This volume presents the first modern annotated translation of 'Abdisho' bar Brikha's (d. 1318)
Catalogue of Books, the earliest history of Syriac literature. This annotated translation, which is based on Yusuf Habbi's 1986 edition, also includes a comprehensive introduction, a modified version of the vocalized Syriac text of Joseph of Beth Qelayta's 1924 edition, and an alphabetized listing of the numbered entries and writers.