In this catalog of Syriac and Arabic manuscripts in Siirt (Seert), Addai Scher, Syriac and Arabic scholar and the last bishop of the city, begins by giving a brief history of the monastery and the manuscripts there. The collection described here, a total of 136 codices (mostly Syriac), includes Scripture, commentaries, liturgical texts, saints’ lives, canons, ascetic materials, theology and philosophy, and some miscellaneous books.
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