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Manuscript Name / Shelf Mark / Project Number	Approximate Date	Language	The main body text
Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi10/5; 195 (DIYR 00277)	1,200 CE	Syriac	Hymn tunes related to vigils Hymn tunes related to the celebration of the Cross Jacob of Sarug, Rogations of the Cross Service of glorifications Service fo seblotho hymns Hymns for offering incense Prayers recited before the Psalms Index of the feasts of the saints Eusebius of Caesarea, Ecclesiastical History (selections)
Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi (DIYR 00291)	1,728 CE	Garshuni, Syriac	Prayers, Prooemia, Sedrē Anaphora of Jacob, the Lord's Brother Selection from a Liturgical Text Readings from the Gospels, prooemia, Sedrē Anaphora of Jacob, the Lord's Brother Anaphora of John the Evangelist Anaphora of Julius of Rome Anaphora of Eustathius of Antioch Anaphora of John of Nisibis Anaphora of Ignatius of Antioch Anaphora of Jacob Burd'oyo Anaphora of Marutha of Tagrit Anaphora of Philoxenus of Mabbug Dismissal Prayers of Mor Jacob
Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi 42; 6/5 (DIYR 00292)	1,400 CE	Syriac	Funeral rite for priests Jacob of Sarug, Homily on the burial of Aaron the Priest Ephrem of Nisibis, Homily Funeral Rite for Believers Runeral Rite for women Funeral Rite for children Jacob of Sarug, Homily upon dying children and infants Ephrem Syrus, Homily on the benediction of the table Jacob of Sarug, Homily on the deceased
Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi (DIYR 00295)	1,800 CE	Garshuni, Syriac	Service before the Mass; Readings; Prooemia; Sedrē Small Anaphora of Jacob, the Lord's Brother Anaphora of John of Ḥarran Anaphora of Xystus of Rome Anaphora of Jacob from the Monastery of Mor Ḥannanyo Anaphora of Julius of Rome Anaphora of Mushe bar Kepha Dismissal Prayer of Mor Jacob Dismissal Prayer of Mor Ephrem
Harvard MS Syr 36	1,500 CE	Syriac	Catalog Entry 1. Part of the story of Bar Sauma (ff. 1-9, 82-117, the leaves being disordered) 2. 1 Thes. 4:12-18 and John 5:24-9, from a lectionary (f. 11) 3. Part of the History of the Virgin (10, 12-61r; disordered, and with one leaf missing) 4. Memra of Jacob on the passing, that is the obsequies, of the Virgin (61v-69r) 5. Another memra on Mary and Joseph and the envy of the Jews, in the meter of Mar Ephrem (69r-78v) 6. A wonder done by the Virgin Mary (78v-81; breaking off before the end). 7. F. 10v has a geometric design incorporating a prayer
Harvard MS Syr 85	1,100 CE	Syriac	Catalog Entry Order for the burial of priests, including eight services, and lections and memre of Ephrem and Jacob (f. 10-59r, incomplete at the beginning) Order of burial for laymen (4 services), women (4), nuns (2) and children (4) (58r-114v) Memre in the names of Ephrem, Isaac, and Jacob (114v-146, incomplete at the end). The other leaves come from at least three mss.: two of burial services (4-5 and 6-9, all paper) and the other of unidentified services (1-3, 147-150, all vellum).
Borg. sir. 10	Unknown	Syriac	Homilies of the Fathers: Catalog entry link Eleven homilies of Isaac of Antioch, Jacob of Sarug, Isaac of Ninevah, and of St. Ephrem on the ascetic life and on the incarnation A Memra composed by a certain bishop on the seven climates of the earth and on the variations of the climates Canons of the Holy Fathers on the Christian life, on the liturgy, and on the sacrifice
Vat. sir. 36	1,597 CE	Garshuni, Syriac	Catalog entry from Assemani f. 1-34 Missal (Jacobite Rite) Anaphora of the Twelve Apostles Anaphora of Peter the Apostle Anaphora of St. Eustathius Anaphora of St. John (bishop of Haran Habura and Nisibis) Anaphora of Dionysius bar Ṣalibi Porphyry, Isagoge The way of finding East Bishop Moses, excerpts from Yaḥya ibn 'Adī Against those who affirm that Christ was not truly crucified Against those who maintain the Christian Gospel has been corrupted The world was not from eternity Bishop Moses, Excerpt from an Arabic grammar Jacob of Sarug, a philosophical poem: On being, substance, and accidents Baptismal Rite Gregory bar 'Ebroyo, Syriac Grammar Bishop Moses, Syriac-Arabic Lexicon Catalog of the works of Bar 'Ebroyo
Vat. sir. 126 pt. 2	1,253 CE	Syriac	Catalog entry in Assemani pp. 397-end (Begins with Abba Isaiah the Monk) 'Enanisho', Paradise of the Fathers Book 1: Palladius, Bishop of Heleopolis Book 2: Palladius (Begins in this section) Lives of the Fathers according to St. Jerome Book 4: Apophthegmata Patrum Doctrine and Admonitions of the Fathers on the monastic institution Abba Evagrius, Sermons Abba Anthony, Letters to the monastic brothers St. Macarius of Egypt, sermons St. Macarius of Egypt, epistles St. Macarius the Alexandrian, Sermons Abraham Nathpar, sermons Ammon the monk and Bishop of Oxyrinchus, letters St. Xystus of Rome, sermons John of Dalyatha, sermons Gregory the Monk on the isle of Cyprus, sermons John of Thebes, sermons St. Basil the Great, Monstaic institutions, Questions and answers from the brethren Letter to his brother Gregory of Nyssa Paranaetic Chapter Ascetic Chatper Jacob of Sarug, letter on the ascetic way Letter to an abbot on the soul Letter about the virtuous men Philoxenus of Mabbug, on the one whose desire is changed toward refraining from the priesthood Letter to the monks of Amid St. Ephrem, sermon St. Mark the hermit, paranaetic sermon
Vat. sir. 199	1,545 CE	Garshuni	Catalog entry in Assemani Life of St. Maron Homily on Penitence Story of the three holy Patriarchs Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob Death of Isaac the patriarch Death of Jacob the patriarch Jacob of Sarug, Homily on the thief Life of St. Alexei History of St. Abdulmasih Lives of Ss. Sergius and Bacchus Life of St. Marina Life of St. Susanna On Isaac, the son of Abraham the Patriarch Life of St. John Life of Paul On St. Abba Ammon On the Seven children of Ephesus Life of St. Cyril Life of St. Martinianus the Anchorite Life of St. Archelidos History of the Holy Apostles, Peter and Paul Homily on Penitence Life of St. Dionysius the Aereopagite Jacob of Sarug, Homily on Constantine the great Life of St. Simon Life of Ahiqar the sage Fables of Shaddad, son of 'Addi and Solomon, son of David Letter from heaven given by Athanasius Patriarch of Alexandria History of the conception and nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary by her mother Anna Narration of bribery Fable of a certain prince Homily of St. Cyril, Patriarch of Alexandria Questions and answers History of Pontius Pilate Apostolic Constitutions Homily of St. John Chrysostom Ephrem Syrus, On wrestling with the Devil Prayer for the sick and penitential

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