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Vat. sir. 155 |
1,515 CE |
Syriac |
See entry in Assemani
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- f. 1r Order of procession
- f. 1r Order of approach to the door
- f. 1r Order of foot-washing
- f. 1v Order of adoration of the cross
- f. 1v Order of absolution
- f. 2r-2v Blessing of the table
- f. 3r-6v Names and brief history of the fathers, prophets, and doctors
- f. 6v On Jewish Fast days
- f. 6v On the date of the creation of the world
- f. 7r-7v Dionysius Barsalibi, exposition on priestly vestments
- f. 7v-8r Preparation of the chrism
- f. 8r-8v Consecration of the chrism
- f. 8v-9r Order of foot-washing
- f. 9r-9v Order of the succession of the second passion
- f. 9r-9v Order of the adoration of the cross
- f. 9v-16v Order of the Lord's resurrection
- f. 17r Letter of Eusebius of Caesarea to Carpianus on gospel harmony
- f. 17r-26v Dionysius Barsalibi, Prolegomena to the four gospels
- f. 27r-31v Dionysius Barsalibi, Commentary on the four gospels, Preamble
- f. 32r-149v Dionysius Barsalibi, Commentary on the gospel of Matthew
- f. 150r-160r Dionysius Barsalibi, Commentary on the gospel of Mark
- f. 160v-201v Dionysius Barsalibi, Commentary on the gospel of Luke
- f. 202r-262v Dionysius Barsalibi, Commentary on the gospel of John
- f. 263r-288r Daniel of Salah [Salaḥ], Exposition on the Psalms
- f. 288v-290v Ephrem, A Profitable Warning
- f. 290v-294r Ephrem, On Repentance
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Vat. sir. 596 |
1,917 CE |
Arabic, Syriac |
- Binding
- f. 1r-53v Jacob of Edessa, Commentary on the Old Testament
- f. 1r-20r Genesis
- f. 20v-32r Exodus
- f. 32r-39v Leviticus
- f. 39v-42v Numbers (f. 41rv lacuna)
- f. 42v-47r Deuteronomy
- f. 47v-50v Job
- f. 51r-52r Joshua
- f. 52v-53v Judges
- f. 53v-66r Exlanation of difficult Old Testament passages (Ephrem, Jacob, and others)
- f. 66r Colophon
- f. 66v-79r Explanations of various subjects attributed to different authors
- f. 79v-81v Teaching of the Twelve Apostles
- f. 81v-83v The Doctrine of Addai
- f. 83v-84r Twenty Canons of the Apostles
- f. 84r-85r Six questions and answers of Jacob of Edessa
- f. 85v-90r Hypomnemata of our Lord
- f. 90v-99v Two letters of Theodore bar Wahbun
- f. 99v-105r Prophecies of pagan philosophers
- f. 105r-111r Chosen words of philosophers teaching wisdom
- f. 111r Colophon
- f. 111v-112v Eulogy of Abraham of Nathpar
- f. 113r Anecdote of Moses bar Kepha by Mar Sawira
- f. 113v-115r Profession of Faith by Mar Michael
- f. 115v-116v Questions and answers on ousia
- f. 117r-120v Legend of Mar Eli al-Hira in Arabic
- f. 121r-130r History of Yareth the Alexandrian
- f. 130r Colophon (other colophons found at 66r and 111r)
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Mardin, Turkey Chaldean Cathedral (CCM 00354) |
1,682 CE |
Garshuni |
- f. 1r-97r Psalter
- f. 97r-108v Canticles of Praise
- f. 109r-113r Homily
- f. 113r-119r John Chrysostom, Homily on repentance, love, and faith
- f. 119r-126r John Chrysostom, Homily on Psalm 6
- f. 127r-131v Jacob of Sarug, Homily on the Holy Mysteries, Confession, and repentance
- f. 132r-137v John Chrysostom, Homily on repentance and the rebuke of the soul
- f. 137v-142v Ephrem Syrus, Homily on the End and the punishment of the world
- f. 142v-155v Basil of Caesarea, Homily on repentance, on poor Lazarus and the rich man
- f. 155v-163v John Chrysostom, Homily on the first day of creation
- f. 163v-169r Jacob of Sarug, Homily on repentance and for baptism
- f. 169r-173r Gregory Nazianzus, Homily on the Nativity of our Lord
- f. 173r-178v John Chrysostom, Homily on the Ten Virgins
- f. 178v-183r John Chrysostom, Homily on Abraham and Isaac, when he took his son to sacrifice him
- f. 183r-194v John Chrysostom, Homily on Judas's betrayal of Christ
- f. 194v-202r John Chrysostom, Homily on Peter's denial of Jesus
- f. 202r-207v John Chrysostom, Homily on the Lord's words, "My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass by me"
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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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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
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Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 153 (SMMJ 00153) |
1,900 CE |
Syriac |
Filoksinos Yohanna Dolabany, Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in St. Mark’s Monastery (1994). Macler 21.
- fol. 1v-3r Selections from the Apostles, prophets, and Orthodox Fathers
- fol. 3r-5v Jacob of Serugh, selections
- fol. 5v-8v Commandments from the Gospel
- fol. 9r-13v Philoxenus of Mabbug, Letter to Patricius
- fol. 13v-17v Philoxenus of Mabbug, Confession of faith
- fol. 17v-21r Dionysius bar Salibi, Syriac Orthodox Creed
- fol. 21r-68r Jacob of Edessa, Letter on the Providence of God
- fol. 68r-171v Testament of the Lord (Attributed to Clement of Rome; divided into eight books)
- Title NS: ܕܝܐܬܝܩܝ ܐܘܟܝܬ ܡ̈ܠܐ ܕܐܡܪ ܡܪܢ ܠܫܠܝ̈ܚܐ ܩܕܝ̈ܫܐ܆ ܟܕ ܩܡ ܡܢ ܡ̈ܝܬܐ܆ ܘܐܬܟܬܒ̈ܝ ܒܝܕ ܩܠܝܡܝܣ ܕܪܘܡܝ ܬܠܡܝܕܗ ܕܦܛܪܘܣ ܫܠܝܚܐ
- fol. 171v-180v Selections from the doctrine of Addai
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Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 222 (SMMJ 00222) |
1,791 CE |
Garshuni, Syriac |
Filoksinos Yohanna Dolabany, Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in St. Mark’s Monastery (1994).
- fol. 1v-60r Yūsuf al-Kaslūqīṯī, Syriac Grammar (Garshuni)
- fol. 61v-62r Dionysius bar Ṣalibi, On the Twelve Apostles (Syriac)
- fol. 62v-63v Jacob of Sarug, Homilies (Syriac)
- fol. 63v-66r Commands of the Gospel (Syriac)
- fol. 66r-69r Philoxenus of Mabbug, Admonition to keep the Lord's commands (Syriac)
- fol. 69r-69v Evagrius and John of Dalyatha, Collection of sayings
- fol. 69v-72r Philoxenus of Mabbug, Creed (Syriac)
- fol. 72r-74v Dionysius bar Ṣalibi, Creed of the Syriac Orthodox Church (Syriac)
- fol. 74v-75v Dialogue on the body of Christ (Syriac)
- fol. 75v-91v Jacob of Edessa, Letter on the Providence of God (Syriac)
- fol. 91v-94r Ephrem of Nisibis, Selections from a homily (Syriac)
- fol. 94r-99r Jacob of Sarug, Homilies (Syriac)
- Includes note on the life of Jacob of Sarug, fol. 98v-99r
- fol. 99r-99v Jacob of Edessa, Letter on God's providence
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