Compilation of liturgical hymns, most attributed to Khāmīs bar Qardāḥe; some attributed to Gīwargīs Wardā; missing beginning and end. Leaves are damaged and fragile; extensively repaired. Original leaves are a soft, unburnished paper with barely visible laid lines; replacement pages are machine made paper.
Two works on grammar copied together in the same hand. The first is a metrical grammar and the second a grammatical homily in four chapters: 1. Nouns, 2. Verbs, 3. Particles, 4. Syntax.
Three works. Two collections of prayers, charms, medical recipes, and other useful instructions for everyday life written as several leaves in Syriac, followed by a larger selection in Arabic (fol. 1r-51r); begins abruptly. The final work, entirely in Syriac, is the Book of dialogues (fol. 53v-106v) which includes questions and answers on grammar and philosophical topics.
Western rite liturgical texts for each day of the week, begins and ends abruptly; main body of the Šḥīmō in Syriac; additional liturgies and prayers in Arabic Garshuni, including funeral and baptism liturgies, (f. 231r-286r, 289v-293v); Church calendar in Arabic Garshuni for 1794-1843 (f. 286v-289r); some leaves pasted over.
Copy of the Gospels, written in canonical order, with rubrics for liturgical readings; table of contents in order of the liturgical year, (f. 1v-6r); short text read in preparation for the Gospel, (f. 7r). After the Gospels, there is a note concerning their composition.
The four Gospels, text of the first Gospel begins abruptly with Matthew 2:21. Copy is laid out in parallel columns of Syriac (left) and Arabic Garshuni (right). Includes rubrics for liturgical readings and a table of contents in the order of the liturgical year (f. 1r-2v). This copy was made from a manuscript dated 1209 (f. 424v). Ink bleed through on many pages.
Eastern Syriac rite including liturgical prayers for various feasts and Sundays; begins abruptly; many prayers attributed to Eliyá III, Catholicos of the Church of the East (died 1190); also includes a prayer for the lack of rain (f. 100v-101v). Many pages repaired along top and gutter.
