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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. 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

St. Thomas Syrian Catholic Church 68(71) 1,600 CE Arabic, Garshuni

See entry at CPART

  • Horn of heaven (book)

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

BnF syr. 334 1,700 CE Arabic, Garshuni
  • See Catalog entry here; Documents relating to the history of the Maronites
    • f. 1-15 Letters
      • f. 1 to the Patriarch of Antioch – 7 Jan 1581 (in Italian)
      • f. 2-13 Letters of George-Peter, Maronite Patriarch of Antioch
        • f. 2 to the King of France
        • f. 3 to the queen
        • f. 4 to the king
        • f. 5 to Cardinal Mazarin
        • f. 6 to Prince Henry of Guise
        • f. 7-8 to the Count of Brienne
        • f. 9 to the queen
        • f. 10 to the Prince of Mailli
        • f. 11 to the Countess of Brienne
        • f. 12 to the Count and the Countess of Brienne- Jan 25, 1658
        • f. 13 to the King of France - March 15, 1659
      • f. 14-15 Letter of Joseph to Sergius, Archbishop of Damas, April 5, 1660
    • f. 16-18 Testimonials and assertions of the Syrian and Maronite churhes – Aug 2 and 9, 1666 (Signature of the patriarchs and bishops)
    • f. 19-28 Letters
      • f. 19 From the Patriarch George-Peter to the Cardinal of Bouillon – Aug 8, 1675
      • f. 20-21 From Nazif Khazin, Prince of the Maronites of Mt. Liban, to the King of France – March 25, 1695
      • f. 23-25 From Joseph, Maronite Patriarch of Antioch, to the King of France and of Navarre – Oct 15, 1736
      • f. 26 Fragments of a letter of Stephen, Patriarch of Antioch
      • f. 27-28 Two letters of Joseph Peter, Patriarch of Antioch Jun 14 1767 (in Arabic)

Syriac-Orthodox Archdiocese of Aleppo: The Book of the Interpreter 1,524 CE Arabic, Garshuni, Syriac

Elijah of Nisibis (975-1046), The Book of the Interpreter (A more detailed description can be found here)

Syriac-Orthodox Archdiocese of Aleppo: Lives of the Saints 1,692 CE Arabic, Garshuni

Lives of the saints

Mosul, Iraq, Mar Behnam (Monastery) (MBM 00343) 1,868 CE Arabic, Garshuni, Syriac
  • Collection of letters on diocesan matters

Mosul, Iraq, Mar Behnam (Monastery) (MBM 00464) 1,700 CE Arabic, Garshuni, Syriac
  • Natural and social climate of Iraq; miscellaneous discourses and sermons

Qarah Qūsh, Syrian Catholic Archdiocesan Library (DSCQT 00128) 1,956 CE Arabic, Garshuni, Syriac
  • Register of Baptisms from 1956-1961

Qarah Qūsh, Syrian Catholic Archdiocesan Library (DSCQT 00133) 1,800 CE Arabic, Garshuni, Syriac
  • f. 1r-4v unidentified text

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