BnF syr. 62 |
1,100 CE |
Syriac |
See catalog entry here (especially for the date of the ms)
- f. 1-89 Didascalia Apostolorum (Teaching of the 12 apostles; with excerpt from the prayer of Manasseh)
- f. 90-102r Books I-VII of the Apostolic Constitutions attributed to St. Clement
- f. 102v-107 Extracts from the Teaching of Addai
- f. 108-112 Collection of all the canons of the holy apostles and of the synods of the Holy Fathers
- f. 113-121r Book VIII of the canons of Clement
- f. 121v-128 The great and holy ecumenical council of Nicaea, metropolis of Bithynia, composed by the 318 fathers
- f. 129-132r The 24 canons fixed at Ancyra in Galatia through the synod which was assembled there
- f. 132v-133 Twelve other canons from the council assembled at Neo-caesarea
- f. 134-137r The eight canons established at Gangra
- f. 137v-146 The council which as gethered at ἐγχαινίοις, at the dedication of the church of Antioch: 28 canons.
- f. 147-149 Fifty-nine other canons established at Laodicaea in Phrygia
- f. 150-152 The seventh council, that of Constantinople
- f. 153 Two canons established at the holy council gathered at Ephesus during the time of Thedosius
- f. 154-170 Council of the 87 bishops gathered at Carthage during the time of Cyprian
- f. 171-172 Other canons from a letter written from Italy to the bishops of the East which were sent to the bishops reunited at Antioch
- f. 173-175r Selected sentences in the letters of the Epistles of St. Ignatius of Antioch
- f. 175v-183r Extracts from the instruction of St. Peter, bishop of Alexandria and martyr
- f. 183v-184 Questions addressed to Timothy the Great, Patriarch of Alexandria
- f. 185-191 Synodicon of Sardis
- f. 192-194r Letter of St. Athanasius, Bishop of Alexandria to Abbot Ammon, on obligation of celibacy to monks
- f. 194v Letter of St. Basil, bishop of Caesarea of Cappadocia, addressed to the priest Paregorius
- f. 195 Letter of St. Basil, bishop of Caesarea of Cappadocia, addressed to Chorbishops, on the defense of conferring ordination for donations
- f. 196-197 Letter of St. Basil, bishop of Caesarea of Cappadocia, addressed to the priest, Diodore, in which is a declaration of the legality of marriage of a man with his step-sister
- f. 198-207r Letter of St. Basil, bishop of Caesarea of Cappadocia, addressed to Amphilochius, Bishop of Iconia
- f. 207v-212 Letter of St. Basil, bishop of Caesarea of Cappadocia, addressed to Amphilochius, Bishop of Iconia
- f. 213 Another letter of St. Basil, bishop of Caesarea of Cappadocia, addressed to Amphilochius, Bishop of Iconia
- f. 214-218r The 27 canons of the council of Chalcedon
- f. 218v Sentences of Philoxenus of Mabbug
- f. 218v Sentences of St. Basil regarding heretics who persecute the orthodox
- f. 219 Sentences of St. Gregory the Theologian
- f. 219 Extracts of the third letter of St. Damassus
- f. 219-225 Letter of St. Gregory, bishop of Nyssa to Litoios, bishop of Melitene
- f. 226-229r Canons of St. Rabbula, bishop of Edessa
- f. 229v-237r Definition regarding certain chapters addressed to the east in the form of Questions to Holy Fathers
- f. 237v-241 Various canons and rites established by the council of persian bishops who met at Seleucia-Ktesiphon
- f. 242 Letter of John, bishop of Egypt, sent to the isle of Cyprus rejecting the council of Chalcedon
- f. 243-244 Canons established in the time of the persection at the time of Patriarch Severus
- f. 245r Extracts from a letter addressed to the holy fathers on the two priests and archimandrites named Paul
- f. 245v Extracts of a letter of St. Constantine, metropolitan of Laodicaea
- f. 246-247r Extracts of a letter written by a bishop to his friends
- f. 247v-248r Letter written from Constantinople to Martyrius, Bishop of Antioch
- f. 248v-253 Extracts from various letters of Severus, patriarch of Antioch
- f. 254 Five canons of the holy Theodosius, pope of Alexandria
- f. 254v-255r Letter of St. Anthimus, bishop of Constantinople to Jacob of Edessa
- f. 255v Definitions on the punishments with monks regarding various sins by St. Basil, bishop fo Caesarea
- f. 266 Letter of St. Cyril of Alexandria to the monks
- f. 257 Extracts of the letter of St. Celestine, bishop of Rome, to the clergy at people of Constantinople
- f. 258 More extracts from the acts of the council of Ephesus
- f. 261 Four canons about excommunicated clerics, by Sergius, bishop of Amphiator
- f. 262-266 Recommendations and precepts of the canons regarding clerics, by John Bar-Cursus, Bishop of Tella
- f. 267-271 Questions on diverse subjects, addressed to the priest Sergius by Mar John Bar-Cursus, Bishop of Tella
- f. 272 Letter of Patriarch Athanasius on the defense of Christians eating meat sacrificed by Arabs which currently abound
- f. 273-284 Questions addressed by the priest, Addai Philoponos, to Jacob of Edessa and the response of the same
- f. 285 Extract from the 107th homily of Gregory the Theologian, on the Gospel passage, "The Pharisees came to find him to test him"
- f. 286 ff. Precepts which God gave to Moses on abominations
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Sachau 165; Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin 201 |
1,300 CE |
Syriac |
See entry for Sachau 165
- Lives and sayings for famous ascetics and church Fathers
- f. 1-8v Biographical notes about church fathers and Citations of their works
- f. 8v, 13-25 fragments of a writing about the monastic call
- f. 9r-9v, 17 fragments of a legend of St. Pior (Identified with Lausaic history ch. 87)
- f. 9v-12v Admonition of the Apostle Peter
- f. 12v-16v From the legend of Abba Bishoi about the Isaac who became a Jew
- f. 16v-18v part of the life of Alexander of Rome
- f. 18r-19r Patristic citations
- f. 19r-22r Conversation between teachers and students
- f. 23r-26v Legends
- f. 27r-32v Biographical notes about the prophets of the Old Testament
- f. 32v-36v Notes on the New Testament
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Vat. sir. 173 |
1,333 CE |
Syriac |
Catalog entry in Assemani
- Poems (12-syllable meter) on executing proper duties of the Priest and Deacon
- Order of the consecration of Chrism
- On the Fast and the calendar
- On ten Fathers
- St. Cyril of Alexandria, Twelve Chapters
- Priest Aitallaha
- Gregory bar 'Ebroyo, excerpt from Chronicon Syriacum
- Jacob of Edessa, 12-syllable meter poems on faith against Nestorianism
- Gregory bar 'Ebroyo, The mystery of his confession of faith
- Syriac Calendar
- Gregory bar 'Ebroyo, Book of histories
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Vat. sir. 369 |
700 CE |
Syriac |
Catalog entry in Assemani
- Gregory of Nyssa, On St. Stephen
- Amphicolus, Funeral oration on praise
- Severian of Gabala, On the Nativity of the Lord
- Gregory Nazianzus, on the holy light seen at the Baptism of our Lord
- John Chrysostom, On the holy light
- John Chrysostom, On the Epiphany of our Lord
- John Chrysostom, On the baptism of the Lord
- John Chrysostom, Wrestling with Satan
- John Chrysostom, Another on the baptism of the Lord
- John Chrysostom, Another on the Epiphany and on the baptism of the Lord
- Jacob (Doctor of the Church), On the Epiphany of the Lord
- John Chrysostom, On the entrance of the Lord into the temple
- John Chrysostom, Another on the entrance of the Lord into the temple
- Proclus of Constantinople, On dogma
- Basil the Great, On the Initian sunday of the 40-day fast
- Basil the Great, On the 40-day fast
- Basil the Great, Another on the 40-day fast
- Jacob (Doctor of the Church), On the 40-day fast
- John Chrysostom, On the Fast
- John Chrysostom, Another on the Fast
- John Chrysostom, Another on the Holy Fast
- Basil the Great, On the 40 martyrs of Sebaste
- Basil the Great, Another on the 40 martyrs of Sebaste
- John Chrysostom, On the Annunciation
- John Chrysostom, Another on the Annunciation
- Cyril of Alexandria, In praise of the Mother
- John Chrysostom, On Lazarus the poor man
- John Chrysostom, On Palm Sunday
- John Chrysostom, On the second day of Holy Week
- Anastasius of Sinai, On the descent of our Lord into Sheol
- Gregory Nazianzus, On the Pascha
- Gregory Nazianzus, Another on the Pascha
- John Chrysostom, On the 5th day of the mysteries
- John Chrysostom, Another on the 5th day of the mysteries
- John Chrysostom, On the cross and on the thief on the right
- John Chrysostom, On the sixth day of the crucifixion
- John Chrysostom, Another on the crucifixion of our Lord
- On the pascha
- John Chrysostom, On the resurrection of our Lord
- Gregory Nazianzus, On the New Sunday
- John Chrysostom, On the New Sunday
- John Chrysostom, On the Ascension of our Lord
- Gregory Nazianzus, On the feast of Pentecost and on the Holy Spirit
- John Chrysostom, On Pentecost
- John Chrysostom, On the Holy Apostles and the Holy Spirit
- John Chrysostom, On the holy cross, and on Adam and Eve
- John Chrysostom, On the Prodigal Son
- John Chrysostom, Another on the Prodigal Son
- John Chrysostom, A third on the Prodigal Son
- John Chrysostom, On virginity, penitence, and corruption
- John Chrysostom, On Pslalm 50
- Anastasius of Sinai, On Psalm 6
- John Chrysostom, On the statement to Timothy "Drink a bit of wine for thy stomach's sake"
- John Chrysostom, On that statement "Whoever does not hurt his own soul, no one can hurt him."
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Harvard Ms Syr 99 |
1,889 CE |
Syriac |
Catalog entry
- ff. 1v-76v Didascalia apostolorum
- ff. 76-92v First epistle of Clement to the Corinthians
- ff. 92v-93v Letter of James of Jerusalem to Quadratus
- ff. 93v-96v Letters of Herod and Pilate
- ff. 96v-103v Hypomnemata of our Lord
- ff. 103v-106v The teaching of Peter in Rome
- ff. 107r-111v Letter of Dionysius of Athens to Timothy on the deaths of Peter and Paul
- ff. 111v-117r Extracts from various Fathers
- ff. 117r-120r Severus on the synods
- ff. 120r-120v Letter that the Jews wrote to the emperor Marcion about the Synod of Chalcedon
- ff. 120v-122v Short texts by Philoxenus
- ff. 122v Creed of orthodox Christians
- ff. 122v-124v Letter of John bar Shushan against Chalcedon
- ff. 124v-126v Easy questions against the Chalcedonians
- ff. 126v-128r Diagrams explaining theology and christology
- ff. 128v-131v Disputation against the Nestorians
- ff. 131v Cyril against anyone who keeps a book from a reader
- ff. 132r-146v Prophecies of the pagan philosophers
- ff. 147r-148r 6 questions of Jacob of Edessa
- ff. 148r-150v Riddles from the Old Testament
- ff. 150v-151r Under which kings each of the prophets prophesied
- ff. 151r-154r On the foundation of the true faith which we have received from the apostles etc.
- ff. 154r On what the Jews wrote above the cross of Christ
- ff. 154r-155r From the story of Peter the Iberian, that one should not give up hope of God's mercy
- ff. 155r-157r Severus, from a letter to Thomas of Germanica on the Epistle of Jude
- ff. 157r-160r Short sections on the eucharist, baptism, etc.
- ff. 160r-162r On the prophets
- ff. 162r-163r Jacob of Edessa on the seven spirits of Isaiah 11.2
- ff. 163 r/v Ephrem on the dove that Noah sent out from the ark
- ff. 163v-174r Answers to questions, including extracts from various Fathers
- ff. 174v Diagram of the ten commandments
- ff. 174v-178r Various other short sections on Old Testament exegesis
- ff. 178r-181v Jacob of Edessa on the heavenly powers
- ff. 181v-188v The orthodox teachers on the souls of human beings, and other short extracts
- ff. 188v-190r Letter of Cyril of Jerusalem on the rebuilding of the temple by the Jews
- ff. 190r-191r Extracts from Puman, John, Cyril and Basil
- ff. 191r-201r Explanations of Ephrem on various matters from the Law
- ff. 201r Colophon
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