Mingana Syriac 86 |
1,300 CE |
Syriac |
See catalog entry for Mingana 86
- f. 4r-90v Mystic treatises (Mingana believes them to be Isaac or Ninevah. Many headings are missing)
- f. 90v-97v St. Macarius of Alexandria, A Prayer
- f. 97v-109r Philoxenus of Mabbug, A Prayer
- f. 109-112r A treatise of the holy and godly elder [John of Dalyatha or John Saba?] (ܡܡܠܠܐ ܕܣܒܐ ܩܕܝܫܐ ܘܐܠܗܝܐ) (called "18th mimra" in the margin)
- f. 112r-115v Isaac of Ninevah, Treatise consisting mostly of prayers
- f. 115v-116v Palladius, A treatise on the virtues without which no man can make any progress
- f. 116v-117r The virtues which an old monk possessed
- f. 117r-119v A treatise on mysticism
- f. 119v-138v Mark the Monk, A long treatise on mysticism, often consisting of good sayings
- f. 138v-139v Ephrem Syrus, A treatise (ܡܡܠܠܐ) in prose
- f. 139v-154v Isaac of Ninevah, A long mystical treatise
- f. 154-166 A treatise on mysticism attributed to the holy and godly elder [John of Dalyatha or John Saba?] (ܡܡܠܠܐ ܕܣܒܐ ܩܕܝܫܐ ܘܐܠܗܝܐ)
- f. 166v-178v Gregory the Monk [Gregory of Cyprus], A treatise on spirituality for monks
- f. 179r-179v Isaac of Ninevah, A short discourse on spirituality
- f. 179v-184v Isaac of Ninevah, A short discourse on spirituality, on night vigils
- f. 184v-190v Evagrius, A discourse on mysticism
- f. 190 St. Ephrem, A short mimra on mysticism
- f. 190v-198r John Saba, A treatise on mysticism
- f. 198r-198v John Naqar (ܝܘܚܢܢ ܢܩܪ), A short treatise on mysticism
- f. 198v-200v John Naqar (ܝܘܚܢܢ ܢܩܪ), A short treatise on mysticism
- f. 201r-207v Evagrius, Exhortations and good advice on mysticism
- f. 207v-213v Evagrius, A treatise on the definition of vices and virtues
- f. 213v-232v Evagrius, A long treatise on mysticism (f. 229r-232v contain 97 evangelical sayings on perfection)
- f. 233r-263v John the Seer (Hazzaya) or possibly John of Lycopolis, A long discourse on mysticism
- f. 264r-274v The Monk Isaiah (Esha'ya) of Scete, A mystical treatise
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Beinecke Syriac MS 8 |
1,225 CE |
Syriac |
See catalog entry
- f. 1r Pauline Epistles (fragment)
- f. 1v-2v Questions by Queen Sheba to King Solomon
- f. 3ra-4va Philoxenus of Mabbug, Letter to Patrikios of Edessa
- f. 4vb Sayings, 2 by ? (Philoxenus?), 4 by Evagrius, 1 by Abba Isaiah
- f. 4vb-7vb Philoxenus of Mabbug, Confessions of Faith
- f. 7vb-9ra John of Lycopolis (or of Amapea), also the solitary, or "seer, and prophet", The Holy Commandments of the Gospel
- f. 9ra-29va Commandments (from the gospels, the Pauline and Catholic Epistles, and the prophets
- f. 29va-end anonymous, about the Sacraments
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Vat. sir. 126 pt. 2 |
1,253 CE |
Syriac |
Catalog entry in Assemani
pp. 397-end (Begins with Abba Isaiah the Monk)
- 'Enanisho', Paradise of the Fathers
- Book 1: Palladius, Bishop of Heleopolis
- Book 2: Palladius (Begins in this section)
- Lives of the Fathers according to St. Jerome
- Book 4: Apophthegmata Patrum
- Doctrine and Admonitions of the Fathers on the monastic institution
- Abba Evagrius, Sermons
- Abba Anthony, Letters to the monastic brothers
- St. Macarius of Egypt, sermons
- St. Macarius of Egypt, epistles
- St. Macarius the Alexandrian, Sermons
- Abraham Nathpar, sermons
- Ammon the monk and Bishop of Oxyrinchus, letters
- St. Xystus of Rome, sermons
- John of Dalyatha, sermons
- Gregory the Monk on the isle of Cyprus, sermons
- John of Thebes, sermons
- St. Basil the Great, Monstaic institutions, Questions and answers from the brethren
- Letter to his brother Gregory of Nyssa
- Paranaetic Chapter
- Ascetic Chatper
- Jacob of Sarug, letter on the ascetic way
- Letter to an abbot on the soul
- Letter about the virtuous men
- Philoxenus of Mabbug, on the one whose desire is changed toward refraining from the priesthood
- Letter to the monks of Amid
- St. Ephrem, sermon
- St. Mark the hermit, paranaetic sermon
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Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 222 (SMMJ 00222) |
1,791 CE |
Garshuni, Syriac |
Filoksinos Yohanna Dolabany, Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in St. Mark’s Monastery (1994).
- fol. 1v-60r Yūsuf al-Kaslūqīṯī, Syriac Grammar (Garshuni)
- fol. 61v-62r Dionysius bar Ṣalibi, On the Twelve Apostles (Syriac)
- fol. 62v-63v Jacob of Sarug, Homilies (Syriac)
- fol. 63v-66r Commands of the Gospel (Syriac)
- fol. 66r-69r Philoxenus of Mabbug, Admonition to keep the Lord's commands (Syriac)
- fol. 69r-69v Evagrius and John of Dalyatha, Collection of sayings
- fol. 69v-72r Philoxenus of Mabbug, Creed (Syriac)
- fol. 72r-74v Dionysius bar Ṣalibi, Creed of the Syriac Orthodox Church (Syriac)
- fol. 74v-75v Dialogue on the body of Christ (Syriac)
- fol. 75v-91v Jacob of Edessa, Letter on the Providence of God (Syriac)
- fol. 91v-94r Ephrem of Nisibis, Selections from a homily (Syriac)
- fol. 94r-99r Jacob of Sarug, Homilies (Syriac)
- Includes note on the life of Jacob of Sarug, fol. 98v-99r
- fol. 99r-99v Jacob of Edessa, Letter on God's providence
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