Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 49 (SMMJ 00049) |
1,600 CE |
Garshuni |
See entry at CPART and in Macomber (St. Mark's Convent, Jerusalem 2-9; SMC 2-9); Catalog entry in Baumstark 18*. Filoksinos Yohanna Dolabany, Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in St. Mark’s Monastery (1994).
- f. 1v-139v Anonymous, Lections gathered from the four gospels with commentaries.
- f. 140r-171v Pragsha, that is, a book that is a sort of collection of commentaries and discourses and canons of the Fathers
- f. 140r-144r Chapter 1, That God is eternal, pre-existent, invisible and omnipotent
- f. 144rv Chapter 2, On the construction of the earthly church
- f. 144v-145r Chapter 3, Concerning the eucharistic bread and wine
- f. 145r-156r Chapter 4, Explanation of the office and the mass
- f. 156r-157v Chapter 5, Concerning the priesthood
- f. 157v-162r Chapter 6, On priests, deacons and penance
- f. 162r-164r Chapter 7, concerning prayer
- f. 164r-170r Translation of what has been mentioned in this chapter from Syriac and Arabic. A translation of the Sanctus and Trisagion, with commentary of the Fathers
- f. 170r-171r On first fruits, votive offerings and tithes
- f. 171r-197r A miscellany of stories, homilies, and short treatises
- f. 171r-172v The story of a merchant. This is an edifying tale of a God-fearing merchant who had a very beautiful wife.
- f. 172v-174v A delightful portrayal from one of the authorities
- f. 174v-177v A parable that the doctors of the Church set forth on the interpretation of the gospel. It is a story about a certain jeweler
- f. 177v-183v St. Jacob of Sarug, Homily on charity
- f. 183v-192v Anonymous, Discourse on Sunday
- f. 193r-195v The commandments that our Lord ordered in his holy Gospel, there are 99
- f. 195v-197r Seven prayers that are prescribed for us
- f. 197r-222r Book of homilies delivered by Severus, more commonly known as Moshe bar Kepha
- f. 197r-201r First homily, on the consecration of the Church and her renewal
- f. 201r-207r Second homily, On when the angel brought the good news to the priest Zechariah about the birth of John (the Baptist)
- f. 207r-212r Third homily, On the annunciation of the angel Gabriel to the holy and pure St. Mary
- f. 212r-217v Homily on the temptation by Satan of our Lord Jesus Christ
- f. 217v-221r Homily on the leper whom our Lord cured of the affliction of leprosy
- f. 221r-222r Homily read on the first Sunday of the blessed Fast
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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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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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Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 252 (SMMJ 00252) |
1,621 CE |
Garshuni, Syriac |
Filoksinos Yohanna Dolabany, Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in St. Mark’s Monastery (1994).
- fol. 2r-49r Ḥusōyō prayers (Garshuni)
- fol. 49v-79v Dionysius bar Ṣalibi, Canons (Garshuni)
- fol. 80r-85r Feasts of the church year (Syriac)
- fol. 85r-87v Jacob of Sarug, Selections from homilies (Syriac)
- fol. 87v-88r Ephrem of Nisibis, Selections from homilies (Syriac)
- fol. 88v-94v Anaphora of Xystus (Syriac)
- fol. 95r-103v Unidentified liturgical text (Garshuni)
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Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 475 (SMMJ 00475) |
2,012 CE |
Garshuni, Kurdish, Syriac |
- Memre and hymns
- Includes memre and hymns by Jacob of Serugh, Jacob ʿUrdansaya, Ignatius Marcus bar Qīqī, Ḥananyō Akhsnōyō, Shemʿūn II Mafrian of Ṭur ʻAbdin, and Ephrem of Nisibis; historical homilies by Ishaʿya of Beth Sbirina on incursion of the Turks into Mesopotamia and on Tamerlane, pages 54-72
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