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 00344) |
1,600 CE |
Garshuni |
- f. 2r-3v Homily
- f. 3r-5v John Chrysostom, Homily on the denial of Peter
- f. 6r-11r John Chrysostom, Homily on Great Lent
- f. 11r-17v John Chrysostom, On repentance and love
- f. 17v-22v Ephrem Syrus, Homily on repentance and the soul
- f. 22v-31r John Chrysostom, commentary on the sixth Psalm
- f. 31v-37r Jacob of Sarug, Homily on the Holy Mysteries, Confession, and Repentance
- f. 37v-43v John Chrysostom, On Repentance and the rebuke of the soul
- f. 43v-48v Ephrem Syrus, Homily on the end and the punishment of the world
- f. 48v-60v Basil, Bishop of Caesarea, Homily on repentance, on the poor Lazarus and the rich man
- f. 60v-69r John Chrysostom, Homily on the first day of creation
- f. 69r-75r Jacob of Sarug, Homily on repentance and baptism
- f. 75v-79v Gregory Nazianzus, Homily on the Nativity of our Lord
- f. 79v-95v John Chrysostom, Homily on the ten virgins
- f. 85v-91r John Chrysostom, Homily on Abraham and Isaac, when he took his son to sacrifice him
- f. 91r-105v John Chrysostom, Homily on Judas' betrayal of Christ
- f. 106r-114r John Chrysostom, Homily on the Lord's words "My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass by me"
- f. 114v-121v Book of the paradise. Chapter 1. "On the love of the near ones"
- f. 122v-127r Great miracle of the Virgin Mary that occured in the days of Caliph al-Mamun in Baghdad
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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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Mardin, Turkey Chaldean Cathedral (CCM 00411) |
1,545 CE |
Syriac |
See Scher's note on Diyarbakir 76
- f. 2v-76r Homily on Rabban Hormizd
- f. 76v-93v Homily on Mār Aḥā, brother of Mar John the Egyptian
- f. 94v-176r Ephrem Syrus, Twelve Homilies on Joseph the Righteous
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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
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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
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