Vat. sir. 123 |
700 CE |
Syriac |
See entry in Assemani
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- f. 1r-115v Gregory of Cyprus, Sermons
- f. 115v-172v John the Solitary, Sermons
- f. 172v-185r Abraham of Nathpar, Sermons
- f. 185r-198v Selections from the Liber Graduum
- f. 198v-205r Dionysius the Areopagite, Epistle to Timothy on the Martyrs Peter and Paul
- f. 205r-207v John the Solitary, Sayings
- f. 207v-241v Apothegmata Patrum
- f. 241v-246r St. Anthony, Letters to the Brothers
- f. 246r-255r Teachings of the Egyptian Fathers
- f. 255r-256v Questions and Answers
- f. 256v-294v History of the Egyptian Fathers
- f. 295r-303v John the Solitary, Sermons
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BnF syr. 239 |
1,493 CE |
Garshuni |
See catalog entry here
- f. 1-99 The Paradise of the solitaries, or Sayings of the Fathers
- f. 100-104r Dogmatic definition of the Trinity according to the Syrian Orthodox Church
- f. 104v-107r Syrian Orthodox dogmatic definitions of the Trinity and the incarnation
- f. 107v-110r Monastic Rule of St. Anthony
- f. 110v-112r Another excerpt of the exhortations of St. Anthony
- f. 112v-119r The teaching of Abba Isaiah
- f. 119v-121 Another excerpt of Abba Isaiah
- f. 122-133r Three other excerpts on the doctrine of Abba Isaiah
- f. 133v-136r Lamentation of Abba Isaiah
- f. 136v-137r Excert of John of the Thebaid
- f. 137v-139r Excerpt from Stephen of the Thebaid
- f. 139v-141 Exerpt from the letters of St. Macarius the Great
- f. 145-148 Various excerpts of St. Macarius the Great
- f. 149-152r Another excerpt of the apophthegmata of St. Macarius the Great
- f. 152v-154r Sentences of the Fathers
- f. 154v-156r Other sentences
- f. 156v-166 Homily of Abba Pachomius
- f. 167-168 Five homilies of Abraham of Nathpar
- f. 168 Excerpts of the apophthegmata of Abba Moses
- f. 169 Discourse of Abba Moses on the thoughts
- f. 170 Discourse of Abba Moses on sadness
- f. 171-173 Twelve Discourses of St. Nilus: Spiritual Exhortations
- f. 174-175 St. Basil, Discourse on the monastic life
- f. 176 St. Basil, Excerpt from his doctrine
- f. 176-178r Excerpt from a letter of St. Basil
- f. 178v-180r Excerpts from the homillies of St. Gregory the Theologian
- f. 180v-181r Excerpt of a homily of St. Basil
- f. 181v-188 Homily of St. John Chrysostom
- f. 189-193r Homily of St. John Chrysostom on those who draw back to the world
- f. 193v-195 Homily of St. John Chrysostom on penitance and renunciation
- f. 196-203 Another homily of St. John Chrysostom on penitance
- f. 204-210r First discourse of St. Macarius the Great
- f. 210v-213r Second discourse of St. Macarius the Great: On the inner-affections of the soul and its purification
- f. 213v-216 Third discourse of St. Macarius the Great: on the necessity of combatting demons who oppose those who desire to enter into the way of truth
- f. 217-218r Letter of St. Macarius to his beloved children
- f. 218v-219r Second Letter of St. Macarius
- f. 219v-220r Third Letter of St. Macarius
- f. 220r-220v Fourth Letter of St. Macarius
- f. 220v Fifth Letter of St. Macarius
- f. 221 Sixth Letter of St. Macarius
- f. 222 Seventh Letter of St. Macarius
- f. 223 Eighth Letter of St. Macarius
- f. 223v-225r First homily of Abraham of Nathpar
- f. 225v-227r Second homily of Abraham of Nathpar
- f. 227v Third homily of Abraham of Nathpar
- f. 228-229 Fourth homily of Abraham of Nathpar
- f. 230-231r Sixth homily of Abraham of Nathpar
- f. 231v-234r Seventh homily of Abraham of Nathpar
- f. 234v On impurity and the villany of demons and the purity of the just
- f. 235-237 Letter of St. Nilus
- f. 238v-241r Various excerpts of the doctrine of Phlioxenus of Mabbug
- f. 241v-243r Discourse on simplicity
- f. 243v-248r Discourse on the fear of God
- f. 248v-252 Discourse on poverty
- f. 253-254r Discourse on mortification of the flesh and asceticism
- f. 254v-256 Discourse on mortification of the flesh and asceticism
- f. 257-263r Discourse on chastity
- f. 263v-265 Excerpts of the Book of Obedience
- f. 266-280r Doctrine of Abba Isaiah, explained by a disciple of Mar Isaac
- f. 280v-281r Excerpt of the doctrine of Abba Stephen of the Thebaid
- f. 282-284 Two excerpts of one anonymous author
- f. 285-287 Letter of Tyrius, addressed to a monk
- f. 288-289r Another excerpt of Tyrius
- f. 288-289r Homily on Dorotheus on the palace of the soul
- f. 291v Excerpts of the Apophthegmata Patrum
- f. 292r Excerpts of the Lamp of the Sanctuary (by Bar Hebraeus)
- f. 292v-299r Twenty-seven paragraphs on the solitary life, prayer, etc. (from Barhebraeus, The Book of the Dove)
- f. 299v-305r Excerpts from "the Spiritual old man"
- f. 307-308r Excerpts of the Apophthegmata Patrum
- f. 308v-323 Excerps from the Doctrine of Abba Mark
- f. 324-326r Excerpts from the doctrin of John of the Thebaid
- f. 326v-327r Other excerpts from the doctrine of John of the Thebaid
- f. 327v-330r Other excerpts from the doctrine of John of the Thebaid
- f. 330v-334 Another dialogue of John of the Thebaid
- f. 335-337r Another dialogue of John of the Thebaid
- f. 337v-339r Another dialogue of John of the Thebaid
- f. 339v-341r Another dialogue of John of the Thebaid
- f. 341v Another dialogue of John of the Thebaid
- f. 342 Excerpts from the Apophthegmata Patrum
- f. 343-345r Other excerpts from the Apophthegmata Patrum
- f. 345v-349 Other excerpts from the Apophthegmata Patrum
- f. 350-376 Sixth Homily of Ephrem Syrus on the fear of God
- f. 377-383r Homily of Ephrem Syrus on charity and faith, and on the second coming of Jesus Christ
- f. 383v-385r Response of Ephrem Syrus concerning penitence
- f. 385v-392 Homily of Ephrem Syrus on the end of the world and the Antichrist
- f. 393 ff. First book of the works of Isaac of Nineveh
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Vat. sir. 126 pt. 2 |
1,253 CE |
Syriac |
Catalog entry in Assemani
pp. 397-end (Begins with Abba Isaiah the Monk)
- 'Enanisho', Paradise of the Fathers
- Book 1: Palladius, Bishop of Heleopolis
- Book 2: Palladius (Begins in this section)
- Lives of the Fathers according to St. Jerome
- Book 4: Apophthegmata Patrum
- Doctrine and Admonitions of the Fathers on the monastic institution
- Abba Evagrius, Sermons
- Abba Anthony, Letters to the monastic brothers
- St. Macarius of Egypt, sermons
- St. Macarius of Egypt, epistles
- St. Macarius the Alexandrian, Sermons
- Abraham Nathpar, sermons
- Ammon the monk and Bishop of Oxyrinchus, letters
- St. Xystus of Rome, sermons
- John of Dalyatha, sermons
- Gregory the Monk on the isle of Cyprus, sermons
- John of Thebes, sermons
- St. Basil the Great, Monstaic institutions, Questions and answers from the brethren
- Letter to his brother Gregory of Nyssa
- Paranaetic Chapter
- Ascetic Chatper
- Jacob of Sarug, letter on the ascetic way
- Letter to an abbot on the soul
- Letter about the virtuous men
- Philoxenus of Mabbug, on the one whose desire is changed toward refraining from the priesthood
- Letter to the monks of Amid
- St. Ephrem, sermon
- St. Mark the hermit, paranaetic sermon
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Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 200 (SMMJ 00200) |
1,673 CE |
Syriac |
Filoksinos Yohanna Dolabany, Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in St. Mark’s Monastery (1994).
- fol. 3v-89r Palladius, Lausiac history
- fol. 89v-158v Jerome, History of the monks of Egypt
- Manuscript attributes work to St. Jerome
- fol. 158v-218v Palladius, Sayings excerpted from the Lausiac history
- fol. 219r-230v Abraham of Nathpar, Ten treatises
- fol. 230v-233r Basil of Caesarea, Counsels to monks
- fol. 233r-237v Counsels
- Mnauscript attributes text to Xystus, Bishop of Rome
- fol. 237v-241r Joseph Hazzāyā, Admonition
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