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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)
- Binding
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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 199A (SMMJ 00199A) |
1,734 CE |
Garshuni |
See entry at CPART and in Macomber (St. Mark's Convent, Jerusalem 3-2; SMC 3-2). Filoksinos Yohanna Dolabany, Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in St. Mark’s Monastery (1994). Baumstark 38*(A)
- Lives of Saints
- f. Ir-IIv Contents
- f. IIv, 1r-400r Text
- f. 1v-4v Life of Anba Paul of Alexandria
- f. 4v-33v Life of St. Anthony, written by St. Athanasius
- f. 33v-52r Life of Anba Macarius
- f. 52r-67r Story of the life of the brothers Maximus, and Dometius, sons of Emperor Valentinus
- f. 67r-81r Life of Anba Bishoi
- f. 81r-98r Life of Mar John the Short, head of the elders of the Desert of Scete
- f. 98r-110v History of the great saint and exalted Anba Shenute
- f. 110v-114r Life of Anba Mark
- f. 114r-132v The history of Anba Serapion
- f. 132v-137v Story of the vizier, Xenophon and his sons, John and Arcadius
- f. 138r-142v History of the life of St. Archelides of Constantinople
- f. 142r-146r History of St. John of the Golden Gospel
- f. 146r-148r Story of Mar Risha
- f. 148r-150v A second story of Mar Risha
- f. 150v-153v Story of the great and marvelous persons, children of the potentates of Rome and Antioch, who renounced this world and all that is in it and lived a life of voluntary poverty in a miserable manner
- f. 154v-156r History of St. Andronicus and Athanasia, his wife
- f. 156r-159r Story of the father, Daniel, of Scetis, and of Eulogius, the stonecutter
- f. 159r-162v The story of Simeon of Katar 'Abdin
- f. 162v-166r Story of St. Reuben
- f. 166v-171r History of the elect saint, Mar Awtil
- f. 171v-174v Story of Mar Dometius
- f. 174v-182r Ephrem Syrus, the story of St. Abraham Qidunaya
- f. 182r-187r Story of Mar Julianus
- f. 187r-195v History of the blessed Mar Aaron
- f. 196r-226r Story of the life of Mar Simeon the Stylite
- f. 226r-265v Story of Mar Barsawma
- f. 266r-272r Story of the blessed Mar Daniel by Mar Jacob
- f. 272r-277r Story about the Holy Mar Jacob the anchorite
- f. 277r-278r History of the blessed Martinianus
- f. 278r-280r Story of a certain youth from Alexandria (St. Saba of Alexandria)
- f. 280r-282v Story of St. Malchus of Clysma
- f. 282v-286v Story of the blessed sons of Rechab, whom the prophet Jeremiah commemorates
- f. 286v-290r Story of the believing merchant Mark, who died in the West and entrusted his business to a Muslim, who was converted and became a Christian
- f. 290v-294r Story of St. John who completed the course of his life in the well
- f. 294r-308r Leontius, Bishop of Neapolis, Story of Mar Simeon Salus and St. John, the spiritual brothers of Edessa
- f. 308r-310r Story of Anba Gerasimus
- f. 310r-311v Story of Abraham of Kashkar
- f. 311v-313r Story of Petrā from Atriqi
- f. 313r-323r St. John, Story of Mar Bayt al-Shuhadā
- f. 323r-340r Story of Mar Eugene from the Copts
- f. 340r-349v Story of Mar Malchus
- f. 349v-356r Story of Mar Isaiah of Aleppo
- f. 356v-362r Story of Mar Yareth of Alexandria
- f. 362r-363v Story of Evagrius
- f. 363v-366r Story of Anba Isaiah of Bayt al-Qiddīsīn
- f. 366r-379v Story of the icon of Christ that the Jews made in the city of Tiberius in order to mock it, in the days of Zeno, the believing emperor
- f. 379v-390r Story of Jacob the Recluse
- f. 390v-400r Story of the holy Mar Eulogius the Copt
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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. 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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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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BnF syr. 239 |
1,493 CE |
Garshuni |
See catalog entry here
- f. 1-99 The Paradise of the solitaries, or Sayings of the Fathers
- f. 100-104r Dogmatic definition of the Trinity according to the Syrian Orthodox Church
- f. 104v-107r Syrian Orthodox dogmatic definitions of the Trinity and the incarnation
- f. 107v-110r Monastic Rule of St. Anthony
- f. 110v-112r Another excerpt of the exhortations of St. Anthony
- f. 112v-119r The teaching of Abba Isaiah
- f. 119v-121 Another excerpt of Abba Isaiah
- f. 122-133r Three other excerpts on the doctrine of Abba Isaiah
- f. 133v-136r Lamentation of Abba Isaiah
- f. 136v-137r Excert of John of the Thebaid
- f. 137v-139r Excerpt from Stephen of the Thebaid
- f. 139v-141 Exerpt from the letters of St. Macarius the Great
- f. 145-148 Various excerpts of St. Macarius the Great
- f. 149-152r Another excerpt of the apophthegmata of St. Macarius the Great
- f. 152v-154r Sentences of the Fathers
- f. 154v-156r Other sentences
- f. 156v-166 Homily of Abba Pachomius
- f. 167-168 Five homilies of Abraham of Nathpar
- f. 168 Excerpts of the apophthegmata of Abba Moses
- f. 169 Discourse of Abba Moses on the thoughts
- f. 170 Discourse of Abba Moses on sadness
- f. 171-173 Twelve Discourses of St. Nilus: Spiritual Exhortations
- f. 174-175 St. Basil, Discourse on the monastic life
- f. 176 St. Basil, Excerpt from his doctrine
- f. 176-178r Excerpt from a letter of St. Basil
- f. 178v-180r Excerpts from the homillies of St. Gregory the Theologian
- f. 180v-181r Excerpt of a homily of St. Basil
- f. 181v-188 Homily of St. John Chrysostom
- f. 189-193r Homily of St. John Chrysostom on those who draw back to the world
- f. 193v-195 Homily of St. John Chrysostom on penitance and renunciation
- f. 196-203 Another homily of St. John Chrysostom on penitance
- f. 204-210r First discourse of St. Macarius the Great
- f. 210v-213r Second discourse of St. Macarius the Great: On the inner-affections of the soul and its purification
- f. 213v-216 Third discourse of St. Macarius the Great: on the necessity of combatting demons who oppose those who desire to enter into the way of truth
- f. 217-218r Letter of St. Macarius to his beloved children
- f. 218v-219r Second Letter of St. Macarius
- f. 219v-220r Third Letter of St. Macarius
- f. 220r-220v Fourth Letter of St. Macarius
- f. 220v Fifth Letter of St. Macarius
- f. 221 Sixth Letter of St. Macarius
- f. 222 Seventh Letter of St. Macarius
- f. 223 Eighth Letter of St. Macarius
- f. 223v-225r First homily of Abraham of Nathpar
- f. 225v-227r Second homily of Abraham of Nathpar
- f. 227v Third homily of Abraham of Nathpar
- f. 228-229 Fourth homily of Abraham of Nathpar
- f. 230-231r Sixth homily of Abraham of Nathpar
- f. 231v-234r Seventh homily of Abraham of Nathpar
- f. 234v On impurity and the villany of demons and the purity of the just
- f. 235-237 Letter of St. Nilus
- f. 238v-241r Various excerpts of the doctrine of Phlioxenus of Mabbug
- f. 241v-243r Discourse on simplicity
- f. 243v-248r Discourse on the fear of God
- f. 248v-252 Discourse on poverty
- f. 253-254r Discourse on mortification of the flesh and asceticism
- f. 254v-256 Discourse on mortification of the flesh and asceticism
- f. 257-263r Discourse on chastity
- f. 263v-265 Excerpts of the Book of Obedience
- f. 266-280r Doctrine of Abba Isaiah, explained by a disciple of Mar Isaac
- f. 280v-281r Excerpt of the doctrine of Abba Stephen of the Thebaid
- f. 282-284 Two excerpts of one anonymous author
- f. 285-287 Letter of Tyrius, addressed to a monk
- f. 288-289r Another excerpt of Tyrius
- f. 288-289r Homily on Dorotheus on the palace of the soul
- f. 291v Excerpts of the Apophthegmata Patrum
- f. 292r Excerpts of the Lamp of the Sanctuary (by Bar Hebraeus)
- f. 292v-299r Twenty-seven paragraphs on the solitary life, prayer, etc. (from Barhebraeus, The Book of the Dove)
- f. 299v-305r Excerpts from "the Spiritual old man"
- f. 307-308r Excerpts of the Apophthegmata Patrum
- f. 308v-323 Excerps from the Doctrine of Abba Mark
- f. 324-326r Excerpts from the doctrin of John of the Thebaid
- f. 326v-327r Other excerpts from the doctrine of John of the Thebaid
- f. 327v-330r Other excerpts from the doctrine of John of the Thebaid
- f. 330v-334 Another dialogue of John of the Thebaid
- f. 335-337r Another dialogue of John of the Thebaid
- f. 337v-339r Another dialogue of John of the Thebaid
- f. 339v-341r Another dialogue of John of the Thebaid
- f. 341v Another dialogue of John of the Thebaid
- f. 342 Excerpts from the Apophthegmata Patrum
- f. 343-345r Other excerpts from the Apophthegmata Patrum
- f. 345v-349 Other excerpts from the Apophthegmata Patrum
- f. 350-376 Sixth Homily of Ephrem Syrus on the fear of God
- f. 377-383r Homily of Ephrem Syrus on charity and faith, and on the second coming of Jesus Christ
- f. 383v-385r Response of Ephrem Syrus concerning penitence
- f. 385v-392 Homily of Ephrem Syrus on the end of the world and the Antichrist
- f. 393 ff. First book of the works of Isaac of Nineveh
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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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