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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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BnF syr. 198 |
1,600 CE |
Garshuni |
See catalog entry here
- f. 1-10v Ignatius of Antioch, Letter of Exhortation to Priests (CPG 1030)
- f. 10v-28v Questions and responses between a disciple and his master regarding the sacrament and confession
- f. 28v-48 Memra on Lent
- f. 48-53v Ephrem Syrus, Memra on the Departure of the soul from the body
- f. 53v-66v On the Excellence of the Christian Religion
- f. 70v-88v Some canons relative to Baptism
- f. 88v-100 Canons on penitence in the form of question and answer
- f. 100-112 Sixty-two canons on penitence
- f. 112-130 Questions and answers of Ss. Basil and Gregory
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Sachau 72; Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin 69 |
1,600 CE |
Syriac |
See entry for Sachau 72
- f. 3-6 Philosophical poem in 7-syllable meter
- f. 8r fragment, unidentified
- f. 8v-13v Aesop's fables
- f. 14r-14v fragment, About church discipline
- f. 14v-21v The canons of the synods
- f. 22r-31v Ephrem Syrus, Memra on his own death
- f. 31v Fragment, Madrasha on the misery of man
- f. 32-40v A collection of riddles
- f. 40v-41r Deacon Ṣlībā, 12-syllable strophes
- f. 42r-47r Grammatical inflections from ܒܙ
- f. 47v-57r Lexical matters
- f. 57v-61v Khamis bar Qardahe, Short poems
- f. 62r-62v More riddles in 12-syllable meter
- f. 63r-66v John bar Zo'bi, Philosophical text
- f. 66v Excerpt of the book of Canons of aequilitteris of 'Endnīšo' and Ḥunain
- f. 67r-90v various
- f. 91r-100b John bar Zo'bi, poem
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Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi (DIYR 00206) |
1,899 CE |
Garshuni, Syriac, Turkish |
- Canons (Garshuni)
- Prayer on behalf of the community of St. Mar Musa al-Habashi (Garshuni)
- Prayers (Garshuni)
- Spells (Garshuni)
- Charms against arrows and arms (Syriac)
- Procession of the Cross (Syriac)
- Prayers (Syriac)
- Litany of our Lady Mary (Garshuni)
- History of Kyprianos (Garshuni)
- Prayers (Garshuni)
- History of Solomon, son of David (Garshuni)
- Psalter (Syriac)
- Songs of glorification (Syriac)
- Definition of the faith of the 318 fathers against the doctrine of Arius (Garshuni, Syriac, Turkish)
- Prayer (Garshuni, Syriac)
- Ephrem Syrus, Homily on Teaching (Syriac)
- Dismissal Prayer (Garshuni)
- Prayer sent by God to Solomon and his reply
- Psalter (Garshuni)
- Prayers (Garshuni)
- Names of all the angels (Syriac)
- Prayer of Our Lady (Garshuni)
- Charms and spells (Garshuni, Syriac)
- Charms (Turkish)
- Prayers (Garshuni)
- Calling of the Apostles (Garshuni)
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Harvard MS Syr 40 |
1,559 CE |
Arabic, Syriac |
Catalog Entry
- Ps. 1-150 (f. 3r-228r)
- Ps. 151 (229r-v)
- Canticles, beatitudes, Gloria in excelsis, trishagion, Nicene creed (229v-244r)
- Memra attributed to Ephrem (ff. 244r-249v, incomplete at the end)
- Colophon (250r).
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Borg. sir. 10 |
Unknown |
Syriac |
Homilies of the Fathers: Catalog entry link
- Eleven homilies of Isaac of Antioch, Jacob of Sarug, Isaac of Ninevah, and of St. Ephrem on the ascetic life and on the incarnation
- A Memra composed by a certain bishop on the seven climates of the earth and on the variations of the climates
- Canons of the Holy Fathers on the Christian life, on the liturgy, and on the sacrifice
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Vat. sir. 199 |
1,545 CE |
Garshuni |
Catalog entry in Assemani
- Life of St. Maron
- Homily on Penitence
- Story of the three holy Patriarchs Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob
- Death of Isaac the patriarch
- Death of Jacob the patriarch
- Jacob of Sarug, Homily on the thief
- Life of St. Alexei
- History of St. Abdulmasih
- Lives of Ss. Sergius and Bacchus
- Life of St. Marina
- Life of St. Susanna
- On Isaac, the son of Abraham the Patriarch
- Life of St. John
- Life of Paul
- On St. Abba Ammon
- On the Seven children of Ephesus
- Life of St. Cyril
- Life of St. Martinianus the Anchorite
- Life of St. Archelidos
- History of the Holy Apostles, Peter and Paul
- Homily on Penitence
- Life of St. Dionysius the Aereopagite
- Jacob of Sarug, Homily on Constantine the great
- Life of St. Simon
- Life of Ahiqar the sage
- Fables of Shaddad, son of 'Addi and Solomon, son of David
- Letter from heaven given by Athanasius Patriarch of Alexandria
- History of the conception and nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary by her mother Anna
- Narration of bribery
- Fable of a certain prince
- Homily of St. Cyril, Patriarch of Alexandria
- Questions and answers
- History of Pontius Pilate
- Apostolic Constitutions
- Homily of St. John Chrysostom
- Ephrem Syrus, On wrestling with the Devil
- Prayer for the sick and penitential
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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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Mosul, Iraq, Syrian Orthodox Archdiocese of Mosul MS 117 (ASOM 00117) |
1,730 CE |
Garshuni, Syriac |
- fol. 1v-140r Psalms
- Title NS: ܡܙܡܘܪ̈ܐ ܕܕܘܝܕ
- Parallel columns in Syriac and Arabic Garshuni
- Note: Includes also Psalm 151
- fol. 140v-142r Odes
- Moses and the song of the Red Sea
- Isaiah the prophet
- Hannah the prophetess [Mother of Samuel]
- Jonah the Prophet
- [Mary] the God-bearer
- fol. 142v-143r Nicene Creed
- fol. 143r-v The praise of the angel (Gloria in excelsis) and other liturgical prayers
- fol. 143v Trisagion
- fol. 143v The Lord's Prayer
- fol. 143v-145r Ephrem of Nisibis, Memra on doctrine
- Title NS: ܬܘܒ ܡܐܡܪܐ ܕܩ̄ܕ ܡܪܝ ܐܦܪܝܡ ܕܥܠ ܝܘܠܦܢܐ
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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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