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Manuscript Name / Shelf Mark / Project Number Approximate Date Language The main body text Link to Digitized Manuscript
Vat. sir. 108 700 CE Syriac

See entry in Assemani

  • Binding
  • f. 1v Fragment of St. Isaac
  • f. 2r Fragment of a Gospel Commentary
  • f. 2v-214v Peter Kallinikos, Against Damian (Chapters 26-50)
  • f. 215r-216v Fragment (in a later hand) of Philoxenus, On the Incarnation
  • f. 217r-218v Peter Kallinikos, Against Damian (Chapters 26-50, continued)
  • f. 219r Colophon and notes
  • Binding
Vat. sir. 120 500 CE Syriac

See entry in Assemani

  • Binding
  • f. 3v-26v Isaac of Antioch, On Repentance
  • f. 26v-39r Isaac of Antioch, On Solitaries and Monks
  • f. 39r-42r Isaac of Antioch, An Admonition, and on Ranks and Rulers
  • f. 42r-51v Isaac of Antioch, On Creation
  • f. 51v-58v Isaac of Antioch, On Supplication
  • f. 58v-74r Isaac of Antioch, An Admonition
  • f. 74r-75v Isaac of Antioch, On End Times
  • f. 76r-81r Isaac of Antioch, On the Humility of the Brethren
  • f. 81v-83v Isaac of Antioch, On Tyranny and Oppression I
  • f. 83v-85v Isaac of Antioch, On Tyranny and Oppression II 
  • f. 85v-88v Isaac of Antioch, On Tyranny and Oppression III
  • f. 88v-94r Isaac of Antioch, On the Perfection of the Brethren
  • f. 94r-98r Isaac of Antioch, An Encouragement to Give Alms
  • f. 98r-112r Isaac of Antioch, On the Blessed Martyrs
  • f. 112r-117v Isaac of Antioch, On the Crucifixion I
  • f. 117v-121v Isaac of Antioch, On the Crucifixion II
  • f. 121v-124v Isaac of Antioch, On the Crucifixion III
  • f. 124v-130v Isaac of Antioch, On the Crucifixion IV
  • f. 130v-136v Isaac of Antioch, On the Crucifixion V
  • f. 136v-141r Isaac of Antioch, On the Crucifixion VI
  • f. 141r-148v Isaac of Antioch, Against the Jews
  • f. 148v-153v Isaac of Antioch, On those who come for Instruction
  • f. 154r-172v Isaac of Antioch, On Adam and Eve
  • f. 172v-185v Isaac of Antioch, On Cain and Abel
  • f. 185v-197v Isaac of Antioch, On the Coming of our Lord
  • f. 197v-209v Isaac of Antioch, On the Magi who Came from the East
  • f. 209v-214v Isaac of Antioch, On the Rich Man and Lazarus
  • Fragment of Theodore of Mopsuestia, Commentary on Genesis (fol. Ir-Vv)
  • Binding
Mosul, Iraq, Syrian Orthodox Archdiocese of Mosul MS 106 (ASOM 00106) 1,781 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • fol. 1v-75r Memre
    • Includes memre by Ephrem of Nisibis and Isaac of Antioch
  • fol. 76r-99r Commentary on Revelation
  • fol. 99r-106r Isaac of Antioch, Memra on the love of learning
  • fol. 106v-135v On the sacrament of penance and reconciliation
    • Title NS: ܣܪ ܐܠܬܘܒܗ̈
Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 198 (SMMJ 00198) 1,400 CE Syriac

Filoksinos Yohanna Dolabany, Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in St. Mark’s Monastery (1994).

  • fol. 1r-27r Jacob of Sarug, Homily on Simeon the Stylite
  • fol. 27r-41r Jacob of Sarug, Homily on the end, the kingdom, and Gehenna
  • fol. 41r-44r Jacob of Sarug, Homily on the young man who asked about the kingdom of heaven (Mt 19:16)
  • fol. 44r-54r Jacob of Sarug, Homily on solitaries
  • fol. 54r-61r Jacob of Sarug, Commentary on the Lord's Prayer
  • fol. 61r-69r Isaac of Antioch, Homily on Solitaries
  • fol. 69r-70r Ephrem of Nisibis, Homily on exile
  • fol. 70r-81r Jacob of Sarug, on Simon the Elder
    • Title NS: ܬܘܒ ܡܐܡܪܐ ܕܥܠ ܫܡܥܘܢ ܣܒܐ ܕܣܝܡ ܠܡܪܝ ܝܥܩܘܒ ܡܠܦܢܐ
  • fol. 81r-90r Story of Mark of Jabal Tarmaq
  • fol. 90r-116r From the commandments of Abba Isaiah
  • fol. 116r-147v Selections from Paul's epistles and the Catholic epistles
  • fol. 147v-152v John Climacus, selections from the treatise of John of Sinai
  • fol. 153r-164v Ephrem of Nisibis, Homily on the solitaries
  • fol. 165r-173v Isaac of Antioch, Homily on the perfection of the brethren