The fragment is cut from a larger piece of paper. Recto: liturgical excerpt of Psalm 1:1-2 from the Syriac Peshitta, though the beginning of each line is cut off. Verso: there is no text but a horizontal and a vertical line are drawn. Ca. 16th-17th century.Condition: CutLayout: 5 lines (recto); intersecting lines (verso)
Syriac homily on Palm Sunday, covering the restoration of sight to the blind, the triumphal entry into Jerusalem, and the cleansing of the temple. Heading in Garshuni. Ca. 16th-17th century.Condition: Torn, stainedLayout: 17 lines (recto; verso is blank)
Recto: opening of a petition with a blessing on al-Hāfiẓ. Verso: unidentified Arabic.Condition: torn, holes, stainedLayout: 5 lines (recto); 3 lines (verso)
Book of Anaphora, pre-Anaphora preparatory rite and Liturgy of the Word (with a Gospel reading from Mt, Ch. 1). Ca. 16th-17th century.Condition: Torn, stainedLayout: 8-11 lines
F. 1r: writing exercise consisting of a Syriac hymn ‘The pure and exalted one’. The hymn can be found in the Book of Beth Gazo under the genre ‘Supplications of Rabula’, melody no. 2. The melody of this hymn is now presumed to be lost. F. 1v: writing exercise of a Syriac hymn ‘The Virgin gave birth to a wonder’. The hymn is copied on f. 1v, and again on f. 2r. This hymn is found in the Book of Beth Gazo and falls under the Qolo ‘I have examined everything,’ melody no. 1. The hymn occurs during the Nativity liturgy and is particularly practised at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem during Christmas celebrations. Ca. 16th-17th century.Condition: Torn, holes, rubbedLayout: 11 lines (f. 2v is blank)
Palimpsest, with the Palestinian Talmud, Pesaḥim 37c-d, written over an unidentified Syriac text.Condition: Torn, holes, badly faded, stainedLayout: 27-29 lines
Palimpsest, with Palestinian Talmud, ʿEruvin 20d-21d, written over a Syriac version of Hosea 14:4-10; Joel 1:1-2:20.Condition: Torn, holes, stainedLayout: 30-31 lines
A palimpsest consisting of the Palestinian Talmud, Peʾa 18d and 20b-c, written over a Syriac text, The Life of St Anthony by Athanasius of Alexandria. Edited in Lewis (1902: 146-149) as text XXXV.Condition: Badly torn, holes, stainedLayout: 24 lines
Palimpsest, with Palestinian Talmud, Šeqalim, 44a-b; 46b, written over a Syriac text, The Life of St Anthony by Athanasius of Alexandria. Edited in Lewis (1900: 98-105) as text XXIX.Condition: Torn, holes, stainedLayout: 32-34 lines
Palimpsest, Sifra 11d-12c, with 2 Kings 2:4 written in the lower margins in a different hand, over an unidentified Syriac text containing a quotation from the Gospel of Luke 5:27.Condition: Torn, holes, faded, stainedLayout: 25-27 lines