Vat. sir. 92 |
823 CE |
Syriac |
See entry in Assemani and in CPART
- Binding
- f. 1r-28v Ephrem, thirty-one Qole on the Deceased
- f. 28v-31r Five Litanies (Gk. sunapte)
- a. for priests
- b. for deacons
- c. - e. for laity
- f. 31r-48r Ephrem, Madrashe on the Deceased I-XXXVII
- f. 48r-59r Ephrem, Memre on the Deceased I-IV
- f. 59r-61r Isaac of Antioch, Memra on Deceased Priests and Deacons
- f. 61r-66r Ephrem, Memre on the Deceased V-VII
- f. 66v-79r Isaac of Antioch, Memre on the Deceased II-IX
- f. 79v-90v Ephrem, Memre on the Dceased VIII-XIV
- f. 90v-91v Isaac of Antioch, Memra on [Deceased] Youths
- f. 91v-117v Jacob of Sarug, Memre on the Deceased I-XIII
- f. 118r-123r Anonymous, Buya'e on the Deceased I-III
- f. 123r-123v Ephrem, Madrasha on all the Deceased
- f. 123v-130r Scriptural readings for deceased Bishops, Priests, and Deacons
- Binding
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Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 53 (SMMJ 00053) |
1,413 CE |
Syriac |
See entry at CPART and in Macomber (St. Mark's Convent, Jerusalem 3-1; SMC 3-1); Filoksinos Yohanna Dolabany, Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in St. Mark’s Monastery (1994).
- f. 1r-247v Syrian Orthodox Lectionary Readings for feasts (Fenqīthō for the holy places of Jerusalem)
- f. 1r Contents
- f. 1v-38r Order of (services celebrated on the feast of the Nativity in) Bethlehem. Includes Biblical lections, sedros, prayers and four homilies by Mar Ishaq
- f. 39r-63r Order of the feast of Epiphany. Two homilies of Mar Ishaq: On those being baptized, and on Baptism
- f. 63r-80r Part of the order of Palm Sunday. Includes homily of St. Ephrem
- f. 80r-97r Order of Monday of the redemptive Passion
- f. 97r-122r Homilies of St. Ephrem for Monday to Thursday of the Passion
- f. 97v-102v Monday
- f. 102v-112r Tuesday
- f. 112r-118r Wednesday
- f. 118r-122r Thursday of the Mysteries
- f. 122r-126r Order of the ninth hour of the Thursday of the Mysteries
- f. 126v-135v Order of the (foot-)washing that comes at the ninth hour of the Thursday of the Mysteries. Includes a Homily of Mar Ishaq on the Mass
- f. 135v-157v Order of vespers for Friday. Includes a homily of Mar Ephrem
- f. 157v-166r Ninth hour of Friday. Adoration of the Cross.
- f. 166r-197v Order of the Saturday of Good News. Includes Homily of Mar Jacob on the cherub and the brigand
- f. 179v-184r Order of the Saturday of Good News.
- f. 184r-186v Order of the service of forgiveness which is performed after the office of the ninth hour and before the mass
- f. 186r-219v Order of the Sunday of the redemptive Resurrection. Includes two homilies of Mar Ephrem
- f. 219v-235v The Order of the Annunciation, celebrated wherever Cyril and the restor of the lectors wish
- f. 235v-247v Order of the Assumption of the holy Mother of God. Includes a homily of Mar Jacob on the Assumption of the Mother of God
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Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 184 (SMMJ 00184) |
1,600 CE |
Garshuni, Syriac |
See entry at CPART and in Macomber (St. Mark's Convent, Jerusalem 3-6; SMC 3-6). Filoksinos Yohanna Dolabany, Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in St. Mark’s Monastery (1994).
- f. 1r-4r Patriarch Cyril Ibn Laqlaq, Confession
- f. 4v-22r St. John Chrysostom, Homily on repentance and on the reception of the divine mysteries
- f. 22r-34r Mar Jacob of Sarug, Homily on the benefit of the Eucharist for the dead in the next world
- f. 34r-39v St. John Chrysostom, Homily on the illustrious feastday of Palm Sunday
- f. 39v-43r St. John Chrysostom, Homily on the Supper of the Mysteries and on the washing of the feet of the disciples
- f. 43r-50v An exposition of the reason for the fast of Wednesday and Friday, its obligations and its benefit
- f. 50v-54r Especially concerning the true faith, concerning the Unity and the Trinity, and concerning the [one] interior Church
- f. 54r-57v
- f. 57v-62r Sedro for the feast of the Ascension
- f. 62r-69v Homily of Jacob of Sarug on the dispute of Satan with our Lord
- f. 69v-75v Mar Jacob of Sarug, Homily the entry of Christ into the Temple on the arm of Simeon, the Old Man
- f. 75v-78v Mar Ephrem, On the birth of John the Baptist
- f. 79r-87v Mar Ephrem, On Mary and Joseph and the reproach they received from the Jews (Syriac and Garshuni in parallel columns)
- f. 87v-92r Mar Jacob of Sarug, Homily on the resurrection of the dead (Syriac and Garshuni)
- f. 92r-107v The story of Gabriel of the Monastery of Qartmin
- f. 108r-197v Patriarch Cyrillus Ibn Laqlaq, The book of the master and the disciples, consisting of 22 articles
- f. 198r-204v Mar Isaac, On the feast of the Annunciation
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Mardin, Turkey Chaldean Cathedral (CCM 00345) |
1,678 CE |
Garshuni, Syriac |
- f. 1v-12v Rite of consecration of water on the day of Nativity (Garshuni)
- f. 13v-23r John Chrysostom, Homily on approaching the Holy Mysteries (Garshuni)
- f. 23r-34v John Chrysostom, Homily on Judas's betrayal of Christ (Garshuni)
- f. 34v-44r Epiphanius, Bishop of Constantia in Cyprus, Homily on the Burial of Christ (Garshuni)
- f. 44r-51r Jacob of Sarug, Homily on the Baptism of Jesus Christ (Garshuni)
- f. 51r-63r John Chrysostom, Homily on the Lord's dispute with Satan (Garshuni)
- f. 63r-70r Ephrem Syrus, Homily (Garshuni)
- f. 70v-73r Ephrem Syrus, Homily on the Cross (Garshuni)
- f. 73r-78v Ephrem Syrus, Homily on old age and youth (Garshuni)
- f. 78v-80r Ephrem Syrus, Homily on repentance (Garshuni)
- f. 80r-83v Ephrem Syrus, Homily on Judas's betrayal of Christ
- f. 83v-109r Homily for Palm Sunday (Garshuni)
- f. 109v-117v John Chrysostom, Homily on the commandment of the Great Day (Garshuni)
- f. 117v-123r Jacob of Sarug, Homily on rejection of a sin and necessity of fasting and almsgiving (Garshuni)
- f. 123r-130r Ephrem Syrus, Homily on Repentance (Garshuni)
- f. 130r-134r Ephrem Syrus, Homily on the resurrection and the soul's departure from the body (Garshuni)
- f. 134r-138r Ephrem Syrus, Homily on Repentance and the Last Judgment (Garshuni)
- f. 138v-141r Ephrem Syrus, Homily on Love and Repentance (Garshuni)
- f. 141r-147v Ephrem Syrus, Homily that is recited on the second day of the fifth week of Lent (Garshuni)
- f. 147v-151v Homily recited on the third day of the fourth week of Lent (Garshuni)
- f. 151v-157v John Chrysostom, Homily on repentance (Garshuni)
- f. 157v-162r Homily (Garshuni)
- f. 162r-166v Homily for the feast of Pentecost (Garshuni)
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Mardin, Turkey Chaldean Cathedral (CCM 00398) |
1,583 CE |
Arabic, Latin, Persian, Syriac |
See Scher's note on Diyarbakir 95
- f. 1v-5v Homily for the blessed brethren (Syriac)
- f. 5v-13v Homily on Repentance (Syriac)
- f. 15v Story about a monk from Najran (Arabic)
- f. 16v-53r Gregory bar Hebraeus, On Perfection with additions and commentaries by Khamis bar Qardahe and Īsho'yahb bar Mqaddam (Syriac)
- f. 53v-55v Ode on the soul, with commentary by Khamis bar Qardahe (Syriac)
- f. 56r-75r Khamis bar Qardahe, Homilies (Syriac)
- f. 76v-77r Isho'yahb bar Malkon, Book of Instruction (Syriac)
- f. 78v-144v Homily on Rabban Hormizd (Syriac)
- f. 147v-160v 'Onitha: Pearl of Knowledge (Syriac)
- f. 172v-182v 'Onitha for the commemoration of Yuliṭa and her son (Syriac)
- f. 183v-197v 'Abdishō' of Gazarta, Homily on the homonyms (Syriac)
- f. 198r-203v Riddles (Syriac)
- f. 204r-204v 'Abdisho' of Gazarta, Turgama of Cyriacus (Syriac)
- f. 205r-208v Homily of Rogation (Syriac)
- f. 208v-212v 'Abdisho' of Gazarta, Dismissal prayers in strophes (Syriac)
- f. 212v-216v 'Abdisho' of Gazarta, Poems (Syriac)
- f. 216v-217v Homily about bad time (Syriac)
- f. 218r-222r Ephrem Syrus, Sermon on Reprehension V (Syriac)
- f. 223r-227r Jacob of Sarug, Homily on the mysteries of our Lord in the Old Testament (Syriac)
- f. 227v-232v Credo of the true Orthodox (Syriac)
- f. 232v-233v Credo of Isho'panaḥ, who was accused of drinking the poison of paganism (Syriac)
- f. 234v-243r Excerprs from various canonical texts on the election of a patriarch and his rights (Syriac)
- f. 243v-245r Khamis bar Qardahe, Brief note on heresies and on the pagan gods that were abolished through the coming of Christ (Latin, Persian, Syriac)
- f. 245v-246v Homily that awakens and exhorts and incites penitents (Syriac)
- f. 247r-248r Homily about a Syrian Orthodox Patriarch (Syriac)
- f. 248r-256r 'Abdisho' of Gazarta, Poems (Syriac)
- f. 256r-258r Riddles (Syriac)
- f. 258r-266v Poems (Syriac)
- f. 267r-274v Disputation between a monk of Bet Ḥale and an Arab notable (Syriac)
- f. 274v-277v On the Trinity (in questions and answers) and other liturgical matters (Syriac)
- f. 278r-280r Names of the prophets (Syriac)
- f. 280r-281r On the cities of pagan kingdoms (Syriac)
- f. 281v-299r Isho'dad of Merv, Excerpts from the Commentary on the New Testament (Syriac)
- f. 299r-310v Questions on the Pentateuch (Syriac)
- f. 310v-312v On the barbarious nations that do not know writing and god (Syriac)
- f. 313r-334v Computus and other astronomical and historical reckonings (Syriac)
- f. 335v-344v Rite of reception of an ordained bishop
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Mardin, Turkey Chaldean Cathedral (CCM 00483) |
1,511 CE |
Syriac |
- f. 1r-108r 'Onitha on Rabban Hormizd
- f. 108v-115r 'Onitha on Mār Khodahwi
- f. 116r-132v Ephrem Syrus, Homily on the Last Days and the accomplishment, and on Gog and Magog, and about the false Messiah
- f. 133r-141v Homily
- f. 142r-153v Jacob of Sarug, Homily on the Last Judgment, the Kingdom, and Gehenna
- f. 154r-163v Gewargīs Wardā, 'Onitha for Monday of the Rogation of the Ninevites
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Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi 60; 1/28 (DIYR 00136) |
1,582 CE |
Garshuni, Syrac |
- Psalter (Syriac Rite, Western)
- Nicene Creed
- Prayers
- Ephrem Syrus, Homily on learning
- Jacob of Sarug, Homily on admonition and on the deceased
- Ignatius bar Ṭlōyō, Homily
- Alexander Romance
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Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi 268 (DIYR 00268) |
1,865 CE |
Garshuni, Syriac, Turkish |
- \Table of Contents
- Reading from the Gospel of Matthew (Turkish)
- Reading from one of Paul's Epistles to the Corinthians (Turkish)
- Ephrem Syrus, On the third day after the burial (Garshuni)
- Jacob of Sarug, On the seventh day after the burial (Garshuni)
- Jacob of Sarug, On the fortieth day after the burial (Garshuni)
- Readings from the Gospels and Pauline Epistles (Garshuni)
- Prooemion (Syriac)
- Burial rite for laymen (Syriac, Garshuni)
- Burial rite for women (Garshuni)
- Burial rite for children (Garshuni)
- Burial rite for priests and deacons (Garshuni)
- Readings from the Gospels and Pauline Epistles (Garshuni)
- Ephrem Syrus, Homily for the dead (Garshuni)
- Readings from the Gospels and Pauline Epistles (Turkish)
- Liturgical Chants (Syriac)
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Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi 42; 6/5 (DIYR 00292) |
1,400 CE |
Syriac |
- Funeral rite for priests
- Jacob of Sarug, Homily on the burial of Aaron the Priest
- Ephrem of Nisibis, Homily
- Funeral Rite for Believers
- Runeral Rite for women
- Funeral Rite for children
- Jacob of Sarug, Homily upon dying children and infants
- Ephrem Syrus, Homily on the benediction of the table
- Jacob of Sarug, Homily on the deceased
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Harvard MS Syr 85 |
1,100 CE |
Syriac |
Catalog Entry
- Order for the burial of priests, including eight services, and lections and memre of Ephrem and Jacob (f. 10-59r, incomplete at the beginning)
- Order of burial for laymen (4 services), women (4), nuns (2) and children (4) (58r-114v)
- Memre in the names of Ephrem, Isaac, and Jacob (114v-146, incomplete at the end). The other leaves come from at least three mss.: two of burial services (4-5 and 6-9, all paper) and the other of unidentified services (1-3, 147-150, all vellum).
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