Vatican Syriac manuscripts

The following list of Syriac manuscripts was prepared by Sebastian Brock, as an appendix to an article in Hugoye 8.1. Some are available on DVD.

Biblical manuscripts
1. Vat. Syr. 1: Pentateuch, 928/9 A.D.
2. Vat. Syr. 12: Gospels, 548
3. Vat. Syr. 13: Gospels, 736
4. Vat. Syr. 14: Gospels, 956
5. Vat. Syr. 16: New Testament, 13th Cent.
6. Vat. Syr. 18: John, Harklean, + Gospel lectionary, 1481
7. Vat. Syr. 19: Christian Palestinian Aramaic Gospel lectionary, 1030
8. Vat. Syr. 20: Melkite Gospel lectionary, 1215
9. Vat. Syr. 21: Melkite Lectionary for Acts and Epistles, 1162
10. Vat. Syr. 22: Lectionary for Epistles (written in India), 1301
11. Vat. Syr. 23: Syriac-Arabic Lectionary for Epistles, 12th century
12. Vat. Syr. 24: OT lectionary, 13th century
13. Vat. Syr. 152: OT, Masora, 979/80
14. Vat. Syr. 266: NT, 7th cent.
15. Vat. Syr. 267: Harklean Gospels, 8th cent.
16. Vat. Syr. 268: Harklean Gospels, 859
17. Vat. Syr. 273: Gospels, 7th cent.
18. Vat. Syr. 274: Gospels, 10th cent.
19. Vat. Syr. 275: Acts, Epistles, 1192
20. Vat. Syr. 278: Melkite lectionary, 9th cent.
21. Vat. Syr. 279: Melkite Gospel lectionary, 1141
22. Vat. Syr. 470: NT, 12th cent.
23. Vat. Syr. 471: NT, 1224
24. Vat. Syr. 510: NT, 11th cent.
25. Vat. Syr. 525: Gospel lectionary, 7th cent.
26. Vat. Syr. 532: Acts, Epistles, 13th cent.
27. Vat. Syr. 556: Gospel lectionary, 13th cent.
28. Vat. Syr. 559: Gospel lectionary, 1220 with illuminations
29. Vat. Syr. 622: Gospels written in gold letters, 1298
30. Barbarini or. 2: Pentaglot psalter, 14th cent.
31. Barbarini or. 3: Gospel lectionary, 13th cent.
32. Borgia Syr. 14f-k: Gospel lectionary, 1254, with illuminations
33. Borgia Syr. 169: Gospel lectionary, 16th cent. With illuminations
34. Borgia Syr. 117: Masora NT, 1014

Literary Texts (* indicates manuscript contains unpublished material)
35. Vat. Syr. 37: *Lives of Saints
36. Vat. Syr. 93: *John of Apamea, 9th cent.
37. Vat. Syr. 100: *John of Dara, 19th cent.
38. Vat. Syr. 103: (*)Catena Severi
39. Vat. Syr. 104: Athanasius, 564 (*Timothy Alex.)
40. Vat. Syr. 105: Gregory of Nazianzus, Iambics, 7th cent.
41. Vat. Syr. 106: *Gregory of Nyssa, 8th cent.
42. Vat. Syr. 107: *John Chrysostom, hom. on John, 8th cent.
43. Vat. Syr. 108: Peter of Callinicum, 8th cent.
44. Vat. Syr. 109: *Abba Isaiah etc. 692
45. Vat. Syr. 110: Ephrem, Comm. Genesis, 523
46. Vat. Syr. 111: Ephrem, Hymns on Church etc. 522
47. Vat. Syr. 112: Ephrem, Hymns on Paradise, 551
48. Vat. Syr. 113: Ephrem, Hymns on Faith, 552
49. Vat. Syr. 114: *Jacob of Serugh, verse homilies, 523
50. Vat. Syr. 115: *Jacob of Serugh, verse homilies, 7th cent.
51. Vat. Syr. 116: (*)Jacob of Serugh, verse homilies, 857
52. Vat. Syr. 117: *Jacob of Serugh, verse homilies, 12th/13th cent.
53. Vat. Syr. 118: *Jacob of Serugh, verse homilies, pre-12th cent.
54. Vat. Syr. 119: *Isaac of Antioch, verse homilies, 1210
55. Vat. Syr. 120: *Isaac of Antioch, verse homilies, 6th cent.
56. Vat. Syr. 121: *Mark the Hermit
57. Vat. Syr. 122: *Mark the Hermit, Basil, 769
58. Vat. Syr. 123: *Gregory of Cyprus etc. 8th cent.
59. Vat. Syr. 124: Isaac of Nineveh, 14th cent.
60. Vat. Syr. 125: Isaac of Nineveh
61. Vat. Syr. 126: Paradise of the Fathers, 1223
62. Vat. Syr. 127: Canons of Councils
63. Vat. Syr. 135: *Philoxenos etc. 7th/8th cent.
64. Vat. Syr. 136: (*)Philoxenos 6th cent.
65. Vat. Syr. 137: Philoxenos, 564
66. Vat. Syr. 138: Philoxenos, 581
67. Vat. Syr. 139: Severus, Philalethes etc, 8th cent.
68. Vat. Syr. 140: Severus, against Julian, 528
69. Vat. Syr. 141: Severus, Cathedral homilies (tr. Jacob of Edessa)
70. Vat. Syr. 142: *Severus, Cathedral homilies (tr. Paul), 576
71. Vat. Syr. 143: *Severus, Cathedral homilies (tr. Paul), 563
72. Vat. Syr. 144: John, Arbiter etc.
73. Vat. Syr. 145: Elias, *Socrates Eccl. Hist., Zecharias Rhetor Eccl. Hist. 9th/10th cent.
74. Vat. Syr. 146: (*)John Maro, Liber Fidei, 1392
75. Vat. Syr. 147: *Moshe bar Kepha etc. 1234
76. Vat. Syr. 148: Ps. George of Arbela, Liturgical commentary, 1267
77. Vat. Syr. 151: (*)Timothy II, On Sacraments, 1613
78. Vat. Syr. 152: *Jacob of Edessa, on biblical names, 980
79. Vat. Syr. 154: *George, Com. Matthew, 10th cent.
80. Vat. Syr. 157: Isho'yahb III, Letters, 10th cent.
81. Vat. Syr. 160: Life of Symeon the Stylite, *Acts of Persian martyrs, 474, 10th cent.
82. Vat. Syr. 161: *Acts of Persian martyrs
83. Vat. Syr. 162: Ps. Dionysius of Telmahre, Chronicle, 932
84. Vat. Syr. 163: Chronicle of Edessa
85. Vat. Syr. 165: Thomas of Marga, Monastic history, 1663
86. Vat. Syr. 189: *John of Dalyatha, 11th cent.
87. Vat. Syr. 191: *Ibn Sina, Syriac tr.
88. Vat. Syr. 192: *Medical
89. Vat. Syr. 194: *Grammatical works, 1246
90. Vat. Syr. 251: *Jacob of Serugh, homilies, 7th cent.
91. Vat. Syr. 252: Jacob of Serugh, homilies
92. Vat. Syr. 253: *Homiliary, 8th cent.
93. Vat. Syr. 254: *Ps. Dionysius the Areopagite, pre-932
94. Vat. Syr. 255: Severus, pre-932
95. Vat. Syr. 256: *Severus, Cathedral homilies, 6th cent.
96. Vat. Syr. 283: *Comm. Matthew and John, 860
97. Vat. Syr. 284: *Comm. Epistles, 9th cent.
98. Vat. Syr. 367: Isaac of Nineveh, 8th cent.
99. Vat. Syr. 368: *Homiliary, 8th cent.
100. Vat. Syr. 369: *Homiliary, 7th cent.
101. Vat. Syr. 464: Ephrem, Isaac, Jacob of Serugh, 1234
102. Vat. Syr. 467: *Life of Hoseph Busnaya, 1186
103. Vat. Syr. 506: *Athanasius Abu Ghalib, 1927 (from an old MS)
104. Vat. Syr. 509: *Monastic texts, 1928 (from an old MS)
105. Vat. Syr. 560: Canon law, 8th cent.
106. Vat. Syr. 581: *John of Dara, 1917 (from an old MS)
107. Vat. Syr. 586: *Questions and answers on Aristotle, Categories, 13th cent.
108. Vat. Syr. 623: *Melkite Monastic texts, 886
109. Vat. Syr. 627: *Fragment of Homiliary, 9th/10th cent.
110. Vat. Syr. 628: *Fragment (1f) of Lifeof Abraham Qidunaya, 7th cent.
111. Vat. Syr. 629: *Gregory of Cyprus, 12th cent.

Liturgical texts
112. Vat. Syr. 42: East Syriac Euchologion, 1202
113. Vat. Syr. 51: West Syriac Pontifical of Michael the Patriarch, 12th cent.
114. Vat. Syr. 53: Melkite Euchologion
115. Vat. Syr. 59: West Syriac funeral services, 1266
116. Vat. Syr. 60: West Syriac funeral services, 13th cent.
117. Vat. Syr. 61: East Syriac funeral services, 13th cent.
118. Vat. Syr. 68: West Syriac Beth Gazza, 1465
119. Vat. Syr. 78-82: Melkite Menaia, 12th/13th cent.
120. Vat. Syr. 83: East Syriac Hudra, 1537/9
121. Vat. Syr. 92: Funeral services, 823
122. Vat. Syr. 95: Seblatha, 13th cent.
123. Vat. Syr. 539: Husoye, 10th/11th cent.
124. Borgia Syr. 13: Melkite Euchologion, 12th cent.
125. Borgia Syr. 60: East Syriac Beth Gazza
126. Borgia Syr. 133 II: Seblatha, 13th cent.
127. Borgia Syr. 159: West Syriac anaphoras, 1295
128. Vat. Syr. 527: Canticles, 6th cent. (2 folios)

Bibliography

• Kristian S. Heal, Hugoye 8.1 With a list of significant Vatican Syriac manuscripts by Sebastian Brock. According to this article, manuscript Vat. Syr. 123: contains works by Gregory of Cyprus etc. 8th cent.