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Manuscript Name / Shelf Mark / Project Number Approximate Date Language The main body text Link to Digitized Manuscript
Vat. sir. 109 692 CE Syriac

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  • Binding
  • f. 1r Aba Isaiah, Ascetic Epistle (beginning mutilated)
  • f. 2r-4r John of Constantinople, First homily on the Prodigal Son
  • f. 4r-6r John [of Constantinople], Second homily on the Prodigal Son
  • f. 6r-7v Third homily on the Prodigal Son
  • f. 7v-11r John of Constantinople, Homily on the turtle dove
  • f. 11r-21r John of Constantinople, On the Psalm: "As a deer calls out to a brook of water, so my soul calls out to you, God"
  • f. 21r-24v John of Constantinople, On wealth and poverty
  • f. 24v-25v John of Constantinople, Why it is necessary for parents to have self-will
  • f. 25v-27v John of Constantinople, from the 62nd homily, about those who mourn without measure over death
  • f. 27v-28v John of Constantinople, from the first homily to Stagirius, on "We shall endure temptation, for one is sent for our aid, even if we should be handed over to the chastisement of a demon"
  • f. 28v-30v Jacob of Sarug, On the nativity of the Lord
  • f. 30v-34r Homily on the epiphany of the Lord
  • f. 34r-38r Homily on the ieiunio quadragesimali [Great Lent]
  • f. 38r-43r Homily on the dominica hosannarum [Festival of Hosannas; Palm Sunday]
  • f. 43r-47r Mar Jacob, Homily on the sixth day of the passion of the Lord [Holy Friday]
  • f. 47v-51r Homily on the dominica resurrectionis domini [Pascha]
  • f. 51v-56v John of Constantinople, Homily on the psalm: "I will guard my way, and I will not sin with my tongue"
  • f. 56v-65r Letter of Mar Jacob, Abbot of the Naphesciate Monastery
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Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi 58; 3/16 (DIYR 00190) 1,910 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • Gregory bar 'Ebrōyō, the Cream of Wisdom [Selections]
  • List of the Syriac and Arabic works of Bar 'Ebrōyō
  • Account of the death of bar 'Ebrōyō
  • Account of the death of bar 'Ebrōyō
  • Gregory bar 'Ebrōyō, Homily
  • List of the Patriarchs of Antioch
  • John bar Ma'dani, praises and prayers
  • John bar Ma'dani, Hymns for the Lord's feast
  • Book of guidance about the ranks of deacons
  • Collection of services
  • Jacob of Edessa, List of feasts
  • John bar Ma'dani, On our God who became man on behalf of us
  • John bar Ma'dani, Homily on the seizure of Edessa
  • Daniel ibn al-Khaṭṭāb, Book on the foundations of religion
  • World is a bodily behavior
  • Homily on Mar Matthew from the mountain Alfaf
  • Canon on how it is necessary to perform church prayer
  • Morning Gospel reading for Children
  • On the Assumption of our Lady Mary and how the Apostles gathered on the day of her death
  • Jacob of Sarug, Homily
  • Dionysius bar Ṣalibi, For Priests
  • Jacob of Sarug, Commentary on Deuteronomy. Selections
  • Philoxenus of Mabbug, on the Prophets
  • Jacob of Sarug, From the homily on the love of God
  • Jacob of Sarug, From the Holy Mar Jacob
  • From the Works of the Holy Fathers
  • Daniel of Salaḥ, Commentary on Psalm 8
  • Dionysius bar Ṣalibi, On performing the sign of the cross with one finger
  • Dionysius bar Ṣalibi, On the Trisagion
  • Timothy Isaac, Selections from the Holy Fathers against the Chalcedonians

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