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Manuscript Name / Shelf Mark / Project Number Approximate Date Language The main body text Link to Digitized Manuscript
Vat. sir. 396 1,689 CE Garshuni

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  • f. 1r-246r Maronite Patriarch, Istifan al-Duwayhi, On the Foundation of the Maronite Nation
Vat. sir. 397 1,675 CE Garshuni

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  • Maronite Patriarch, Istifan al-Duwayhi, On the Origin of the Maronites
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Vat. sir. 447 1,500 CE Syriac

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  • f. 1r-43r Revelation
  • f. 43v-51v Song of Songs
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Vat. sir. 464 pt. 1 1,234 CE Syriac
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  • IIr-IIIr French Table of Contents
  • f. 1r Fragment of a homily 
  • f. 1v-3r Syriac Table of Contents
  • f. 3v-19r Ephrem Syrus, Memre
    • f. 3v-6r On the Love of Wisdom
    • f. 6r-9v On Discipline
    • f. 9v-10v On Sleep
    • f. 11r-16r On Humility
    • f. 16r 19r On the Observance of Moral Behavior
  • f. 19r-45v Works of Mar Isaac
    • f. 19r-21v On Penitence
    • f. 21v-26v On Gentleness toward one's Brothers
    • f. 26v-37v On Sparrows
    • f. 37v-43v On Humility and Poverty
    • f. 43v-45v On the Hermits
  • f. 45v-63v Ephrem Syrus, Memre
    • f. 45v-48v On Purity of Heart
    • f. 48v-53v On the Conversion of the Soul
    • f. 54r-63v On Alex (cod. "John") son of Euphemianus
  • f. 63v-72r Isaac of Antioch, Memre
  • f. 72r-81r Ephrem Syrus, On the Conception of the Holy Virgin
  • f. 81r-98v Memre on David and Uriah in the meter of Ephrem Syrus, Jacob of Sarug, and Mar Balai
    • f. 81r-85r Ephrem Syrus
    • f. 85r-85v Jacob of Sarug
    • f. 85v-91r Ephrem Syrus
    • f. 91r-92r Mar Balai
    • f. 92r-92v Jacob of Sarug
    • f. 92v-98r Ephrem Syrus
    • f. 98r-98v Mar Balai
  • f. 98v-101v Isaac of Antioch, On privacy of thought
  • f. 101v-115v Ephrem Syrus, Memre
    • f. 101v-102v On the Outsiders
    • f. 102v-104v On Silence during Prayer
    • f. 104v-115v On Warnings
  • f. 115v-125v First part of Jacob of Sarug, Memre (continued in Vat. sir. 464 pt. 2)
Vat. sir. 464 pt.2 1,234 CE Syriac
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  • f. 126r-148v Second part of Jacob of Sarug, Memre (continued from Vat. sir. 464 pt. 1)
    • f. 126r-133r The second part of On Bassus and his Companions (continued from Vat. sir. 464 pt. 1)
    • f. 133r-136v On the Outsiders
    • f. 136v-148v On the Creation of Adam
  • f. 148v-154r Ephrem Syrus, On Humility
  • f. 154v Ephrem Syrus, A brief excerpt
  • f. 155r-246v First part of Jacob of Sarug, Memre (Continued on Vat. sir. 464 pt. 3)
    • f. 155r-156v On the Observance of Commandments
    • f. 156v Extract from a Homily by Jacob
    • f. 157r-157v On the Vision of Jacob
    • f. 157v-163v On the Consecration of the Church
    • f. 163v-174r On the Cherubim
    • f. 174r-184v On the Questions of our Lord
    • f. 184v-195v On Simeon the Stylite
    • f. 196r-205r On Joseph
    • f. 2054-224r On Jonah and Ninevah
    • f. 224r-228r On the Three Youths
    • f. 228r-238r On the Love of our Lord
    • f. 238r-243v On Fasting
    • f. 243v-246v The First part of On the Prodigal Son (Continued on Vat. sir. 464 pt. 3)
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Vat. sir. 464 pt. 3 1,234 CE Syriac
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  • f. 247r-274v Second part of Jacob of Sarug, Memre (continued from Vat. sir. 464 pt. 2)
    • f. 247r-258v Second part of On the Prodigal Son (continued from Vat. sir. 464 pt. 2)
    • f. 259r-265r On the Son of the Widow
    • f. 265r-274r On the Disavowal of St. Peter
  • f. 275r Ephrem Syrus, On the Crucifixion
  • f. 275r-348v Jacob of Sarug, Memre
    • f. 275r-287r On Constantine and the Council of Nicea
    • f. 287r-295v On the Man who Made a Feast for His Son
    • f. 295v-308r On Lazarus and the Rich Man
    • f. 308r-316r On the Rich Man and the Poor Man
    • f. 316v-325v On Discipline
    • f. 325v-335r On Discipline
    • f. 335r-348v On the Five Talents
  • f. 335r-348v Colophon
Vat. sir. 467 1,186 CE Syriac
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  • f. 1v-222r Life of Yusuf Busnaya
  • f. 222r-223r Colophon
  • f. 223r-230v Hymn in honor of Yusuf Busnaya
  • f. 230v Prayer of the copyist
  • f. 230v-238v Narratives
    • f. 230v-232r The only son of a woman of Tagrit drowned in the Tigris and is saved on account of his mother's alms
    • f. 232r-234v Parable of the three friends (Story of Barlaam and Joasaph)
    • f. 234v-237r Mar Babai Nesibnaye and the sinner
    • f. 237r-238v Concerning the monk Serapion [Manuscript mutilated at the end]
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Vat. sir. 469 1,804 CE Syriac
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  • Table of the Sermons of Ephrem Syrus
  • f. 1v-123r Sermons of Ephrem Syrus
  • f. 123r-123v Colophon
  • f. 124r-132r Barhebraeus, Wonders of Creation
    • f. 124r-125r First day
    • f. 125r-125v Second day
    • f. 125v-127r Third day
    • f. 127r-128r Fourth day
    • f. 128r-130r Fifth day
    • f. 130r-132r Sixth day
  • f. 132v-151v Barhebraeus, Treatise on metals, taken from the crème of the sciences of Barhebraeus
    • f. 132v-136v Chapter 1
    • f. 136v-140r Chapter 2
    • f. 140r-141r Chapter 3
    • f. 141r-147r Chapter 4
    • f. 147r 151v Chapter 5
  • f. 151v-152v Sayings against exile, preceded (151v) and followed by (152v) a short lexicon of foreign words
  • f. 154r-154v Fragment of a grammar
  • f. 155r-155v Fragment of a magic text
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Vat. sir. 470 1,100 CE Syriac
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  • f. 1r-2v Fragment of a harmony of the gospel passion accounts (Philoxenian version)
  • f. 3r-35r Acts of the Apostles (Peshitta)
  • f. 35r-45r Catholic Epistles (Peshitta)
    • f. 35r-38v James (Peshitta)
    • f. 38v-41v 1 Peter (Peshitta)
    • f. 41v-45r 1 John (Peshitta)
  • f. 45r-110v Pauline Epistles (Peshitta)
    • f. 45r-57r Romans (Peshitta)
    • f. 57v-69v 1 Corinthians (Peshitta)
    • f. 69v-77v 2 Corinthians (Peshitta) 
    • f. 77v-81v Galatians (Peshitta)
    • f. 81v-85v Ephesians (Peshitta)
    • f. 85v-88r Philippians (Peshitta)
    • f. 88v-91r Colossians (Peshitta)
    • f. 91r-93v 1 Thessalonians (Peshitta)
    • f. 93v-94v 2 Thessalonians (Peshitta)
    • f. 94v-98r 1 Timothy (Peshitta)
    • f. 98r-100r 2 Timothy (Peshitta)
    • f. 100r-101v Titus (Peshitta)
    • f. 101v-102v Philemon (Peshitta)
    • f. 102v-110v Hebrews (to 12:29 Syriac text) (Peshitta)
  • f. Iv, Note of presentation of the ms. to Leo XIII by Abraham Ahmar-Dankno of Mardin
  • f. IIv, table of recent materials in Latin
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Vat. sir. 471 1,224 CE Syriac
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  • f. 2v-276v Peshitta New Testament
    • f. 2v-39v Matthew
    • f. 40r-60v Mark
    • f. 61r-99r Luke
    • f. 99r-130r John
    • f. 130r-174v Acts of the Apostles
    • f. 174v-178v James
    • f. 178v-183v 1 Peter
    • f. 183r-187v 1 John
    • f. 187v-203v Romans
    • f. 203v-220r 1 Corinthians
    • f. 220r-230v 2 Corinthians
    • f. 230v-236r Galatians
    • f. 236r-241v Ephesians
    • f. 241v-245r Philippians
    • f. 245r-249r Colossians
    • f. 249r-252r 1 Thessalonians
    • f. 252r-254r 2 Thessalonians
    • f. 254r-258v 1 Timothy
    • f. 258v-261v 2 Timothy
    • f. 261v-263v Titus
    • f. 263v-264v Philemon
    • f. 264v-276v Hebrews
  • f. 276v-277r Explicit and Colophon
  • f. 277v-278v Decorations
  • f. 279v Note in Armenian
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