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Borg. sir. 147 |
1,400 CE |
Syriac |
See entry in Scher
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- f. 3v-9v Index of Lectionary Readings
- f. 10r-10v Index of Sections in Matthew
- f. 11v-47r Gospel of Matthew
- f. 47r Index of sections in Mark
- f. 69r Index of Sections in Luke
- f. 69v-107v Gospel of Luke
- f. 107v Index of Sections in Luke
- f. 108r-132r Gospel of John
- f. 132v-170r Acts
- f. 170r-171r Cause of the Book of Acts
- f. 171v-174v Epistle of James
- f. 175r-179r First Epistle of Peter
- f. 179v-182r Second Epistle of Peter
- f. 182r-186r First Epistle of John
- f. 186r-187r Second Epistle of John
- f. 187r-188v Epistle of Jude
- f. 189r On Paul
- f. 189v-274r Epistles of Paul
- f. 274v Colophon
- f. 275v-289r Jacob of Edessa, Letter
- f. 289v-302r Monastic Anthology
- f. 302v-303v Notes
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Vat. sir. 37 |
1,627 CE |
Garshuni, Syriac |
See entry in Assemani and the entry completed by CPART
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- f. 1v-57r Burial service, Garshuni and Syriac
- f. 57r-69v Jacob of Edessa, Tractate on the restrictions in marriage (on the different kinds of marriages that are not lawful)
- f. 69v-106 History of St. Jacob of Egypt, the hermit, and his associates, Garshuni
- f. 106v-128r History of King Hermianus, and of his wife and sons, Garshuni
- f. 128r-133v Office of the resurrection of the Lord, for Vespers, Matins and Terce
- f. 133v-139v Shorter anaphora of St. James, the Lord's brother
- f. 139v-141r Various canons pertaining to the sacraments of Baptism, Penance, the Eucharist, and Holy Orders, in Garshuni
- f. 141r-152v Anaphora of the Holy Fathers, by John the Patriarch (Theodore b. Wahbun)
- f. 152v-153r Copy of a note from a Gospel book
- f. 153r-155v Life of John, Bishop of Mardin
- f. 155v-156v Copy of a note from a Gospel book
- f. 156v-168v Life of St. Abhai, Bishop of Nicea
- f. 168v-173r Account of the death of Constantine II
- f. 173r-176r Life of Jacob of Serugh, Bishop of Batnae, Flute of the Holy Spirit and Harp of the Church
- f. 176r-192r Life of Acha
- f. 192r Catalog of the works fo Dionysius bar Salibi
- f. 192r-192v Coptic, Syriac, and Ethiopic calendars
- f. 192v-201r Festal calendar attributed to Jacob of Edessa
- f. 201r-201v Catalog of Eastern saints
- f. 201v-201v Life of Moshe bar Kepha
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Vat. sir. 596 |
1,917 CE |
Arabic, Syriac |
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- 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 248 (SMMJ 00248) |
1,475 CE |
Garshuni, Syriac |
See entry at CPART and in Macomber ([Macomber A]; [Macomber B]) (St. Mark's Convent, Jerusalem 2-13; SMC 2-13). Filoksinos Yohanna Dolabany, Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in St. Mark’s Monastery (1994).
- Part A (20th Century) (Garshuni, Syriac)
- Syrian Orthodox collection of miscellaneous liturgical pieces
- f. 1r-2r Rite for the reconciliation of a penitent sinner
- f. 2v-3v Order of the prayers of the hymns of the canon
- f. 3v-4v Acrostic alphabetic hymn without title
- f. 4v-5r A song on drinking; It is sung on the alphabet
- Part B (1474/5 CE) (Garshuni, Syriac)
- Syrian Orthodox collection of miscellaneous liturgical pieces
- f. 1r-42r Miscellaneous Liturgical Pieces
- f. 1r-9r Shumlaya that the deacon proclaims in the offering of the Eucharist according to the modern revision of Melitene. This is a diaconal for the Mass.
- f. 9r-10r Communion hymns for the Thursday of the Mysteries
- f. 1r-23r Prayers, proemia, sedre, 'etre, and huttame that are learned by heart by a new priest when he is ordained.
- f. 10r-11r Order of the Mother of God
- f. 11r-12r Order of the Apostles
- f. 12r-13r Order of the martyrs
- f. 13r-14r Order of the Patron Saint
- f. 14r-15r Communion order
- f. 15r-16r Order of penitance
- f. 16v-17v Order of the departed
- f. 17v-19r Oder of the Cross
- f. 19rv Order of the Resurrection
- f. 19v-20r Order of Vespers
- f. 20r-21r Order of Compline
- f. 21r-22r Order of the night office
- f. 22r-23r Order of Matins
- f. 23rv Huttame of the other offices
- f. 26r-32v Ordinary of the mass
- f. 32v-33r Prayer for blessing of bread. A table grace.
- f. 33r-39v Prayers of every kind
- f. 33r-34r Prayers of vespers
- f. 34r-35r Prayers of the "hymns of the Greek canon"
- f. 35r-38v Miscellaneous prayers
- f. 38v-39v Table prayers (Garshuni)
- f. 39v-42r Two rhymed homilies for feasts (in Garshuni)
- f. 39v-40v Homily on the feast of the Nativity
- f. 40v-42r Homily on the Epiphany
- f. 42r-45r Two questions of the Fathers
- f. 42r Question that Bishop Severus asked of Bishop Jacob of Edessa: "How is God above all and below all, inside all and outside all and in all?"
- f. 42v-45r Bishop John (?), Question concerning the dead after burial while he is doing penance (Garshuni)
- f. 45v-48v Miracle that our Lady Mary, the Mother of God, worked
- f. 48v A few epigrams
- f. 49r-58r Four more rhymed homilies
- f. 49r-52r Turjām of the blessed Fast
- f. 52r-54r A pretty homily on the venerable crucifixion
- f. 54r-56r Turjām of Ninevah and lections (?) of the prophet Jonah. A single rhymed composition
- f. 56v-58r Turjām on the Resurrection
- f. 58rv Two prayers: One for the patriarch and one for the sultan
- f. 59r-61r Another rhymed homily: Turjām on the Dormition of our Lady the Virgin Mary
- f. 61v-69r
- f. 69v-73v Homily delivered by St. Jacob which he delivered on the thief of the right hand; read on the Friday of the Crucifixion
- f. 73v-88v An abridged discouse on the true faith and on the hymns of the spiritual Church.
- f. 89r-96r The questions of St. Basil and St. Gregory
- f. 96r-112r Ten questions concerning which a certain disciple asked his master
- f. 96rv Contents
- f. 96v-112r Text
- f. 112r-118r Homily delivered by Bishop Gregory (Pseudo-Gregory Nazianzus), on the destruction of this world and the departure of the soul from the body
- f. 118v-148r The Apocalypse of Paul (Garshuni)
- f. 148v Beginning of an unidentified item
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BnF syr. 62 |
1,100 CE |
Syriac |
See catalog entry here (especially for the date of the ms)
- f. 1-89 Didascalia Apostolorum (Teaching of the 12 apostles; with excerpt from the prayer of Manasseh)
- f. 90-102r Books I-VII of the Apostolic Constitutions attributed to St. Clement
- f. 102v-107 Extracts from the Teaching of Addai
- f. 108-112 Collection of all the canons of the holy apostles and of the synods of the Holy Fathers
- f. 113-121r Book VIII of the canons of Clement
- f. 121v-128 The great and holy ecumenical council of Nicaea, metropolis of Bithynia, composed by the 318 fathers
- f. 129-132r The 24 canons fixed at Ancyra in Galatia through the synod which was assembled there
- f. 132v-133 Twelve other canons from the council assembled at Neo-caesarea
- f. 134-137r The eight canons established at Gangra
- f. 137v-146 The council which as gethered at ἐγχαινίοις, at the dedication of the church of Antioch: 28 canons.
- f. 147-149 Fifty-nine other canons established at Laodicaea in Phrygia
- f. 150-152 The seventh council, that of Constantinople
- f. 153 Two canons established at the holy council gathered at Ephesus during the time of Thedosius
- f. 154-170 Council of the 87 bishops gathered at Carthage during the time of Cyprian
- f. 171-172 Other canons from a letter written from Italy to the bishops of the East which were sent to the bishops reunited at Antioch
- f. 173-175r Selected sentences in the letters of the Epistles of St. Ignatius of Antioch
- f. 175v-183r Extracts from the instruction of St. Peter, bishop of Alexandria and martyr
- f. 183v-184 Questions addressed to Timothy the Great, Patriarch of Alexandria
- f. 185-191 Synodicon of Sardis
- f. 192-194r Letter of St. Athanasius, Bishop of Alexandria to Abbot Ammon, on obligation of celibacy to monks
- f. 194v Letter of St. Basil, bishop of Caesarea of Cappadocia, addressed to the priest Paregorius
- f. 195 Letter of St. Basil, bishop of Caesarea of Cappadocia, addressed to Chorbishops, on the defense of conferring ordination for donations
- f. 196-197 Letter of St. Basil, bishop of Caesarea of Cappadocia, addressed to the priest, Diodore, in which is a declaration of the legality of marriage of a man with his step-sister
- f. 198-207r Letter of St. Basil, bishop of Caesarea of Cappadocia, addressed to Amphilochius, Bishop of Iconia
- f. 207v-212 Letter of St. Basil, bishop of Caesarea of Cappadocia, addressed to Amphilochius, Bishop of Iconia
- f. 213 Another letter of St. Basil, bishop of Caesarea of Cappadocia, addressed to Amphilochius, Bishop of Iconia
- f. 214-218r The 27 canons of the council of Chalcedon
- f. 218v Sentences of Philoxenus of Mabbug
- f. 218v Sentences of St. Basil regarding heretics who persecute the orthodox
- f. 219 Sentences of St. Gregory the Theologian
- f. 219 Extracts of the third letter of St. Damassus
- f. 219-225 Letter of St. Gregory, bishop of Nyssa to Litoios, bishop of Melitene
- f. 226-229r Canons of St. Rabbula, bishop of Edessa
- f. 229v-237r Definition regarding certain chapters addressed to the east in the form of Questions to Holy Fathers
- f. 237v-241 Various canons and rites established by the council of persian bishops who met at Seleucia-Ktesiphon
- f. 242 Letter of John, bishop of Egypt, sent to the isle of Cyprus rejecting the council of Chalcedon
- f. 243-244 Canons established in the time of the persection at the time of Patriarch Severus
- f. 245r Extracts from a letter addressed to the holy fathers on the two priests and archimandrites named Paul
- f. 245v Extracts of a letter of St. Constantine, metropolitan of Laodicaea
- f. 246-247r Extracts of a letter written by a bishop to his friends
- f. 247v-248r Letter written from Constantinople to Martyrius, Bishop of Antioch
- f. 248v-253 Extracts from various letters of Severus, patriarch of Antioch
- f. 254 Five canons of the holy Theodosius, pope of Alexandria
- f. 254v-255r Letter of St. Anthimus, bishop of Constantinople to Jacob of Edessa
- f. 255v Definitions on the punishments with monks regarding various sins by St. Basil, bishop fo Caesarea
- f. 266 Letter of St. Cyril of Alexandria to the monks
- f. 257 Extracts of the letter of St. Celestine, bishop of Rome, to the clergy at people of Constantinople
- f. 258 More extracts from the acts of the council of Ephesus
- f. 261 Four canons about excommunicated clerics, by Sergius, bishop of Amphiator
- f. 262-266 Recommendations and precepts of the canons regarding clerics, by John Bar-Cursus, Bishop of Tella
- f. 267-271 Questions on diverse subjects, addressed to the priest Sergius by Mar John Bar-Cursus, Bishop of Tella
- f. 272 Letter of Patriarch Athanasius on the defense of Christians eating meat sacrificed by Arabs which currently abound
- f. 273-284 Questions addressed by the priest, Addai Philoponos, to Jacob of Edessa and the response of the same
- f. 285 Extract from the 107th homily of Gregory the Theologian, on the Gospel passage, "The Pharisees came to find him to test him"
- f. 286 ff. Precepts which God gave to Moses on abominations
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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
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Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi 119; 6/13 (DIYR 00194) |
1,934 CE |
Garshuni, Syriac |
- Baptismal service for men
- Baptismal service for women
- Abridged baptism service of Severus of Antioch
- Baptism service according to the oriental rite of Bar 'Ebrōyō
- Gregory bar Ebrōyō, On baptism
- Jacob of Edessa, On Baptism
- Service on the blessing of a woman forty days after childbirth
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Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi (DIYR 00307) |
1,600 CE |
Garshuni, Syriac |
- Baptismal rites for men
- Baptismal rites for women
- Short baptismal rite in death's case
- Gregory bar 'Ebroyo, On baptism
- Jacob of Edessa, On baptism
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Harvard MS Syr 47 |
1,400 CE |
Syriac |
Catalog Entry
- Bound at an early date with a manuscript of theological texts (ff. 1-160)
- Canons by Mar Yoḥanan the bishop on the holy mysteries (ff.161r-162r)
- Scholion of Jacob of Edessa on the communion (162r-163v)
- Commentary on the creed and baptism by Dionysius bar Ṣalibi (163v-168v)
- An account of the faith and the cross and the other mysteries one by one (168v-177r)
- The holy and life-giving mysteries of the holy chrism (177r-187r)
- The hidden mystery concerning baptism (187r-203v)
- On the making of olive oil for chrism (203v-204v)
- Various short sections in different hands (205-207)
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Harvard MS Syr 93 |
700 CE |
Syriac |
Catalog Entry
- A collection of short works including a "Gospel of the Twelve Apostles" (ff. 47r-51v)
- Apocalypses of Simon Kepha, James, John the little (51v-57v)
- A fragment of the Doctrina Addai (57v)
- Various responsa and canons (1r-46v, 59r ff.) including replies of Jacob of Edessa.
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