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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. 51 pt. 1 1,100 CE Syriac

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  • West Syrian Pontifical of Michael the Patriarch
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Vat. sir. 51 pt. 2 1,100 CE Syriac

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  • West Syrian Pontifical of Michael the Patriarch
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Vat. sir. 92 823 CE Syriac

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  • f. 1r-28v Ephrem, thirty-one Qole on the Deceased
  • f. 28v-31r Five Litanies (Gk. sunapte)
    • ​​a. for priests
    • b. for deacons
    • c. - e. for laity
  • f. 31r-48r Ephrem, Madrashe on the Deceased I-XXXVII
  • f. 48r-59r Ephrem, Memre on the Deceased I-IV
  • f. 59r-61r Isaac of Antioch, Memra on Deceased Priests and Deacons
  • f. 61r-66r Ephrem, Memre on the Deceased V-VII
  • f. 66v-79r Isaac of Antioch, Memre on the Deceased II-IX
  • f. 79v-90v Ephrem, Memre on the Dceased VIII-XIV
  • f. 90v-91v Isaac of Antioch, Memra on [Deceased] Youths
  • f. 91v-117v Jacob of Sarug, Memre on the Deceased I-XIII
  • f. 118r-123r Anonymous, Buya'e on the Deceased I-III
  • f. 123r-123v Ephrem, Madrasha on all the Deceased
  • f. 123v-130r Scriptural readings for deceased Bishops, Priests, and Deacons
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Vat. sir. 100 932 CE Syriac

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  • f. 1r-80r John of Dara, On the Resurrection of the Body
  • f. 80r-92v John of Dara, On the Celestial Heirarchy
  • f. 92v-115v John of Dara, Commentary on Dionysius the Areopagite, Ecclesiastical Heirarchy
  • f. 115v-137r John of Dara, On the Priesthood
  • f. 137v Colophon
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Vat. sir. 103 pt. 1 861 CE Syriac

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  • f. 1v-32r Genesis (Attributed to Ephrem)
  • f. 32r-44r Genesis (Attributed to Jacob of Edessa)
  • f. 44r-52r Exodus (Attributed to Jacob of Edessa)
  • f. 52r-57r Leviticus (Attributed to Jacob of Edessa)
  • f. 57r-59v Numbers (Attributed to Jacob of Edessa)
  • f. 59v-63r Deuteronomy (Attributed to Jacob of Edessa)
  • f. 63r-65r Job (Attributed to Jacob of Edessa)
  • f. 65r-66r Joshua (Attributed to Jacob of Edessa)
  • f. 66r-67r Judges (Attributed to Jacob of Edessa)
  • f. 67r-72v Exodus (Attributed to Ephrem)
  • f. 72v-76r Leviticus (Attributed to Ephrem)
  • f. 76r-80r Numbers (Attributed to Ephrem)
  • f. 80r-85v Deuteronomy (Attributed to Ephrem)
  • f. 86r-91r Job (Attributed to Ephrem)
  • f. 91v-95r Joshua (Attributed to Ephrem)
  • f. 95r-99v Judges (Attributed to Ephrem)
  • f. 100r-114r 1-2 Samuel (Attributed to Ephrem)
  • f. 114v-132v 1-2 Kings (Attributed to Ephrem)
  • f. 133r-134v Hosea (Attributed to Ephrem) (Continued in Vat. sir. 103 pt. 2)
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Vat. sir. 103 pt. 2 861 CE Syriac

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  • f. 135r-136r Hosea continued (Attributed to Ephrem) (Continued from Vat. sir. 103. pt. 1)
  • f. 136v-139v Amos (Attributed to Ephrem)
  • f. 139v-143v Micah (Attributed to Ephrem)
  • f. 143v-145r Joel (Attributed to Ephrem)
  • f. 145r-145v Obadiah (Attributed to Ephrem)
  • f. 146r-153v Zachariah (Attributed to Ephrem)
  • f. 153v-155r Malachi (Attributed to Ephrem)
  • f. 155r-166r Ezekiel (Attributed to Ephrem)
  • f. 166r-175v Jeremiah (Attributed to Ephrem)
  • f. 175v-176r Lamentations (Attributed to Ephrem)
  • f. 176v-181v Song of Songs (Attributed to Ephrem)
  • f. 181v-190v Daniel (Attributed to Ephrem)
  • f. 190v-217v Isaiah (Attributed to Ephrem)
  • f. 218r-238v Isaiah (Attributed to Cyril of Alexandria)
  • f. 238v-240r Proverbs of Solomon
  • f. 240r-247v Kohelet (Ecclesiastes)
  • f. 247r Colophon
  • f. 247 Romans (Continued in Vat. sir. 103 pt. 3)
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Vat. sir. 103 pt. 3 861 CE Syriac

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  • f. 248r-255r Romans (continued from Vat. sir. 103 pt. 2)
  • f. 255r-262v 1 Corinthians
  • f. 262v-269r 2 Corinthians
  • f. 269r-272v Galatians
  • f. 272v-275v Ephesians
  • f. 275v-277v Philippians
  • f. 277v-280r Colossians
  • f. 280v-283r 1 Thessalonians
  • f. 283r-284r 2 Thessalonians
  • f. 284r-288r 1 Timothy
  • f. 288r-290v 2 Timothy
  • f. 290v-291v Titus
  • f. 291v-292r Philemon
  • f. 292v-301v Hebrews
  • f. 302r-336r Matthew
  • f. 336v-370v John
  • f. 371r Colophon
  • f. 371v Notes
  • f. 372r-372v Displaced leaf (?)
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Vat. sir. 104 564 CE Syriac

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  • f. 1v-84v St. Athanasius, Patriarch of Alexandria, Oration on the Incarnation of the Word
  • f. 84v-86r Timothy Aelurus, Archbishop of Alexandria, Interpretation on the Greek homily
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Vat. sir. 105 600 CE Syriac

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  • f. 1v-108v Gregory of Nazianzus, Iambics
  • f. 109v Acquisition Note by Moses of Nisibis
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Vat. sir. 106 700 CE Syriac

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  • f. 2v-3r Letter of Gregory of Nyssa to Theophilus of Alexandria (against Apollinarius)
  • f. 4r-18v Gregory of Nyssa, Exposition of the Lord's Prayer
  • f. 18v-42r Gregory of Nyssa, Exposition of the Beatitudes
  • f. 42r-75r Gregory of Nyssa, On the Making of Men
  • f. 75r-152r Gregory of Nyssa, Exposition on Solomon's Song of Songs
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