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Manuscript Name / Shelf Mark / Project Number Approximate Date Language The main body text Link to Digitized Manuscript
Vat. sir. 117 700 CE Syriac

See entry in Assemani

  • Binding
  • f. 1r Contents
  • f. 1v-9v Jacob of Sarug, On the Chariot that Ezekiel Saw (B 337)
  • f. 9v-11v Jacob of Sarug, On the Consecration of a Church (B 286)
  • f. 11v-14r Jacob of Sarug, On the Consecration of a Church (B 37)
  • f. 14r-17v Jacob of Sarug, On Sinai (B 129)
  • f. 17v-19r Jacob of Sarug, On our Lord and Jacob, and on Rachel and the Church, and on Leah and the Synagogue
  • f. 19r-21v Jacob of Sarug, On Tamar and on the Mystery of the church (B 362)
  • f. 21v-23r Jacob of Sarug, On Jacob's vision at Bethel (B 332)
  • f. 23r-25v Jacob of Sarug, On the Veil of Moses (B 61)
  • f. 25v-28r Jacob of Sarug, On the Annunciation to Zachariah (B 89)
  • f. 28r-29v John Chrysostom: On the Annunciation to Zachariah
  • f. 29v-31r Ephrem: On the Annunciation to the Mother of God
  • f. 31r-32r On the Annunciation to the Mother of God by the Angel (B 179) 
  • f. 32r-26r Jacob of Sarug, On the Journey of Mary to Elizabeth (B 73)
  • f. 36r-43r Jacob of Sarug, On the Nativity (B 366)
  • f. 43r-45r Jacob of Sarug, On the Nativity II (B 367)
  • f. 45r-47r Jacob of Sarug, On the Nativity III (B 294)
  • f. 47r-54r Jacob of Sarug, On the Nativity IV and On the Star the Magi Saw (B 135)
  • f. 54r-55v Jacob of Sarug, On the Saying of Isaiah: And His Name Shall be Called Emmanuel (B 160) 
  • f. 55v-57r Jacob of Sarug, On the Saying of Isaiah: And His Name Shall Be Called Wonderfl (B 130)
  • f. 57r-59v Jacob of Sarug, On Baalam and Balak (B 98)
  • f. 59-62r Jacob of Sarug, On the Saying of God: Let Us Make Man in Our Own Image; and on the Birth of the Messiah
  • f. 62r-64r On Christ's Thirty Years
  • f. 64r -67r On the Holy Mother of God
  • f. 67r-67v Ephrem: On the Mother of God
  • f. 67v-70v Another Memra on the Mother of God
  • f. 70v-74v Ephrem: On the Magi
  • f. 74r-76r On the Slaying of the Infants
  • f. 76r-78v On Moses the Prophet and the Slaying of the children who were killed by Herod
  • f. 78v-80r Severus of Antioch: Homily on the Holy Fathers Basil and Gregory Spoken in the Church of the Holy Ignatius
  • f. 80r-83r On Constantine the Believing Emperor and the Council of Nicea
  • f. 83r-86v On the Baptism of Our Lord
  • f. 86v-88v On the Baptism of the Law and the Baptism of John and on the Baptism that our Lord gave to the Apostles
  • f. 88v-90v On the Torrent that Ezekiel Saw
  • f. 90v-93v On the Betrothal of Rebecca
  • f. 93v-97r On the Samaritan Woman (John 4:4-26)
  • f. 97r-100r Isaac: On the Samaritan Woman
  • f. 100r-101v Isaac: On the Samaritan Woman II
  • f. 101v-103v Isaac: On the Samaritan Woman III
  • f. 103v-104v Isaac: On the Samaritan Woman IV
  • f. 104v-107r On the Slaying of John the Baptist
  • f. 107r-110r On the Praise of John the Baptist
  • f. 110r-115r George, a Disciple of Jacob of Sarug: On Jacob of Sarug
  • f. 115r-116v On Stephen
  • f. 116v-117r John Chrysostom: On Stephen
  • f. 117r-132v On Jonah
  • f. 132v-139v Ephrem: On Jonah
  • f. 139v-140v On Chalcedon
  • f. 140v-143r On the Predestination of our Lord at the Temple and on the Old Man Simeon
  • f. 144v-146r On Priests
  • f. 146r-148v On the Grave of Moses
  • f. 148v-150v On the Grave of Priests
  • f. 150v-151r Ephrem: On Priests
  • f. 151r-152v Memra on Aaron the Priest
  • f. 152v-153v On Priest and King
  • f. 153v-155v Ephrem: On the Fear of God
  • f. 155v-158r On the Fashioning of Adam
  • f. 158r-160v On the End
  • f. 160v-162v On the End and Judgment
  • f. 162v-163r On the Departed
  • f. 163r-163v Another on the Departed
  • f. 163v-165r Isaac: On the Departed
  • f. 165r-167v On the Departed
  • f. 167v-169r On the Miracle at Cana
  • f. 169r-171v On the Forty Day Fast
  • f. 171v-176r On the Forty Day Fast II
  • f. 176r-178r On the Forty Day Fast III
  • f. 178r-179r Ephrem: On the Fast
  • f. 179r-181v On the Saying of Our Lord: Do Not Swear
  • f. 181v-183r Ephrem: On that Which David Said [Psalm 141:3]
  • f. 183r-184r On Admonition
  • f. 184r-187v Testament of Mor Ephrem
  • f. 187v-195v History of Mor Ephrem
  • f. 195v-196r On the Miracles of Our Lord
  • f. 196r-198r On the Saying of Our Lord [Matthew 16:26]
  • f. 198r-199v On the Saying of our Lord [Matthew 13:33]
  • f. 199v-202r On Repentance
  • f. 202r-203v Ephrem: On Repentance
  • f. 203v-205r Ephrem: On Repentance
  • f. 205r-207v On Admonition
  • f. 207v-208r Isaac: On Repentance
  • f. 208r-209v On Haughtiness
  • f. 209v-211v On Repentance
  • f. 211v-213r Ephrem: On Ecclesiastes
  • f. 213r-215v Ephrem: On Admonition
  • f. 215v-217r Ephrem: On that Which was Said by Isaiah: Let the Sinner be Eliminated
  • f. 217r-218r On the End and Judgment
  • f. 218r-219v On the End
  • f. 219v-221v On that Which Our Lord Said [Luke 11:24]
  • f. 221v-223v On the Ten Coins and the Hundred Sheep (Luke 15:3-10)
  • f. 223v-225r Isaac: On Admonition
  • f. 225r-232v On the Rich Man and Lazarus
  • f. 232v-236r On Admonition and against Blasphemy
  • f. 236r-243v Ephrem: On Reproof
  • f. 243v-245v Ephrem: On Reproof
  • f. 245v-246v Isaac: On the Sabbath Vespers
  • f. 246v-248r Jacob of Sarug, On the End
  • f. 248r-251r Jacob of Sarug, On the Canaanite Woman
  • f. 251r-253v Jacob of Sarug, On Zacchaeus the Publican
  • f. 253v-256v Jacob of Sarug, On the Workers in the Vineyard
  • f. 256v-260v Jacob of Sarug, On the Prodigal Son
  • f. 260v-264v Jacob of Sarug, On the Prodigal Son
  • f. 264r-266r Jacob of Sarug, On the Pharisee and Publican
  • f. 266r-268r Jacob of Sarug, On Repentance
  • f. 268r-271r Jacob of Sarug, On Addai the Apostle and Abgar the King of Edessa
  • f. 271r-272r Jacob of Sarug, On the Camel and the Needle's Eye
  • f. 272r-273v Jacob of Sarug, On a Single Law Giver in the Old and New Testament
  • f. 273v-277v Jacob of Sarug, On that Prayer Which our Lord Taught His Disciples
  • f. 277v-279v Jacob of Sarug, On that Young Man who Said to Our Lord: What Shall I do to Inherit Eternal Life (Matthew 19:16)
  • f. 279v-281v Jacob of Sarug, On the Kingdom as a Mustard Seed
  • f. 281v-283r Jacob of Sarug, On Pride
  • f. 283r-285v Jacob of Sarug, On the Kingdom and Gehenna
  • f. 285v-287r Isaac: On Humility
  • f. 287r-288v Jacob of Sarug, On the End
  • f. 288v-292v Jacob of Sarug, On the Anti-Christ
  • f. 292v-294v Jacob of Sarug, On the 40 Martyrs
  • f. 294v-296r Jacob of Sarug, On the Three Dead People raised by Our Lord
  • f. 296r-298v Jacob of Sarug, On the Man who Went Down from Jerusalem to Jericho and Fell Among Thieves
  • f. 298v-299v Jacob of Sarug, On the Saying of Our Lord: The Kingdom of Heaven is Like a Treasure Hidden in a Field (Matthew 13:44)
  • f. 299v-302r Jacob of Sarug, On Christ as Food and Drink
  • f. 302r-304r Jacob of Sarug, On the Woman Who was Bent over for Eighteen Years (Luke 13:11)
  • f. 304r-308v Jacob of Sarug, On the Five Loaves and the Two Fishes
  • f. 308v-310v Jacob of Sarug, On Admonition and Poverty
  • f. 310v-312v Jacob of Sarug, On the Love of Money
  • f. 312v-315r Jacob of Sarug, On Vanity of Vanities (Ecclesiastes)
  • f. 315r-316v Jacob of Sarug, On the Indignation of the Poor
  • f. 316v-317v Jacob of Sarug, On Admonition
  • f. 317v-319r Jacob of Sarug, On the Prodigal Son
  • f. 319r-320r Isaac, On the Prodigal Son
  • f. 320r-321r Isaac, On the Saying of Our Lord: Unless You are Converted and Become like Little Children I
  • f. 321r-322r Isaac, On the Saying of Our Lord: Unless You are Converted and Become like Little Children II
  • f. 322r-323r Isaac, On the Saying of Our Lord: Unless You are Converted and Become like Little Children III
  • f. 323r-323v Isaac, On the Saying of our Lord: It is Good to Confess the Lord
  • f. 323v-324v Isaac, On Perfection
  • f. 324v-326v Jacob of Sarug, On the End
  • f. 326v-329r Jacob of Sarug, On the Widow's Son
  • f. 329r-332r Jacob of Sarug, On the Leper
  • f. 332r-335r Jacob of Sarug, On the Daughter of Jephthah (Judges 11:29-40)
  • f. 335r-339v Jacob of Sarug, On Uzziah the King and Isaiah the Prophet
  • f. 339v-341v Jacob of Sarug, Against the Jews I
  • f. 341v-343r Jacob of Sarug, Against the Jews II
  • f. 343r-345r Jacob of Sarug, Against the Jews III
  • f. 345r-346v Jacob of Sarug, Against the Jews IV
  • f. 346v-348v Jacob of Sarug, Against the Jews V
  • f. 348v-350v Jacob of Sarug, Against the Jews VI
  • f. 350v-353r Jacob of Sarug, Against the Jews VII
  • f. 353r-355v Jacob of Sarug, On the Contest of Our Lord
  • f. 355v-360v Jacob of Sarug, On David and Goliath
  • f. 360v-362v Jacob of Sarug, On the Raising of Lazarus
  • f. 362v-364v Ephrem: On the Raising of Lazarus
  • f. 364v-367v Ephrem: On Palm Sunday
  • f. 367v-369r Jacob of Sarug, On Palm Sunday
  • f. 369r-370v Jacob of Sarug, On the Cursed Fig-tree
  • f. 370v-373r Jacob of Sarug, On the Passion of Our Lord
  • f. 373r-375v Jacob of Sarug, Another on the Passion of our Lord
  • f. 375v-378v Jacob of Sarug, Another on the Passion of our Lord
  • f. 378v-381r Jacob of Sarug, Another on the Passion of our Lord
  • f. 381r-386r Jacob of Sarug, Another on the Passion of our Lord
  • f. 386r-388v Jacob of Sarug, Another on the Passion of our Lord
  • f. 388v-391v Jacob of Sarug, On the Parable of the Vineyard
  • f. 391v-394v Jacob of Sarug,On the Parable of the Ten Virgins
  • f. 394v-397r Jacob of Sarug, On Matthew 22:2
  • f. 397r-399r John Chrysostom: Homily on the Passion of Our Lord
  • f. 399r-403r Jacob of Sarug, On Abraham and Isaac
  • f. 403r-405v Jacob of Sarug, On Samson (I)
  • f. 405v-407v Jacob of Sarug, On Cain and Abel I
  • f. 407v-409r Jacob of Sarug, On Cain and Abel II
  • f. 409v-411r Jacob of Sarug, On Cain and Abel III
  • f. 411r-412v Jacob of Sarug, On Cain and Abel IV
  • f. 412v-415v Jacob of Sarug, On Joseph I 
  • f. 415v-417v Jacob of Sarug, On Joseph II
  • f. 417v-420r Jacob of Sarug, On Joseph III
  • f. 420r-422r Jacob of Sarug, On Joseph IV
  • f. 422r-424r Jacob of Sarug, On Joseph VI
  • f. 424r-426r Jacob of Sarug, On Joseph VII
  • f. 426r-426v Jacob of Sarug, On Joseph VIII
  • f. 426v-432r Jacob of Sarug, On Joseph IX
  • f. 432r-434v Jacob of Sarug, On Joseph X
  • f. 434v-436v Jacob of Sarug, On the Bronze Serpent
  • f. 436v-440r Jacob of Sarug, On the Sacrifice of Aziel (Leviticus 16)
  • f. 440r-442 Jacob of Sarug, On Those Two Sparrows that Were Required by the Law (Leviticus 14)
  • f. 442v-448r Jacob of Sarug, On the Adulteries of the Congregation (On Moses VII)
  • f. 448r-449v On Samson (II)
  • f. 449v-452v On the Bronze Serpent (B 182)
  • f. 452v-457r George, Bishop of the Arabs (d. 724): On the Holy Myron
  • f. 457r-460v Jacob of Sarug, On the Sinful Woman
  • f. 465r-470r Ephrem: Sermon on Faith I
  • f. 470r-470v Ephrem: Sermon on Faith II
  • f. 470v-473r Ephrem: Sermon on Faith III
  • f. 473r-476r Isaac, Homily on Faith
  • f. 476r-484r Jacob of Sarug, On Faith
  • f. 484r-485r Jacob of Sarug, On the Crucifixion of our Lord
  • f. 485r-486v Jacob of Sarug, On the Crucifixion of our Lord II
  • f. 486v-489v Jacob of Sarug, On the Crucifixion of our Lord III (Elsewhere, on Peter's Denial)
  • f. 489v-491r Jacob of Sarug, On the Crucifixion of our Lord IV
  • f. 491r-494v Jacob of Sarug, On the Crucifixion of our Lord V (and on the Cherub and the thief)
  • f. 494v-496r Jacob of Sarug, On the Crucifixion of our Lord VI
  • f. 496r-498r Jacob of Sarug, On the Crucifixion of our Lord VII
  • f. 498r-501v Jacob of Sarug, On the Passibility and Mortality of the Lord's Body before His Resurrection
  • f. 501v-503r Jacob of Sarug, On the resurrection of Our Lord
  • f. 503r-504v Jacob of Sarug, Another on the Resurrection of Our Lord
  • f. 504v-505v Jacob of Sarug, On the Saying of Paul the Apostle [1 Timothy 2:15]
  • f. 505v-507v Jacob of Sarug, On Receiving the Holy Mysteries
  • f. 507v-509r Jacob of Sarug, On the Saying of Paul [Galatians 6:14]
  • f. 509r-511r Jacob of Sarug, On Receiving the Holy Mysteries
  • f. 511r-514v Jacob of Sarug, On the Fall of Idols
  • f. 514v-517r Jacob of Sarug, On Thomas the Apostle and the Resurrection of Our Lord
  • f. 517r-520r Jacob of Sarug, On the Ascension of Our Lord
  • f. 520r-522r Jacob of Sarug, On Pentecost
  • f. 522r-526r Jacob of Sarug, On Antioch
  • f. 526r-530r Jacob of Sarug, On Paul the Apostle
  • f. 530r-532r Jacob of Sarug, A Second Homily on Paul the Apostle
  • f. 532r-536 Jacob of Sarug, On Thomas the Apostle
  • f. 536r-537v Ephrem, On the Apostle Andrew
  • f. 537v-540r Jacob of Sarug, On Mount Tabor
  • f. 540v-542r Jacob of Sarug, On the Holy Cross
  • f. 542r-546v Jacob of Sarug, On Constantine
  • f. 546v-548v Jacob of Sarug, On Moses and Amalek (Elsewhere, Moses' extended hands)
  • f. 548v-551r Jacob of Sarug, On St. Simeon the Stylite
  • f. 551r-553r Jacob of Sarug, On Shmona and Gurya
  • f. 553r-555r Jacob of Sarug, On Habbib
  • f. 555r-556v Isaac, On the Solitaries
  • f. 556v-559v Isaac, On Sergius and Bacchus, the Martyrs
  • Binding
Vat. sir. 152 980 CE Syriac

See entry in Assemani

  • Binding
  • f. 1r-1v Notes on paper front paper
  • f. 2r Frontpiece
  • f. 2v-9v Genesis
  • f. 9v-14r Exodus
  • f. 14r-17v Leviticus
  • f. 17v-22v Numbers
  • f. 22v-27v Deuteronomy
  • f. 27v-32r Joshua
  • f. 32r-36r Judges
  • f. 36r-41v Job
  • f. 41v-50r 1-2 Samuel
  • f. 50r-59r Psalms
  • f. 59r-66v 1-2 Kings
  • f. 66v-75r Isaiah
  • f. 75r-83r Minor Prophets
  • f. 83r-92v Jeremiah
  • f. 92v-99r Ezekiel
  • f. 99r-101v Daniel
  • f. 101v-102r Susanna
  • f. 102r-106r Proverbs
  • f. 106r-110r Wisdom
  • f. 110r-111v Ecclesiastes
  • f. 111v-112v Song of Songs
  • f. 112v Ruth
  • f. 112v-113r Esther
  • f. 113r Judith
  • f. 113r-118v Ben Sira
  • f. 118v-125r Acts of the Apostles
  • f. 125r-125v Epistle of James
  • f. 125v-126r 1 Peter
  • f. 126r-126v 1 John
  • f. 126v-128v Romans
  • f. 128v-130v 1 Corinthians
  • f. 130v-132r 2 Corinthians
  • f. 132r-133r Galatians
  • f. 133r-133v Ephesians
  • f. 133v-134r Philippians
  • f. 134r-134v Colossians
  • f. 134v-135r 1 Thessalonians
  • f. 134r-135v 2 Thessalonians
  • f. 135v-136r 1 Timothy
  • f. 136r-136v 2 Timothy
  • f. 136v-137r Titus
  • f. 137r Philemon
  • f. 137r-139r Hebrews
  • f. 139r-145r Matthew
  • f. 145r-147v Mark
  • f. 147v-153r Luke
  • f. 153r-156v John
  • f. 156v-168r Additional Masora for Harklean version
  • f. 168r-173r Masora for Severus
  • f. 173r-182r Masora for the works of Gregory the Theologian
  • f. 182r-183v Masora for the letters of Saints Gregory the Theologian and Basil the Great
  • f. 183v-185r Tractate of Severus 
  • f. 185r-188v Letter of Jacob of Edessa
  • f. 191v-193r Masora of Thomas the deacon
  • f. 193r-194r Masora and Extracts of Epiphanius
  • f. 194r-194v Books of the Old and New Testament
  • f. 194v-196r On the Death of the Prophets
  • f. 196r On the Death of the Apostles
  • f. 196r-198r Vocalization and pointing of homographs
  • f. 198r-202v Translations from Hebrew and other languages
  • f. 202v-204v Poem of Philoponus in the meter of Ephrem
  • f. 204-205r Ephrem, on the Formation of Man
  • f. 205r-205v On the Union of the Body of Christ
  • f. 206r-207r On the Union of the Body of Christ
  • Binding
Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 51 (SMMJ 00051) 900 CE Syriac

See entry at CPART and in Macomber (St. Mark's Convent, Jerusalem 2-1; SMC 2-1). Filoksinos Yohanna Dolabany, Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in St. Mark’s Monastery (1994).

  • f. 1r-222v [Fenqitho] Hymnary for Sundays and feasts, for the Fast and for commemorations
    • f. 1r-4v Nativity
    • f. 4v-11v Mother of God
    • f. 11v-17r (Mt. 2:16-18)
    • f. 17r-20v Saints Basil and Gregory
    • f. 20b-27b Epiphany
    • f. 27v-42v Sundays after Epiphany
    • f. 42v-47v Beheading of John the Baptist
    • f. 47v-52r St. Stephen
    • f. 52r-58r [Presentation of Christ in the Temple]
    • f. 58v-61v St. Barsauma
    • f. 61v-66r St. Severus of Antioch
    • f. 66r-69r Sunday before the Fast, the Sunday of the Priests
    • f. 69r-127r Sundays and weekdays of the Fast. 
      • f. 77r-78r St. Ephrem
      • f. 115v-124v Forty Martyrs of Sebaste
      • f. 124v-127r Raising of Lazarus
    • f. 127r-131r Palm Sunday
    • f. 131r-135v Monday through Wednesday of Passion Week
    • f. 135v-145r Thursday of Passion Week, including ff. 144r-145r, the service of footwashing
    • f. 145r-148v Friday of Passion Week
    • f. 148v-151r Saturday of Good Titings
    • f. 151r-155v Easter Sunday [Pascha]
    • f. 155v-180v Eastertie liturgy in the other seven tones
    • f. 180v-184r New Sunday
    • f. 184r-187v Ascension Thursday
    • f. 187v-191v Pentecost
    • f. 191v-194r Holy Cross
    • f. 194r-195v The Prophet Elijah
    • f. 195v-197v The Apostle Thomas
    • f. 197v-198r The Apostles in common
    • f. 198r-201r St. Jacob of Sarug
    • f. 201r-203r Saints Sergius and Bacchus
    • f. 203r-205r St. Barbara
    • f. 205r-207v St. George
    • f. 207v-210r Patron Saint
    • f. 210r-213v Common office of the Mother of God, the Saints and the departed
    • f. 213v-222v Common offices in the other seven tones
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
Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana: Orientali 30b 700 CE Garshuni, Syriac

See entry for Assemani 71 and Assemani 73; [Bibliographic Record]; [Data Record]

  • Assemani 71 (XVI century)
    • f. 11v-28v- Assemani 71: Homilies of Jacob of Sarug (Garshuni)
      •  On the angel guarding paradise
      • On the explusion of Adam from Paradise
      • On Adam, whether he was created in a state of mortality or immortality
      • On the Thief on the Right
    • f. 29r-49r Ephrem Syrus, Ascetical sermon on penitence and contrition
  • Assemani 73 (VIII century)
    • The letters of Severus of Antioch translated into Syriac from Greek by Anastasius of Nisibis (A.D. 669)
      • f. 1r To the monks of the great monastery
      • f. 2r To Bishop Eleusinius
      • f. 3v To Archelaus of Tyre
      • f. 4r About Monks and monasteries, to Valeriana the deaconness and abbess
      • f. 5r To Iannia the deaconness and abbess
      • f. 6v Letter to Simeon, the abbot of the great monastery
      • f. 7r Letter to Nonnus, the Bishop of Seleucia
      • f. 9r Letter to Victor, the Bishop of Philadelphia
      • f. 9v Letter to Stephen, Bishop of Apamea
      • f. 10r Letter to the wife of Calliopius, the Patriarch with a diptych
Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana: Orientali 298 1,488 CE Syriac

See Assemani 62; [Bibliographic Record]; [Data Record]

  • Syriac Sermons
    • St. Ephrem Syrus
    • St. Isaac
    • John Chrysostom
    • Ignatius of Antioch
    • Gregory Thaumatugos
    • Dionysius bar Ṣalibi
    • Severus of Antioch
    • Rabbula of Edessa
    • St. John
    • Jacob of Edessa
    • John bar Ma'dani
  • Gregory bar Hebraeus, Physical Tractate
    • On planets
    • On air
    • On 4-footed animals
    • On birds
    • On fish
    • On earth
    • On minerals
    • On hot water
  • Gregory bar Hebraeus, Grammar
Vat. sir. 409 1,700 CE Garshuni, Syriac

Catalog entry in Assemani

  • Book of Psalms with commentary interspersed from various patristic authors (Philoxenus, Athanasius, Ephrem Syrus, Gregory, Severus, Abraham Qidonoyo)
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 
Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 20 (SMMJ 00020) 1,500 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • fol. 1v-210v Psalter
    • fol. 187v-201r Homilies by Severus of Antioch, Ephrem of Nisibis, Philoxenus of Mabbug, and Bar Hebraeus on fol. 187v-201r