A catalogue of the Coptic and Arabic collections at Dayr al-Suryan inWadi al-Natrun, Egypt, to be published in multiple volumes, covering thefollowing genre categories: Biblical Texts, along with Coptic Grammarsand Lexica; Commentaries and Canons; Theology; Ascetic Discourses;Saints' Lives and Sermons; and Liturgical Texts. In addition tointroducing readers to the history and contents of the monastic library,this series collects data on approximately 1000 manuscripts, recordinginformation on manuscript number and genre, works and contents, date,language, script, and material, scribes, patrons, and restorers,colophons and endowments, pages and numbering systems, dimensions, areaof writing, and lines per page, cover and condition, and other detailsrelated to scribal practice and readers' insertions. The result willserve as a foundation for further research on Coptic and ChristianArabic literature and on the monastery and its important library.