

Country |
Iraq
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City | Tel Keppe VIAF |
Repository | Qalb al-Aqdas Chaldean Church |
Shelfmark | MS 135 |
Current Status | Relocated |
Type of Record | Manuscript |
Extent | 254 leaf(ves) |
Century(ies) | 20th century |
Language(s) | Syriac |
Genre(s) | Hagiographies |
Notes |
Table of contents on folio 253v-254r; formerly Fomya 137 |
HMML Proj. Num. |
QACCT 00135 |
Permanent Link | https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/136599 |
Processed By | HMML |
Acknowledgments | Digitized in collaboration with Centre Numérique des Manuscrits Orientaux (CNMO), Ankawa, Erbil, Iraq; Cataloged by James E. Walters |
Surrogate Format | Digital |
Capture Date | 2010/07/15 |
Access Restrictions | Registered |
Rights | http://www.vhmml.org/terms |

Type of Record | Manuscript |
Extent | 254 leaf(ves) |
Foliation | Contemporary pagination in Syriac letters and modern foliation in Eastern Arabic numerals |
Binding Dimensions | 25 x 18 x 6 cm |
Provenance |
Owned by Rev. Raphael Kanona; stamp on front flyleaves |
Type | Manuscript |
Part Location | fol. 1r-254v |
Place of Origin | Iraq, Alqūsh |
Century(ies) | 20th century |
Year Range | 1937 |
Date Precise | 1937 September 29 |
Native Date Precise | 29 ʾElúl 1937 CE |
Support | Paper |
Page Layout | 1 column, 21 lines per page |
Catchwords | Yes |
Signatures | Yes |
Writing System | Syriac |
Script(s) | East Syriac |
Notes |
Copied by ܡܫܡܫܢܐ ܡܬܝܟܐ ܒܪ ܝܘܣܦ ܡܪ ܡܝܟܐ ܒܪ ܩܘܪܝܩܘܣ ܒܪ ܓܪܓܝܣ; colophon on fol. 253r |

Item Location | fol. 1r-254v |
Title | Lives of saints and martyrs |
Title NS | ܟܬܒܐ ܕܫܪܒܐ ܕܣܗ̈ܕܐ ܘܕܩܕܝܫ̈ܐ |
Language(s) | Syriac |
Item Notes |
Includes: the Life of George the martyr, Anthony the soldier, and Alexandra the queen (fol. 1r); the Life of Ephrem (fol. 9r); the Life of Stephen, first of the martyrs (fol. 14v); Life of Jacob of Beth Lapat (Jacob the cut-up; fol. 19r); the Life of Micah of Nuhadra (fol. 25v); the Life of Qardag (fol. 35r); the Life of Sultan Mahdok, Adorparwa, and Meharnarsa (fol. 57r); the Life of Behnam and his sister Sarah (fol. 71r); the Martyrdom of Shemʻon bar Ṣabbaʻe (fol. 90r); the History of Shemʻon bar Ṣabbaʻe (fol. 91r); the Life of Daniel the doctor (fol. 119r); the Life of Ṣaliba (fol. 130v); the second Life of Ṣaliba (fol. 133v); the third life of Ṣaliba (fol. 135v); the Life of Marina (fol. 142v); the Life of Yoḥanan bar Malke (fol. 144v); the Life of Placidus the soldier, and his wife and two daughters (fol. 153r); the Life of Onesima, part 1 (fol. 167v); the Life of Onesima, part 2 (fol. 175r); the Life of Juliana the virgin (Julian of Nicomedia, fol. 181r); the Life of Tahsia (fol. 191r); the Life of Mark of Tarmaqa (fol. 192v); the story of a child killed by his teacher (fol. 198r); the Life of Cyriacus and his mother Julietta (fol. 200r); the Life of Isaiah of Aleppo (fol. 212r); the story of Aḥiqar the sage (fol. 227r); the Life of Sayf al-Masīḥ (fol. 243v) |

Country |
Iraq
![]() |
City | Tel Keppe VIAF |
Repository | Qalb al-Aqdas Chaldean Church |
Shelfmark | MS 135 |
Current Status | Relocated |
Type of Record | Manuscript |
Extent | 254 leaf(ves) |
Century(ies) | 20th century |
Language(s) | Syriac |
Genre(s) | Hagiographies |
Notes |
Table of contents on folio 253v-254r; formerly Fomya 137 |
HMML Proj. Num. |
QACCT 00135 |
Permanent Link | https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/136599 |
Processed By | HMML |
Acknowledgments | Digitized in collaboration with Centre Numérique des Manuscrits Orientaux (CNMO), Ankawa, Erbil, Iraq; Cataloged by James E. Walters |
Surrogate Format | Digital |
Capture Date | 2010/07/15 |
Access Restrictions | Registered |
Rights | http://www.vhmml.org/terms |
Type of Record | Manuscript |
Extent | 254 leaf(ves) |
Foliation | Contemporary pagination in Syriac letters and modern foliation in Eastern Arabic numerals |
Binding Dimensions | 25 x 18 x 6 cm |
Provenance |
Owned by Rev. Raphael Kanona; stamp on front flyleaves |
Type | Manuscript |
Part Location | fol. 1r-254v |
Place of Origin | Iraq, Alqūsh |
Century(ies) | 20th century |
Year Range | 1937 |
Date Precise | 1937 September 29 |
Native Date Precise | 29 ʾElúl 1937 CE |
Support | Paper |
Page Layout | 1 column, 21 lines per page |
Catchwords | Yes |
Signatures | Yes |
Writing System | Syriac |
Script(s) | East Syriac |
Notes |
Copied by ܡܫܡܫܢܐ ܡܬܝܟܐ ܒܪ ܝܘܣܦ ܡܪ ܡܝܟܐ ܒܪ ܩܘܪܝܩܘܣ ܒܪ ܓܪܓܝܣ; colophon on fol. 253r |
Item Location | fol. 1r-254v |
Title | Lives of saints and martyrs |
Title NS | ܟܬܒܐ ܕܫܪܒܐ ܕܣܗ̈ܕܐ ܘܕܩܕܝܫ̈ܐ |
Language(s) | Syriac |
Item Notes |
Includes: the Life of George the martyr, Anthony the soldier, and Alexandra the queen (fol. 1r); the Life of Ephrem (fol. 9r); the Life of Stephen, first of the martyrs (fol. 14v); Life of Jacob of Beth Lapat (Jacob the cut-up; fol. 19r); the Life of Micah of Nuhadra (fol. 25v); the Life of Qardag (fol. 35r); the Life of Sultan Mahdok, Adorparwa, and Meharnarsa (fol. 57r); the Life of Behnam and his sister Sarah (fol. 71r); the Martyrdom of Shemʻon bar Ṣabbaʻe (fol. 90r); the History of Shemʻon bar Ṣabbaʻe (fol. 91r); the Life of Daniel the doctor (fol. 119r); the Life of Ṣaliba (fol. 130v); the second Life of Ṣaliba (fol. 133v); the third life of Ṣaliba (fol. 135v); the Life of Marina (fol. 142v); the Life of Yoḥanan bar Malke (fol. 144v); the Life of Placidus the soldier, and his wife and two daughters (fol. 153r); the Life of Onesima, part 1 (fol. 167v); the Life of Onesima, part 2 (fol. 175r); the Life of Juliana the virgin (Julian of Nicomedia, fol. 181r); the Life of Tahsia (fol. 191r); the Life of Mark of Tarmaqa (fol. 192v); the story of a child killed by his teacher (fol. 198r); the Life of Cyriacus and his mother Julietta (fol. 200r); the Life of Isaiah of Aleppo (fol. 212r); the story of Aḥiqar the sage (fol. 227r); the Life of Sayf al-Masīḥ (fol. 243v) |
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