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Manuscript Name / Shelf Mark / Project Number Approximate Date Language The main body text Link to Digitized Manuscript
Baghdad, Iraq: Syrian Catholic Archdiocese of Baghdad, N. 96 (ASCBN 00096) 1,880 CE Arabic, Syriac
  • pages 1-12 Grammar
  • pages 13-40 Life of Saint Alexius
  • pages 41-68 Anthology of poems
Mosul, Iraq, Syrian Orthodox Archdiocese of Mosul (ASOM 00022 006) Unknown Syriac
  • Extract from story of Ḥayy ibn Yaqẓān
Mosul, Iraq, Syrian Orthodox Archdiocese of Mosul MS 60 (ASOM 00060) 1,724 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • fol. 3v-30v Jacob of Edessa, Memra on Alexander the Great, Gog and Magog, and the end-times (Syriac)
  • fol. 31r-41r Ephrem of Nisibis, Memra on the end-times, Gog and Magog, and the Antichrist (Syriac)
  • fol. 41v-79r Burial Rite (Garshuni, Syriac)
  • fol. 79v-81v Lamentation for Gehenna (Syriac)
  • fol. 81v-100r Story of Mar Bassus (Syriac)
  • fol. 100r-131r Story of Mar Gabriel of Qartmin (Syriac)
Mosul, Iraq, Syrian Orthodox Archdiocese of Mosul MS 76 (ASOM 00076) 1,918 CE Syriac
  • fol. 2r-107v Lives of Mar Mattai and Bar Hebraeus
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
Mosul, Iraq, Syrian Orthodox Archdiocese of Mosul MS 95 (ASOM 00095) 1,911 CE Syriac
  • Part 1
    • fol. 1v-21r Ignatius II, Maphrian of the east, Ascent of the Mind
    • fol. 21v-23v On the Eucharist
    • fol. 24r-29v Creeds of the Orthodox Church Fathers
    • fol. 30v-45r Life of Mar Benjamin
  • Part 2
    • Life of Mar Jacob of Edessa
  • Part 3
    • Memre (Includes memre by Ignatius Marcus bar Qiqi and Ephrem of Nisibis)
  • Part 4
    • Life of Philoxenus of Mabbug
Mosul, Iraq, Syrian Orthodox Archdiocese of Mosul MS 101 (ASOM 00101) 1,931 CE Syriac
  • fol. 4v-48r Sayings and lives of church fathers
    • Title NS: ܡܪܬܝܢܘܬܐ ܫܦܝܪܬܐ
  • fol. 50r-61v Rites of penance, healing of the sick, and blessing of water
Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 124 (SMMJ 00124) 900 CE Syriac

Filoksinos Yohanna Dolabany, Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in St. Mark’s Monastery (1994).

  • Pages 1-11 Selections from philosophers
  • Pages 11-13 Paul, the Persian (6th century), Letter to Demetrius
  • Pages 13-50 Explanation of difficult words in the writings of Dionysius, Bishop of Athens
  • Pages 51-63 Story of Severus of Antioch
  • Pages 63-106 Commentary on Severus of Antioch's treatise against the impious grammarian
Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 160 (SMMJ 00160) 1,900 CE Garshuni, Syriac

Filoksinos Yohanna Dolabany, Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in St. Mark’s Monastery (1994).

  • fol. 1r-3v Jacob of Serugh, Homily on the departed, part two (Syriac)
  • fol. 3v-12v Jacob of Serugh, Homily on the soul and body (Syriac)
  • fol. 12v-15r Hananyo Akhsnoyo, Homily (Syriac)
  • fol. 15r-16r Homily (Syriac)
  • fol. 16r-29r Ephrem of Nisibis, Homily on Joseph and Mary (Syriac)
  • fol. 29r-35v Isaac of Antioch, Homily on the death of one in exile (Syriac)
  • fol. 35v-39v Isaac of Antioch, Homily on Monks (Syriac)
  • fol. 40r-64v Story of Habib (Syriac)
    • Title NS: ܬܫܥܝܬܐ ܕܩܕܝܫܐ ܡܪܝ ܚܒܝܒ ܣܗܕܐ ܐܘܪܗܝܐ ܕܣܗܕ ܒܐܘܪܗܝ ܡܕܝܢܬܐ ܫܢܬ ܫܝܬ ܡܐܐ ܘܥܣܪܝܢ ܕܝܘܢܝܐ ܒܝܘܡ̈ܝܢ ܒܓ ܒܐܝܪܚ ܐܒ
  • fol. 64v-68r Story of Mark of Jabal Tarmaq (Syriac)
    • Title NS: ܬܫܥܝܬܐ ܕܡܪܝ ܡܪܩܘܣ ܗܘ ܕܥܡܪ ܗܘܐ ܒܛܘܪܐ ܕܡܬܩܪܝܐ ܬܪܡܩܐ ܒܢܝܫܐ ܕܡܪܝ ܝܥܩܘܒ
  • fol. 68r-68v Ephrem of Nisibis, Homily (Syriac)
  • fol. 68v-69v Annunciation (Garshuni)
Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 166 (SMMJ 00166) 1,800 CE Syriac

Filoksinos Yohanna Dolabany, Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in St. Mark’s Monastery (1994).

  • fol. 1r-14v Sayings of the Fathers
  • fol. 14v-26v Ephrem of Nisibis, Homily on humility
    • Title NS: ܡܐܡܪܐ ܕܥܠ ܡܟܝܟܘܬܐ
  • fol. 26v-42r Jacob of Sarug, Homily on the end, the kingdom, and gehenna
    • Title NS: ܡܐܡܪܐ ܕܥܠ ܚܪܬܐ
  • fol. 42v-72r Jacob of Sarug, Homily on the solitaries 
    • Title NS: ܡܐܡܪܐ ܥܠ ܝ̈ܚܝܕܝܐ ܘܡܕܒܪ̈ܢܐ ܘܐܒ̈ܝܠܐ
  • fol. 72v-95v Isaac of Antioch, Homily on solitaries
  • fol. 95v Fragment on Aba Sisoes
  • fol. 96r-135v Story of John the Short

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