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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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
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Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 53 (SMMJ 00053) |
1,413 CE |
Syriac |
See entry at CPART and in Macomber (St. Mark's Convent, Jerusalem 3-1; SMC 3-1); Filoksinos Yohanna Dolabany, Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in St. Mark’s Monastery (1994).
- f. 1r-247v Syrian Orthodox Lectionary Readings for feasts (Fenqīthō for the holy places of Jerusalem)
- f. 1r Contents
- f. 1v-38r Order of (services celebrated on the feast of the Nativity in) Bethlehem. Includes Biblical lections, sedros, prayers and four homilies by Mar Ishaq
- f. 39r-63r Order of the feast of Epiphany. Two homilies of Mar Ishaq: On those being baptized, and on Baptism
- f. 63r-80r Part of the order of Palm Sunday. Includes homily of St. Ephrem
- f. 80r-97r Order of Monday of the redemptive Passion
- f. 97r-122r Homilies of St. Ephrem for Monday to Thursday of the Passion
- f. 97v-102v Monday
- f. 102v-112r Tuesday
- f. 112r-118r Wednesday
- f. 118r-122r Thursday of the Mysteries
- f. 122r-126r Order of the ninth hour of the Thursday of the Mysteries
- f. 126v-135v Order of the (foot-)washing that comes at the ninth hour of the Thursday of the Mysteries. Includes a Homily of Mar Ishaq on the Mass
- f. 135v-157v Order of vespers for Friday. Includes a homily of Mar Ephrem
- f. 157v-166r Ninth hour of Friday. Adoration of the Cross.
- f. 166r-197v Order of the Saturday of Good News. Includes Homily of Mar Jacob on the cherub and the brigand
- f. 179v-184r Order of the Saturday of Good News.
- f. 184r-186v Order of the service of forgiveness which is performed after the office of the ninth hour and before the mass
- f. 186r-219v Order of the Sunday of the redemptive Resurrection. Includes two homilies of Mar Ephrem
- f. 219v-235v The Order of the Annunciation, celebrated wherever Cyril and the restor of the lectors wish
- f. 235v-247v Order of the Assumption of the holy Mother of God. Includes a homily of Mar Jacob on the Assumption of the Mother of God
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Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 184 (SMMJ 00184) |
1,600 CE |
Garshuni, Syriac |
See entry at CPART and in Macomber (St. Mark's Convent, Jerusalem 3-6; SMC 3-6). Filoksinos Yohanna Dolabany, Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in St. Mark’s Monastery (1994).
- f. 1r-4r Patriarch Cyril Ibn Laqlaq, Confession
- f. 4v-22r St. John Chrysostom, Homily on repentance and on the reception of the divine mysteries
- f. 22r-34r Mar Jacob of Sarug, Homily on the benefit of the Eucharist for the dead in the next world
- f. 34r-39v St. John Chrysostom, Homily on the illustrious feastday of Palm Sunday
- f. 39v-43r St. John Chrysostom, Homily on the Supper of the Mysteries and on the washing of the feet of the disciples
- f. 43r-50v An exposition of the reason for the fast of Wednesday and Friday, its obligations and its benefit
- f. 50v-54r Especially concerning the true faith, concerning the Unity and the Trinity, and concerning the [one] interior Church
- f. 54r-57v
- f. 57v-62r Sedro for the feast of the Ascension
- f. 62r-69v Homily of Jacob of Sarug on the dispute of Satan with our Lord
- f. 69v-75v Mar Jacob of Sarug, Homily the entry of Christ into the Temple on the arm of Simeon, the Old Man
- f. 75v-78v Mar Ephrem, On the birth of John the Baptist
- f. 79r-87v Mar Ephrem, On Mary and Joseph and the reproach they received from the Jews (Syriac and Garshuni in parallel columns)
- f. 87v-92r Mar Jacob of Sarug, Homily on the resurrection of the dead (Syriac and Garshuni)
- f. 92r-107v The story of Gabriel of the Monastery of Qartmin
- f. 108r-197v Patriarch Cyrillus Ibn Laqlaq, The book of the master and the disciples, consisting of 22 articles
- f. 198r-204v Mar Isaac, On the feast of the Annunciation
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BnF syr. 234 |
1,192 CE |
Syriac |
See catalog entry here
- Collection of the lives of saints, of the martyrs, and of the pious
- f. 1r-18v History of St. Bishoy
- f. 9-12r History of St. Macarius
- f. 12v-29 History of St. Behnam
- f. 29-61 History of Dioscorus
- f. 61-62 Summary of the vision of Zosimus
- f. 62-79 History of St. Mary the Egyptian
- f. 80-84 History of Maximus and of Demetrius
- f. 84-92r History of Isaiah of Aleppo
- f. 92v- 94 History of Abraham of the high mountain
- f. 95-103 History of Serapion
- f. 104-127r History of John the Merciful
- f. 127v-130r History of John the Monk of Antioch
- f. 130v-135r Letter (Ps.-)Dionysius the Areopagite to St. Timothy about the martyrdom of St. Peter and St. Paul
- f. 135v-146r History of Eustathius
- f. 146v-153r History of James Intercissus
- f. 153v-156r History of a virgin and infant in Alexandria
- f. 156v-164 History of Archelides of Constantinople
- f. 165-166 History of Maria (Marina)
- f. 167-172 History of Jacob of Nisibis (by Theodoret)
- f. 172-186r History of Abraham Qidunaya and of his niece (attributed to Ephrem Syrus)
- f. 186v-210r History of the image of Jesus Christ which the Jews made at Tiberius, by Deacon Philotheus
- f. 210v-213r History of Martinianus
- f. 213v-221r History of Euphrosinus of Alexandria
- f. 221v-228 Essays and examples on the adherence to the day of Friday
- f. 229-230r History of a bishop who denied Christ and afterward did penance
- f. 230v-238r History of John Bar-Malke
- f. 238v-260 History of Joseph and of his brothers
- f. 261-265 Martyrdom of Mamas
- f. 266-270r History of the martyrdom of the Himyarites of Najran
- f. 270v-273 History of Peter the Publican
- f. 274-280r History of Shemuni and her seven sons
- f. 280v-287v History of Mark, the Christian merchant, and of Gaspard the Persian pagan
- f. 288-290 History of a rich man who lost all his children and his poor neighbor
- f. 291-292 History of the old woman of Jerusalem and her five sons
- f. 293-294 History of Protonike, wife of Emperor Claudius and the discovery of the true cross
- f. 295-298 History of Fausta, the virgin of Cyzicus
- f. 299r-299v History of a virgin from Jerusalem
- f. 299v-307v History of Euphemia and her daughter, Sophie
- f. 308-317r History of the 40 martyrs of Sebaste
- f. 317v-325 History of the apostles Matthew and Andrew and their preaching in the country of Beth-Kalbin
- f. 326r-332r History of a holy man of Rome
- f. 332v-337 Second part of the history of St. Alexei
- f. 338-339 History of the discovery of the head of Paul
- f. 339-344 History of a religious woman who was dwelling in a convent and was considered to be different and pure
- f. 345 ff. Lives of the Desert Fathers
- f. 345-376 Life of St. Anthony
- f. 376-416 Life of St. Macarius
- f. 416-440r Life of St. Pachomius
- f. 440v-443r History of a man who was living in a tree
- f. 443v-450r History of John the Nazirite
- f. 450v ff. History of the two brothers, Abraham and Maron
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BnF syr. 235 |
1,200 CE |
Syriac |
See catalog entry here
Collection of Saints' Lives
- f. 1r-2 History and preaching of St. John the Evangelist at Ephesus
- f. 3-12r History (attributed to St. Ephrem) of Abraham Qidunaya and his niece
- f. 12v-15 History of the man of God (St. Alexei) who died at Edessa in the time of Bishop Mar Rabbula
- f. 16-18 Second part of the history of St. Alexei
- f. 19-24 History of Bishop Paul and of the priest, John
- f. 25v-31 History of Julian Saba (by Theodoret)
- f. 32-51r History of Maximus and Domitius, by Abba Bishoy
- f. 51v-55r Letter of St. Dionysius the Areopagite to St. Timothy
- f. 55v-60r History of the preaching of the apostle Philip at Carthage
- f. 60v-66 History of Archelides of Constantinople
- f. 67-73r History of a saint (attributed in one copy to St. John Chrysostom)
- f. 80v-81 History of a solitary who was living on a tree
- f. 82-84r History of Martinianus
- f. 84v-91r Vision of Zosimus
- f. 91v-124 History of John the younger (translated from Arabic?)
- f. 125-142r History of Ephrem Syrus
- f. 142v-143r History of Dioscorus, the priest (by Palladius)
- f. 143v-146 Histor of Jacob the Lame
- f. 147-160r History of Hanania, addressed to Philotheus, by Jacob of Sarug
- f. 160v-174 History of Daniel, the anchorite of Galash, by Jacob of Sarug
- f. 175-204r History of Serapion
- f. 204v-209r History of Andronicus and of Athanasius, his wife, from Antioch
- f. 209v-230r History of Antigonus and his wife Euphraxia and their daughter, Euphraxia
- f. 230v-242r History of St. Onesima, the princess
- f. 242v-250r History of Euphrosina
- f. 250v-251r History of a virgin from Jerusalem
- f. 251v-260r History of Domitius the doctor
- f. 260v-264 History of Dionysius the Aereopagite
- f. 265-274 History of Mark the Christian merchant of Antioch, and of the pagan Gaspard from a country of the east
- f. 275v-312r History of John the chaplain, patriarch of Alexandria
- f. 312v-315r History of Moses the Ethiopian
- f. 315v-325 History of Jacob Burd'oyo, Bishop of Edessa, by John of Ephesus
- f. 326-335 History of the seven sleepers of Ephesus
- f. 336v ff Martyrdom of St. Barbara and of St. Julienne
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Mardin, Turkey Chaldean Cathedral (CCM 00340) |
1,700 CE |
Garshuni, Syriac |
- f. 3r-26r Basil of Caesarea, Homily on Easter, Good Friday, and on the departure of the soul from the body
- f. 27r-28r Collection of Proverbs
- f. 28v-30v Chronological calculations
- f. 32v-68v Life of St. Gregory
- f. 68v-74r Story of Susanna
- f. 74v-80r Miracles of the Virgin Mary
- f. 80v-81r Ephrem Syrus, Homily
- f. 81v-87r John Chrysostom, On Repentance
- f. 87v-95v Moses' conversation on Mt. Sinai
- f. 97r-100v Life of Mar Isaac
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Mardin, Turkey Chaldean Cathedral (CCM 00345) |
1,678 CE |
Garshuni, Syriac |
- f. 1v-12v Rite of consecration of water on the day of Nativity (Garshuni)
- f. 13v-23r John Chrysostom, Homily on approaching the Holy Mysteries (Garshuni)
- f. 23r-34v John Chrysostom, Homily on Judas's betrayal of Christ (Garshuni)
- f. 34v-44r Epiphanius, Bishop of Constantia in Cyprus, Homily on the Burial of Christ (Garshuni)
- f. 44r-51r Jacob of Sarug, Homily on the Baptism of Jesus Christ (Garshuni)
- f. 51r-63r John Chrysostom, Homily on the Lord's dispute with Satan (Garshuni)
- f. 63r-70r Ephrem Syrus, Homily (Garshuni)
- f. 70v-73r Ephrem Syrus, Homily on the Cross (Garshuni)
- f. 73r-78v Ephrem Syrus, Homily on old age and youth (Garshuni)
- f. 78v-80r Ephrem Syrus, Homily on repentance (Garshuni)
- f. 80r-83v Ephrem Syrus, Homily on Judas's betrayal of Christ
- f. 83v-109r Homily for Palm Sunday (Garshuni)
- f. 109v-117v John Chrysostom, Homily on the commandment of the Great Day (Garshuni)
- f. 117v-123r Jacob of Sarug, Homily on rejection of a sin and necessity of fasting and almsgiving (Garshuni)
- f. 123r-130r Ephrem Syrus, Homily on Repentance (Garshuni)
- f. 130r-134r Ephrem Syrus, Homily on the resurrection and the soul's departure from the body (Garshuni)
- f. 134r-138r Ephrem Syrus, Homily on Repentance and the Last Judgment (Garshuni)
- f. 138v-141r Ephrem Syrus, Homily on Love and Repentance (Garshuni)
- f. 141r-147v Ephrem Syrus, Homily that is recited on the second day of the fifth week of Lent (Garshuni)
- f. 147v-151v Homily recited on the third day of the fourth week of Lent (Garshuni)
- f. 151v-157v John Chrysostom, Homily on repentance (Garshuni)
- f. 157v-162r Homily (Garshuni)
- f. 162r-166v Homily for the feast of Pentecost (Garshuni)
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Mardin, Turkey Chaldean Cathedral (CCM 00037) |
1,421 CE |
Syriac |
- f. 1r-193v Psalter (Syriac Rite, Eastern)
- f. 193v-196r Ephrem Syrus, Homily on humility, the love of learning, and on the teacher and student
- f. 196v-197r The quality of Prayer, from the Book of Directions
- f. 198v-208v Calendrical text: Cause of the chronicon
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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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