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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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BnF syr. 198 |
1,600 CE |
Garshuni |
See catalog entry here
- f. 1-10v Ignatius of Antioch, Letter of Exhortation to Priests (CPG 1030)
- f. 10v-28v Questions and responses between a disciple and his master regarding the sacrament and confession
- f. 28v-48 Memra on Lent
- f. 48-53v Ephrem Syrus, Memra on the Departure of the soul from the body
- f. 53v-66v On the Excellence of the Christian Religion
- f. 70v-88v Some canons relative to Baptism
- f. 88v-100 Canons on penitence in the form of question and answer
- f. 100-112 Sixty-two canons on penitence
- f. 112-130 Questions and answers of Ss. Basil and Gregory
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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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Sachau 72; Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin 69 |
1,600 CE |
Syriac |
See entry for Sachau 72
- f. 3-6 Philosophical poem in 7-syllable meter
- f. 8r fragment, unidentified
- f. 8v-13v Aesop's fables
- f. 14r-14v fragment, About church discipline
- f. 14v-21v The canons of the synods
- f. 22r-31v Ephrem Syrus, Memra on his own death
- f. 31v Fragment, Madrasha on the misery of man
- f. 32-40v A collection of riddles
- f. 40v-41r Deacon Ṣlībā, 12-syllable strophes
- f. 42r-47r Grammatical inflections from ܒܙ
- f. 47v-57r Lexical matters
- f. 57v-61v Khamis bar Qardahe, Short poems
- f. 62r-62v More riddles in 12-syllable meter
- f. 63r-66v John bar Zo'bi, Philosophical text
- f. 66v Excerpt of the book of Canons of aequilitteris of 'Endnīšo' and Ḥunain
- f. 67r-90v various
- f. 91r-100b John bar Zo'bi, poem
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Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi 35; 6/2 (DIYR 00032) |
1,187 CE |
Syriac |
- Funeral Rites
- Homilies of Ephrem of Nisibis, Jacob of Sarug, and Isaac of Antioch, selected for the deceased
- Supplications for the archpriests, priests, and monks written by the holy doctors
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Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi (DIYR 00072) |
1,500 CE |
Syriac |
- Psalter
- Ephrem Syrus, Memra on Humility and Exhortation
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Harvard MS Syr 36 |
1,500 CE |
Syriac |
Catalog Entry
- 1. Part of the story of Bar Sauma (ff. 1-9, 82-117, the leaves being disordered)
- 2. 1 Thes. 4:12-18 and John 5:24-9, from a lectionary (f. 11)
- 3. Part of the History of the Virgin (10, 12-61r; disordered, and with one leaf missing)
- 4. Memra of Jacob on the passing, that is the obsequies, of the Virgin (61v-69r)
- 5. Another memra on Mary and Joseph and the envy of the Jews, in the meter of Mar Ephrem (69r-78v)
- 6. A wonder done by the Virgin Mary (78v-81; breaking off before the end).
- 7. F. 10v has a geometric design incorporating a prayer
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Harvard MS Syr 40 |
1,559 CE |
Arabic, Syriac |
Catalog Entry
- Ps. 1-150 (f. 3r-228r)
- Ps. 151 (229r-v)
- Canticles, beatitudes, Gloria in excelsis, trishagion, Nicene creed (229v-244r)
- Memra attributed to Ephrem (ff. 244r-249v, incomplete at the end)
- Colophon (250r).
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Vat. sir. 222 |
1,670 CE |
Garshuni, Syriac |
Catalog entry in Assemani
- Chaldean office for common days, former
- Chaldean office for common days, latter
- Hymns
- Common office for matins
- Canticles for common days
- Calendar
- 'Onyatha
- 'Onyatha on the martyrs
- Song for vespers and matins
- Hymn of Mar Narsai, Memra for nocturns of a Dominical feast
- St. Ephrem, acrostic memra with the letters of Jesus' name
- Mar Narsai, Memra for matins of a Dominical feast
- Song of the three youths
- Theodore of Mopsuestia, hymn for matins of feast days
- Hymn on the Eucharist
- Elijah the Patriarch, prayer
- Names of the Arabic months
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Mosul, Iraq, Syrian Orthodox Archdiocese of Mosul MS 34 (ASOM 00034) |
1,750 CE |
Syriac |
- fol. 2v-129r Psalms
- Title NS: ܟܬܒܐ ܕܡܙܡܘܪ̈ܐ ܕܕܘܝܕ
- Note: Syriac with Arabic Garshuni translation in parallel columns
- fol. 129v-130r Athanasius, Patriarch of Alexandria, Hymn of the angels at the Nativity
- Title NS: ܬܫܒܘܚܬܐ ܕܡ̈ܠܐܟܐ ܕܫܒܚܘܗ̇ ܒܝܘܡܐ ܕܡܘܠܕܗ ܕܡܪܢ ܒܒܣܪ
- Note: Dominical prayer and Nicene Creed in Syriac on fol. 130rv
- fol. 130v-133v Memre
- Note: Includes memre by Ephrem of Nisibis, fol. 130v-131r, 132v-133v; also an acrostic memra in the meter of Ephrem of Nisibis, fol. 131r-132r
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