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Vat. sir. 110 |
500 CE |
Syriac |
See entry in Assemani and the manuscript description from CPART.
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- f. 1v-76r Ephrem Syrus, Commentary on Genesis
- f. 76r-95v Ephrem Syrus, Commentary on Exodus
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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 |
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- 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 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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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)
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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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Harvard Ms Syr 130 |
1,888 CE |
Syriac |
Catalog entry
- ff. 1r/v Table of contents
- ff. 2r Cross design
- Dionysius bar Ṣalibi
- ff. 2v-23v Commentaries on Genesis
- ff. 23v-37r Exodus
- ff. 37r-45v Leviticus
- ff. 45v-57r Numbers
- ff. 57r-67r Deuteronomy
- ff. 67v-79v Job
- ff. 79v-81v Joshua
- ff. 81v-84r Judges
- ff. 84v-88r Samuel
- ff. 88v-95r Kings
- ff. 95r-103r-166r Psalms (introduction in 32 chapters by Moses bar Kepha, 95r-103r; commentary 103r-166r)
- ff. 166v-179v Proverbs
- ff. 179v-193r Ecclesiastes
- ff. 193r-201r Song of Songs
- ff. 201r/v A section on chronology entitled ʻAl qadimut nbiye ḥad men ḥabreh
- ff. 201v-234r Isaiah
- ff. 234v-250r Jeremiah
- ff. 250r-271v Ezekiel
- ff. 272r-282v Daniel
- ff. 282v-286r Hippolytus on Susanna
- ff. 286r-309r Twelve Prophets
- ff. 309r-315v Bar Asira
- ff. 315v-316v Colophons
- ff. 316v Prayer
- ff. 317r-318v Ephrem on Malachi (317r-v) and Joel (317v-318v)
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Irbīl, Chaldean Archdiocese of Irbīl, MS 53 (ACE 00053) |
1,572 CE |
Syriac |
- Bā‘ūtā d-nīnwāyē (Chaldean Rite)
- ܟܬܒܐ ܕܡܐܡܪ̈ܐ ܕܒܥܘܬܐ (Book of the Memre of the supplication [of Nineveh])
- Includes memre attributed to Ephrem of Nisibis
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