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Manuscript Name / Shelf Mark / Project Number Approximate Date Language The main body text Link to Digitized Manuscript
Vat. sir. 51 pt. 1 1,100 CE Syriac

See entry in Assemani

  • Binding
  • West Syrian Pontifical of Michael the Patriarch
  • Binding

Vat. sir. 51 pt. 2 1,100 CE Syriac

See entry in Assemani

  • Binding
  • West Syrian Pontifical of Michael the Patriarch
  • Binding

Vat. sir. 155 1,515 CE Syriac

See entry in Assemani

  • Binding
  • f. 1r Order of procession
  • f. 1r Order of approach to the door
  • f. 1r Order of foot-washing
  • f. 1v Order of adoration of the cross
  • f. 1v Order of absolution
  • f. 2r-2v Blessing of the table
  • f. 3r-6v Names and brief history of the fathers, prophets, and doctors
  • f. 6v On Jewish Fast days
  • f. 6v On the date of the creation of the world
  • f. 7r-7v Dionysius Barsalibi, exposition on priestly vestments
  • f. 7v-8r Preparation of the chrism
  • f. 8r-8v Consecration of the chrism
  • f. 8v-9r Order of foot-washing
  • f. 9r-9v Order of the succession of the second passion
  • f. 9r-9v Order of the adoration of the cross
  • f. 9v-16v Order of the Lord's resurrection
  • f. 17r Letter of Eusebius of Caesarea to Carpianus on gospel harmony
  • f. 17r-26v Dionysius Barsalibi, Prolegomena to the four gospels
  • f. 27r-31v Dionysius Barsalibi, Commentary on the four gospels, Preamble
  • f. 32r-149v Dionysius Barsalibi, Commentary on the gospel of Matthew
  • f. 150r-160r Dionysius Barsalibi, Commentary on the gospel of Mark
  • f. 160v-201v Dionysius Barsalibi, Commentary on the gospel of Luke
  • f. 202r-262v Dionysius Barsalibi, Commentary on the gospel of John
  • f. 263r-288r Daniel of Salah [Salaḥ], Exposition on the Psalms
  • f. 288v-290v Ephrem, A Profitable Warning
  • f. 290v-294r Ephrem, On Repentance
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St. Mark's Convent, Jerusalem 2-5 1,279 CE Syriac

See entry at CPART and in Macomber

  • f. 1v-134r Syrian Orthodox Pontifical Ritual
    • f. 1v-2r Preface
    • f. 2r-47v The rite of the consecration of chrism
    • f. 47v-49v The prayers over the ointment of oil that is used for anointing (in baptism)
    • f. 49v-51v Other prayers over the ointment fo prayer, that is, of healing
    • f. 51v-83v The rite of the consecration of the church
    • f. 84r-98v Sequence, that is, the order of ceremonies  and rite of the consecration of altars, that is, or the tablets on the altar table
    • f. 99r-134r Oder of ceremonies of all sacerdotal and holy ordinations
      • f. 99r-105v Harangue which the high priest ought to read out to those who wish to be ordained
      • f. 105v-110v Admonition of the bishop to those being ordained
      • f. 110v-112r Responses that are chanted in the ordination of deacons, priests and bishops, that is, in every ordination
      • f. 112v-122r The rite of ordination of deacons
      • f. 122v-132r The rite of ordination of priests
      • f. 132r-134r And when the circumstances compel the bishop to ordain deacons and priests together, the custom is that there should be this common sedro