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Manuscript Name / Shelf Mark / Project Number Approximate Date Language The main body text Link to Digitized Manuscript
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
Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 159 (SMMJ 00159) 1,700 CE Arabic, Garshuni, Syriac

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

  • Theological miscellany
    • Includes Questions and answers by John Chrysostom, fol. 3v-46v; Syriac-Arabic and Greek-Syriac vocabularies, fol. 46v-55v; hymns and poems by ʻAbdīshōʻ of Gazarta, ʿAbdīshōʿ of Ātēl, Abrāhām of Bēth Slōk, and Israel of Alqosh; homily on fasting and on the Pentateuch by Ephrem of Nisibis, fol. 138v-139r
Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 162 (SMMJ 00162) 1,900 CE Syriac

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

  • Homilies
    • Includes homilies by Jacob of Serugh, Shemʿūn II, Mafrian of Ṭur ʻAbdin, Jacob of Edessa, Dīonīsīūs bar Ṣalībī, Ephrem of Nisibis, Yuḥannōn Sabrīnoyō, Īsḥāq of Antioch, Bihnam Hadlōyō, and John Chrysostom
Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 167 (SMMJ 00167) 1,882 CE Garshuni

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

  • fol. 9r-297v Ephrem of Nisibis, Homilies
    • Includes selections from Chapter on vigils by Stephanos, fol. 132r-135r
  • fol. 298r-320r John Chrysostom, Homilies
Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 168 (SMMJ 00168) 1,700 CE Garshuni

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

  • Includes homilies by John Chrysostom, Ephrem of Nisibis, Gregory of Nazianzus, and Jacob of Serugh
Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 169 (SMMJ 00169) 1,781 CE Garshuni, Syriac

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

  • fol. 1r-135v Homilies (Syriac, Garshuni)
    • Includes homilies by Michael the Syrian, John Chrysostom, Ephrem of Nisibis, Jacob of Serugh, Gregory of Nyssa, Basil of Caesarea, and Epiphanius of Constantia in Cyprus
  • fol. 136v-145r Story of Saint Michael in Dayr al-Samaka at the gate of Mardin (Garshuni)
Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 170 (SMMJ 00170) 1,596 CE Garshuni, Syriac

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

  • Includes texts by Isaac of Nineveh, Ephrem of Nisibis, Basil of Caesarea, John Chrysostom, Jacob of Serugh, Athanasius of Alexandria, Gregory of Nyssa, Cyril of Alexandria, Epiphanius of Constantia, and Bar Hebraeus. Narratives in the collection include story of a penitent demon and some monks, fol. 189v-192r; story of the merchant and his wife, fol. 235v-236v
Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 197 (SMMJ 00197) 1,600 CE Garshuni, Syriac

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

  • fol. 1r-29r Homily (Garshuni)
  • fol. 29r-46r Homily (Garshuni)
  • fol. 46r-54r Ephrem of Nisibis, Homily (Garshuni)
  • fol. 54r-62v Homily on monastic life (Garshuni)
  • fol. 62v-72v John Chrysostom, Homily on poverty (Garshuni)
  • fol. 73r-82v Dorotheus of Gaza, Homily on the construction of the soul (Garshuni)
  • fol. 82v-96r Story of Jacob, bishop of Wasim (Garshuni)
  • fol. 96r-105v Story of the Holy Virgin (Garshuni)
  • fol. 105v-112r Isaac, Bishop of Nineveh, story of a monk (Garshuni)
  • fol. 112r-112v Sayings of Anthony (Garshuni)
  • fol. 113r-122r Ephrem of Nisibis, Homily on humility
  • fol. 122r-122v Jacob of Serugh, Homily on the bell clapper
  • fol. 123r-142v Jacob of Serugh, On the Theotokos, the Martyrs, and the departed. Selections. 
Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 249 (SMMJ 00249) 1,565 CE Garshuni

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

  • fol. 1r-14v On Elijah and Elisha 
  • fol. 14v-23v On Elijah the prophet
  • fol. 23v-88r Story of Victor of Alexandria and his mother Martha
  • fol. 88r-96r Story of Mark of Jabal Tarmaq
  • fol. 96v-102r Isaac of Nineveh, Praise to Mary
  • fol. 102v-113v Story of George the Martyr
  • fol. 113v-118v Ephrem of Nisibis, Homily on youth and age
  • fol. 119r-126v Story of Jacob
  • fol. 127r-138r Story of Stephen the first Martyr
  • fol. 138r-147v Story of Matthew and Andrew
  • fol. 148r-150v Ephrem of Nisibis, Homily on the disciples's question to the Lord about his Second Coming
  • fol. 151r-168v John Chrysostom, Homily on the Ten Commandments