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Manuscript Name / Shelf Mark / Project Number Approximate Date Language The main body text Link to Digitized Manuscript
Vat. sir. 143 563 CE Syriac

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  • f. 1r-184r Severus, Patriarch of Antioch, Cathedral Homilies (nos. 101-125) (CPG 7035)
  • f. 184r-184v Colophon
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Vat. sir. 145 900 CE Syriac

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  • f. 1v-22v Eliya, Letter to Leon of Harran on his Reasons for Leaving the Melkite Church
  • f. 22v-65v Socrates Scholasticus, Ecclesiastical History
  • f. 65v-78v Extracts from Theodoret of Cyrrhus, Ecclesiastical History
  • f. 78v-101r Extracts from Zacharias [Rhetor], Bishop of Mytilene, Chronicle
  • f. 101v-106v Three Historical Pieces
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Vat. sir. 148 1,267 CE Syriac

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  • f. 2r-29r George of Arbela, Liturgical Commentary, Tractate 1: On the Days of the Stewardship of the Lord
  • f. 29r-57v George of Arbela, Liturgical Commentary, Tractate 2: On the Evening Service
  • f. 57v-75v George of Arbela, Liturgical Commentary, Tractate 3: On the Night and Morning Service
  • f. 75v-121r George of Arbela, Liturgical Commentary, Tractate 4: On the liturgy of the sacraments
  • f. 121r-129r George of Arbela, Liturgical Commentary, Tractate 5: On the Service of Baptism
  • f. 129r-134r George of Arbela, Liturgical Commentary, Tractate 6: On the Service of the Consecration of the Church
  • f. 134r-140r George of Arbela, Liturgical Commentary, Tractate 7: On the Funerals and Commemoration of the Dead
  • f. 140r Copyist notes
  • f. 140v: Questioning about Bad Priests
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Vat. sir. 152 980 CE Syriac

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  • f. 1r-1v Notes on paper front paper
  • f. 2r Frontpiece
  • f. 2v-9v Genesis
  • f. 9v-14r Exodus
  • f. 14r-17v Leviticus
  • f. 17v-22v Numbers
  • f. 22v-27v Deuteronomy
  • f. 27v-32r Joshua
  • f. 32r-36r Judges
  • f. 36r-41v Job
  • f. 41v-50r 1-2 Samuel
  • f. 50r-59r Psalms
  • f. 59r-66v 1-2 Kings
  • f. 66v-75r Isaiah
  • f. 75r-83r Minor Prophets
  • f. 83r-92v Jeremiah
  • f. 92v-99r Ezekiel
  • f. 99r-101v Daniel
  • f. 101v-102r Susanna
  • f. 102r-106r Proverbs
  • f. 106r-110r Wisdom
  • f. 110r-111v Ecclesiastes
  • f. 111v-112v Song of Songs
  • f. 112v Ruth
  • f. 112v-113r Esther
  • f. 113r Judith
  • f. 113r-118v Ben Sira
  • f. 118v-125r Acts of the Apostles
  • f. 125r-125v Epistle of James
  • f. 125v-126r 1 Peter
  • f. 126r-126v 1 John
  • f. 126v-128v Romans
  • f. 128v-130v 1 Corinthians
  • f. 130v-132r 2 Corinthians
  • f. 132r-133r Galatians
  • f. 133r-133v Ephesians
  • f. 133v-134r Philippians
  • f. 134r-134v Colossians
  • f. 134v-135r 1 Thessalonians
  • f. 134r-135v 2 Thessalonians
  • f. 135v-136r 1 Timothy
  • f. 136r-136v 2 Timothy
  • f. 136v-137r Titus
  • f. 137r Philemon
  • f. 137r-139r Hebrews
  • f. 139r-145r Matthew
  • f. 145r-147v Mark
  • f. 147v-153r Luke
  • f. 153r-156v John
  • f. 156v-168r Additional Masora for Harklean version
  • f. 168r-173r Masora for Severus
  • f. 173r-182r Masora for the works of Gregory the Theologian
  • f. 182r-183v Masora for the letters of Saints Gregory the Theologian and Basil the Great
  • f. 183v-185r Tractate of Severus 
  • f. 185r-188v Letter of Jacob of Edessa
  • f. 191v-193r Masora of Thomas the deacon
  • f. 193r-194r Masora and Extracts of Epiphanius
  • f. 194r-194v Books of the Old and New Testament
  • f. 194v-196r On the Death of the Prophets
  • f. 196r On the Death of the Apostles
  • f. 196r-198r Vocalization and pointing of homographs
  • f. 198r-202v Translations from Hebrew and other languages
  • f. 202v-204v Poem of Philoponus in the meter of Ephrem
  • f. 204-205r Ephrem, on the Formation of Man
  • f. 205r-205v On the Union of the Body of Christ
  • f. 206r-207r On the Union of the Body of Christ
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Vat. sir. 154 pt. 1 900 CE Syriac

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  • f. 1r-122v George of Be'eltan, Commentary on the Gospel of Matthew
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Vat. sir. 154 pt. 2 900 CE Syriac

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  • f. 121r-261v George of Be'eltan, Commentary on the Gospel of Matthew
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Vat. sir. 155 1,515 CE Syriac

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  • f. 1r Order of procession
  • f. 1r Order of approach to the door
  • f. 1r Order of foot-washing
  • f. 1v Order of adoration of the cross
  • f. 1v Order of absolution
  • f. 2r-2v Blessing of the table
  • f. 3r-6v Names and brief history of the fathers, prophets, and doctors
  • f. 6v On Jewish Fast days
  • f. 6v On the date of the creation of the world
  • f. 7r-7v Dionysius Barsalibi, exposition on priestly vestments
  • f. 7v-8r Preparation of the chrism
  • f. 8r-8v Consecration of the chrism
  • f. 8v-9r Order of foot-washing
  • f. 9r-9v Order of the succession of the second passion
  • f. 9r-9v Order of the adoration of the cross
  • f. 9v-16v Order of the Lord's resurrection
  • f. 17r Letter of Eusebius of Caesarea to Carpianus on gospel harmony
  • f. 17r-26v Dionysius Barsalibi, Prolegomena to the four gospels
  • f. 27r-31v Dionysius Barsalibi, Commentary on the four gospels, Preamble
  • f. 32r-149v Dionysius Barsalibi, Commentary on the gospel of Matthew
  • f. 150r-160r Dionysius Barsalibi, Commentary on the gospel of Mark
  • f. 160v-201v Dionysius Barsalibi, Commentary on the gospel of Luke
  • f. 202r-262v Dionysius Barsalibi, Commentary on the gospel of John
  • f. 263r-288r Daniel of Salah [Salaḥ], Exposition on the Psalms
  • f. 288v-290v Ephrem, A Profitable Warning
  • f. 290v-294r Ephrem, On Repentance
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Vat. sir. 156 pt. 1 1,200 CE Syriac

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  • f. 2r-6r Dionysius Bar Salibi, Prologue to the Commentary on Matthew
  • f. 6r-171v Dionysius Bar Salibi, Commentary on Matthew
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Vat. sir. 156 pt. 2 1,200 CE Syriac

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  • f. 173v-187v Dionysius Bar Salibi, Commentary on Mark
  • f. 188r-243v Dionysius Bar Salibi, Commentary on Luke
  • f. 244r-323v Dionysius Bar Salibi, Commentary on John (ends with commentary on John 21:17, one or more folios missing at the end)
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Vat. sir. 158 800 CE Syriac

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  • f. 1v Preface to Porphyrius Tyrius, Isagoge
  • f. 2r-16r Porphyrius Tyrius, Isagoge [Leaves missing between f. 1-2]
  • f. 16r Colophon
  • f. 16r-26r Visual overview of the Isagoge
  • f. 26v-27r Preface to the Works of Aristotle
  • f. 27r-27v Life of Aristotle
  • f. 27v-36v Aristotle, Categories
  • f. 36v-67v Commentary of Jacob of Edessa on Aristotle's Categories
  • f. 67v-95v Aristotle, De Interpretatione
  • f. 95v-107r Aristotle, Analytics Book 1
  • f. 107-131r Commentary on Porphyrius Tyrius's Isagoge
  • f. 131r-135r On Letters to Priests and Deacons
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