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Manuscript Name / Shelf Mark / Project Number Approximate Date Language The main body text Link to Digitized Manuscript
Vat. sir. 124 1,300 CE Syriac

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  • f. 1r-276r Isaac of Ninevah, Ascetical Discourses, Part 1 (1-81)
  • f. 276r-353v John of Dalyatha, Ascetical Discourses (1-27)
  • f. 353v-354v Colophon and Notes
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Vat. sir. 125 700 CE Syriac

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  • f. 1r-145r Isaac of Ninevah, Selected Ascetical Discourses from Part 1 (16, 18, 22-48, 50-53, 57-58, 64, 60-63, 66-67, 69-70, 72-74, 78, 80, 82, 25-26, 81)
  • f. 145r-158v Philoxenus, Bishop fo Hierapolis, Response to the question of Patricius
  • f. 158v-211v John of Dalyatha, Ascetical Discourses (1-27)
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Vat. sir. 135 700 CE Syriac

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  • f. 1v-6r Philoxenus, Bishop of Hierapolis, Letter to Abbot Simeon on the translation of the Psalter from Greek into Syriac
  • f. 6r-13v A reply from Abbot Simeon to Barlaha. Fol. 6a
  • f. 13v-17r Philoxenus, Bishop of Hierapolis, A Letter concerning Faith
  • f. 17r-19v Philoxenus, Bishop of Hierapolis, A Letter to Emperor Zeno on the incarnation of God the Word
  • f. 19v-24r Philoxenus, Bishop of Hierapolis, A Letter to the Monks of Beth Gogal
  • f. 24r-27r Bishop Simeon of Beth Arsham, A Letter concerning Barsauma and the Heresies of the Nestorians
  • f. 27r-27v The Names of the Catholis in the Land of the Persians from the Apostles to the Shah Peroz (459-84)
  • f. 27v-28r Responses of the Blessed Mor Severus
  • f. 28r-57v Florilegium
  • f. 57v-71v Florilegium
  • f. 71v-77r Philoxenus, Bishop of Hierapolis, Dispute with a learned Nestorian concerning Ephesians 1:17
  • f. 77r-80v Philoxenus, Bishop of Hierapolis, A Disputation on the Nestorians and the Orthodox
  • f. 80v-87r An explication of the blasphemy of the Manicheans 
  • f. 87r-92r Philoxenus, Bishop of Hierapolis, Another against the Nestorians
  • f. 92r-93r Philoxenus, Bishop of Hierapolis, Another set of responses against the two natures
  • f. 93r-100r Jacob of Sarug, Letter to Isaac of Gabula
  • f. 100r-102v Sayings of the Philosophers
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Vat. sir. 136 599 CE Syriac

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  • f. 3r-29v Philoxenus, Bishop of Hierapolis, [First] Letter to the Monks of Teleda
  • f. 29v-35v Philoxenus, Bishop of Hierapolis, [Second] Letter to the Monks of Teleda
  • f. 35v-53r Philoxenus, Bishop of Hierapolis, Letter 3 to the Monks of Beth Gogal
  • f. 53r-57v Philoxenus, Bishop of Hierapolis, Letter 4 to the One Newly Converted from the World and Letter to a Disciple
  • f. 57v-58v The Faith of the Bishop Severus of Antioch
  • f. 58v Note
  • f. 58v-130v Philoxenus, Bishop of Hierapolis, To the Monks of Senun
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Vat. sir. 137 564 CE Syriac

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  • f. 1r-18r Philoxenus, Bishop of Hierapolis, On the Trinity and the Incarnation, Tractate I
  • f. 18r-88r Philoxenus, Bishop of Hierapolis, On the Trinity and the Incarnation, Tractate II
  • f. 88r-160v Philoxenus, Bishop of Hierapolis, On the Trinity and the Incarnation, Tractate III
  • f. 160v-161v Colophon and Notes
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Vat. sir. 138 581 CE Syriac

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  • f. 1v-136r Philoxenus, Bishop of Hierapolis, Volume against Habib
    • f. 1v-114v Ten Memre [Against Habib]
    • f. 114v-119r Sayings of the Adversary [Habib]
    • f. 119r-120r [Brief Refutation]
    • f. 120r-123r Letters to the Monks [On Faith]
    • f. 123r-136r Florilegium
  • f. 136r Colophon
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Vat. sir. 139 700 CE Syriac

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  • f. 3r-62r John the Grammarian, of Caesarea, Against the Monophysites
  • f. 62r-156v Severus, Patriarch of Antioch, Philalethes
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Vat. sir. 140 528 CE Syriac

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  • f. 1r-2v Paul of Kallinikos, [Translator's] Preface
  • f. 2v [First] epistle of Julian of Halicarnassis to Severus of Antioch (CPG 7026)
  • f. 2v-3r Severus the Patriarch's [first] response to Julian (CPG 7026)
  • f. 3r Second epistle of Julian to Severus the Patriarch (CPG 7026)
  • f. 3r-5r [Second] response of Severus to Julian (CPG 7026)
  • f. 5r-6r Third epistle of Julian to Severus (CPG 7026)
  • f. 6r-20r [Third] epistle of Severus, the Patriarch of Antioch, to Julian, Bishop of Halicarnassis (CPG 7026)
  • f. 20v-60v The book of Severus the Archbishop of Antioch against Julian, Bishop of Halicarnassis (CPG 7027)
  • f. 60v-66r Severus, the Patriarch of Antioch, Eight Questions of the Heretics (CPG 7028)
  • f. 66r-68v Severus, Patriarch of Antioch, Epistle to the Eastern Monks (CPG 7070.2)
  • f. 68v-100r Severus, Patriarch of Antioch, Apology against the additions of Julian (CPG 7029)
  • f. 100r-108r Severus, Patriarch of Antioch, The Anathematisms of Julian and the Responses of Severus (CPG 7030)
  • f. 108r-145r Severus, Patriarch of Antioch, The Philalethe (CPG 7031)
  • f. 145v Colophon
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Vat. sir. 141 700 CE Syriac

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  • f. ar-bv Note (copied in a modern hand on paper)
  • f. 1r-3r Jacob of Edessa, On Punctuation
  • f. 3r-5r Contents
  • f. 5r-216r Severus, Patriarch of Antioch, Cathedral Homilies (nos. 44-91) (CPG 7035)
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Vat. sir. 142 563 CE Syriac

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  • f. 1r-123v Severus, Patriarch of Antioch, Cathedral Homilies (nos. 73-100) (CPG 7035)
  • f. 123v-124r Colophon
  • f. 124r-124v Homily by Theophilus of Alexandria
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