Behnam (Monastery) (MBM 00163) 1,800 CE Arabic, Garshuni, Syriac
  • Psalter

Qarah Qūsh, Syrian Catholic Archdiocesan Library (DSCQT 00067) 1,700 CE Arabic, Garshuni, Syriac
  • f. 1ra-156vb Liturgical book with prayers and Biblical readings for various occasions

Mardin, Turkey Chaldean Cathedral (CCM 00065) 1,300 CE Arabic, Syriac
  • f. 1r-231v Gospel lectionary, with commentary (Syriac Rite, Eastern)

Mardin, Turkey Chaldean Cathedral (CCM 00068) 1,200 CE Arabic, Syriac
  • f. 1v-70v Gospel Lectionary (Syriac Rite, Eastern)

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