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Manuscript Name / Shelf Mark / Project Number Approximate Date Language The main body text Link to Digitized Manuscript
Mingana Syriac 86 1,300 CE Syriac

See catalog entry for Mingana 86

  • f. 4r-90v Mystic treatises (Mingana believes them to be Isaac or Ninevah. Many headings are missing)
  • f. 90v-97v St. Macarius of Alexandria, A Prayer
  • f. 97v-109r Philoxenus of Mabbug, A Prayer
  • f. 109-112r A treatise of the holy and godly elder [John of Dalyatha or John Saba?] (ܡܡܠܠܐ ܕܣܒܐ ܩܕܝܫܐ ܘܐܠܗܝܐ) (called "18th mimra" in the margin)
  • f. 112r-115v Isaac of Ninevah, Treatise consisting mostly of prayers
  • f. 115v-116v Palladius, A treatise on the virtues without which no man can make any progress
  • f. 116v-117r The virtues which an old monk possessed
  • f. 117r-119v A treatise on mysticism
  • f. 119v-138v Mark the Monk, A long treatise on mysticism, often consisting of good sayings
  • f. 138v-139v Ephrem Syrus, A treatise (ܡܡܠܠܐ) in prose
  • f. 139v-154v Isaac of Ninevah, A long mystical treatise
  • f. 154-166 A treatise on mysticism attributed to the holy and godly elder [John of Dalyatha or John Saba?] (ܡܡܠܠܐ ܕܣܒܐ ܩܕܝܫܐ ܘܐܠܗܝܐ)
  • f. 166v-178v Gregory the Monk [Gregory of Cyprus], A treatise on spirituality for monks
  • f. 179r-179v Isaac of Ninevah, A short discourse on spirituality
  • f. 179v-184v Isaac of Ninevah, A short discourse on spirituality, on night vigils
  • f. 184v-190v Evagrius, A discourse on mysticism
  • f. 190 St. Ephrem, A short mimra on mysticism
  • f. 190v-198r John Saba, A treatise on mysticism
  • f. 198r-198v John Naqar (ܝܘܚܢܢ ܢܩܪ), A short treatise on mysticism
  • f. 198v-200v John Naqar (ܝܘܚܢܢ ܢܩܪ), A short treatise on mysticism
  • f. 201r-207v Evagrius, Exhortations and good advice on mysticism
  • f. 207v-213v Evagrius, A treatise on the definition of vices and virtues 
  • f. 213v-232v Evagrius, A long treatise on mysticism (f. 229r-232v contain 97 evangelical sayings on perfection)
  • f. 233r-263v John the Seer (Hazzaya) or possibly John of Lycopolis, A long discourse on mysticism
  • f. 264r-274v The Monk Isaiah (Esha'ya) of Scete, A mystical treatise
Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 198 (SMMJ 00198) 1,400 CE Syriac

Filoksinos Yohanna Dolabany, Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in St. Mark’s Monastery (1994).

  • fol. 1r-27r Jacob of Sarug, Homily on Simeon the Stylite
  • fol. 27r-41r Jacob of Sarug, Homily on the end, the kingdom, and Gehenna
  • fol. 41r-44r Jacob of Sarug, Homily on the young man who asked about the kingdom of heaven (Mt 19:16)
  • fol. 44r-54r Jacob of Sarug, Homily on solitaries
  • fol. 54r-61r Jacob of Sarug, Commentary on the Lord's Prayer
  • fol. 61r-69r Isaac of Antioch, Homily on Solitaries
  • fol. 69r-70r Ephrem of Nisibis, Homily on exile
  • fol. 70r-81r Jacob of Sarug, on Simon the Elder
    • Title NS: ܬܘܒ ܡܐܡܪܐ ܕܥܠ ܫܡܥܘܢ ܣܒܐ ܕܣܝܡ ܠܡܪܝ ܝܥܩܘܒ ܡܠܦܢܐ
  • fol. 81r-90r Story of Mark of Jabal Tarmaq
  • fol. 90r-116r From the commandments of Abba Isaiah
  • fol. 116r-147v Selections from Paul's epistles and the Catholic epistles
  • fol. 147v-152v John Climacus, selections from the treatise of John of Sinai
  • fol. 153r-164v Ephrem of Nisibis, Homily on the solitaries
  • fol. 165r-173v Isaac of Antioch, Homily on the perfection of the brethren