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Manuscript Name / Shelf Mark / Project Number Approximate Date Language The main body text Link to Digitized Manuscript
Mingana Syriac 84 1,790 CE Syriac

See catalog entry for Mingana 84

  • f. 1-10 Porphyry, Isagogy (in the form of tables only)
  • f. 11-18 Aristotle, Categories (in the form of tables only)
  • f. 19-23 [blank]
  • f. 24b-103 John bar Zo'bi, A long treatise called "The Metrical Composition" (ܙܩܘܪܐ ܡܠܚܡܐ)
    • It is a discourse on the true faith and Economy of Christ according to East Syrian doctrine, and against Monophysitism.
    • f. 53ff. Contain a long statement on the two sacraments fo baptism and Eucharist
    • f. 102-103 Contain a complete index of headings of the work
  • f. 103v-124r John bar Zo'bi, Mimra on the explanation of the liturgy of the East Syrian Church
  • f. 124v-142 Mimra explaining the liturgy of the East Syrian Church (anonymous). [Though anonymous, this has been edited under the homilies of Mar Narsai– Mingana I.257-270]
Sachau 216; Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin 93 1,882 CE Syriac

See entry for Sachau 216

  • f. 5v-31r Elijah of Nisibis, Grammar 
  • f. 31v-215v John Bar Zo'bi, Large Grammar
  • f. 215v-226r John Bar Zo'bi, Metrical Grammar
  • f. 226r-226v John Bar Zo'bi, Short description of Syriac punctuation points
  • f. 226v-231r A philosophical poem in seven-syllable meter
  • f. 231r-235r A riddle with the answer in seven-syllable meter
  • f. 235r-240v An overview about the whole formation of Syriac grammar from the stem ܒܙ
  • f. 240v-242v Signature
Mardin, Turkey Chaldean Cathedral (CCM 00022) 1,682 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • f. 1v Syriac Grammar
  • f. 2r-8v Bar Qardāḥe, Khāmīs, Wine poems
  • f. 9r Liturgical notes
  • f. 9v-17v Elijah of Nisibis, Syriac Grammar (abridged)
  • f. 18r-136v Bar Zō'bī, Yōḥannān, Syriac Grammar
  • f. 137r-144v Bar Zō'bī, Yōḥannān, Brief metrical grammar
  • f. 144v-145r Bar Zō'bī, Yōḥannān, Homily on philosophy, in the meter of Jacob
  • f. 145r-146r Commentary on the previous text
  • f. 146r-146v Metrical treatise on points
  • f. 147r-152r Homily on the divisions of philosophers, in the meter of Ephrem
  • f. 152v-153r Epiphanius, Bishop of Constantia in Cyprus, On weights and measures
  • f. 153r On fate
  • f. 153r On the kinds of conception
  • f. 153r-153v On one person (ܦܪܨܘܦܐ)
  • f. 153v-155v Calendrical text
  • f. 155v How to determine if a sick person will live or die
  • f. 156r-156v On the months of the Arabs, in the seven-syllable meter
  • f. 157r-158v Shlemon, Bishop of Basra, Calendrical text
  • f. 158v On the years from Adam to the present time
  • f. 158v 'Abdisho' bar Brikā, On the events of Jesus' life, from the Book of the principles of religion
  • f. 159r-162r Bar Qardaḥe, Khāmīs, Homily on the letters of the Alphabet
  • f. 162r Calculating Islamic years
  • f. 163v On barren women
  • f. 164r Cures and spells
  • f. 164v Notes on reckoning years
  • f. 164v 'Abdisho' of Gazarta, short poem on a monk
Mardin, Turkey Chaldean Cathedral (CCM 00020) 1,458 CE Syriac
  • f. 1r-7r Elijah of Nisibis, Grammar
  • f. 7v-182r John bar Zo'bi, Grammar
  • f. 182v-191v John bar Zo'bi, Brief Metrical Grammar
  • f. 191v-199v On the difference between the terms kyānāi and qnomā, and between parṣopā and appē
  • f. 199v-200r Metrical treatise on points
  • f. 200r-211r Isho'yahb bar Malkon, Metrical treatise on points, in the meter of Jacob
  • f. 211r-212v On the composition of causes: naturally, logically, and grammatically
  • f. 212v-219r Homily on the divisions of philosophy, in the meter of Ephrem
  • f. 219r-220r John bar Zo'bi, Homily on Philosophy, in the meter of Jacob
  • f. 220r Metrical list of Syriac particles, in the meter of Ephrem
  • f. 220v-234r John bar Zo'bi, Homily on four philosophical problems, in the meter of Ephrem
  • f. 235r-235v On the years from Adam to the present time
  • f. 235v-242r Calendrical text
Mardin, Turkey Chaldean Cathedral (CCM 00021) 1,700 CE Syriac
  • f. 1v-39r Elijah of Nisibis, Syriac Grammar
  • f. 39r-270v John bar Zo'bi, Syriac Grammar
  • f. 270v-284v John bar Zo'bi, Brief metrical Grammar
  • f. 284v-285v John bar Zo'bi, Short metrical treatise on points
  • f. 285v Metrical list of Syriac particles, meter of Ephrem
  • f. 285v-293v On the difference between the terms kyānā and qnōmā, and parṣōpā and appē
  • f. 293v-309 Metrical treatise on points, meter of Jacob
Mardin, Turkey Chaldean Cathedral (CCM 00349) 1,400 CE Syriac

See Scher's note on Diyarbakir 28

  • John bar Zo'bi, Well-woven Fabric
Mardin, Turkey Chaldean Cathedral (CCM 00350) 1,500 CE Syriac

See Scher's note on Diyarbakir 67

  • f. 1v-74r John bar Zo'bi, Explanation of the Divine Mysteries
  • f. 74r-146r Homily on the greatness of the Holy Mysteries (attributed to Mar Narsai)
  • f. 147r-205v History of the Rechabites
  • f. 205v-213r Soghitha for Easter
Mardin, Turkey Chaldean Cathedral (CCM 00353) 1,800 CE Syriac

See Scher's note on Diyarbakir 29

  • f. 3v-155v John bar Zo'bi, Well-woven Fabric
Sachau 72; Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin 69 1,600 CE Syriac

See entry for Sachau 72

  • f. 3-6 Philosophical poem in 7-syllable meter
  • f. 8r fragment, unidentified
  • f. 8v-13v Aesop's fables
  • f. 14r-14v fragment, About church discipline
  • f. 14v-21v The canons of the synods
  • f. 22r-31v Ephrem Syrus, Memra on his own death
  • f. 31v Fragment, Madrasha on the misery of man
  • f. 32-40v A collection of riddles
  • f. 40v-41r Deacon Ṣlībā, 12-syllable strophes
  • f. 42r-47r Grammatical inflections from ܒܙ
  • f. 47v-57r Lexical matters
  • f. 57v-61v Khamis bar Qardahe, Short poems
  • f. 62r-62v More riddles in 12-syllable meter
  • f. 63r-66v John bar Zo'bi, Philosophical text
  • f. 66v Excerpt of the book of Canons of aequilitteris of 'Endnīšo' and Ḥunain
  • f. 67r-90v various
  • f. 91r-100b John bar Zo'bi, poem
Borg. sir. 90 1,867 CE Syriac

See catalog entry here

  • Poetic discourse in 12-syllable verse on the grandeur of the divine mysteries (Attributed to 'Abdisho' of Elam and to Narsai)
  • John bar Zo'bi, Poetic discourse in 7-syllable meter on the origin of leaven, the baptism, and the holy Sacrament of the altar

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