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Manuscript Name / Shelf Mark / Project Number Approximate Date Language The main body text Link to Digitized Manuscript
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
Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 157 (SMMJ 00157) 1,865 CE Arabic, Garshuni, Syriac

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

  • fol. 2v-83v Jacob of Serugh, Homily on the prophets and the devastation of Jerusalem (Syriac)
  • fol. 83v-89v Jacob of Serugh, Homily on the departed (Syriac)
  • fol. 90r-103r Gregory Nazianzus, On the soul's departure from the body (Garshuni)
  • fol. 103r-113v Homily on sinners attributed to the prophet Elijah (Garshuni)
  • fol. 113v-118r Short prayers (Garshuni)
  • fol. 118r-121r Bihnam Hadlōyō, Acrostic homily on ths oul's remorse (Syriac)
  • fol. 121r-123r Jacob of Serugh, Homily on the love of the world (Syriac)
  • fol. 124r-127r Unidentified text (Arabic)
Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 160 (SMMJ 00160) 1,900 CE Garshuni, Syriac

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

  • fol. 1r-3v Jacob of Serugh, Homily on the departed, part two (Syriac)
  • fol. 3v-12v Jacob of Serugh, Homily on the soul and body (Syriac)
  • fol. 12v-15r Hananyo Akhsnoyo, Homily (Syriac)
  • fol. 15r-16r Homily (Syriac)
  • fol. 16r-29r Ephrem of Nisibis, Homily on Joseph and Mary (Syriac)
  • fol. 29r-35v Isaac of Antioch, Homily on the death of one in exile (Syriac)
  • fol. 35v-39v Isaac of Antioch, Homily on Monks (Syriac)
  • fol. 40r-64v Story of Habib (Syriac)
    • Title NS: ܬܫܥܝܬܐ ܕܩܕܝܫܐ ܡܪܝ ܚܒܝܒ ܣܗܕܐ ܐܘܪܗܝܐ ܕܣܗܕ ܒܐܘܪܗܝ ܡܕܝܢܬܐ ܫܢܬ ܫܝܬ ܡܐܐ ܘܥܣܪܝܢ ܕܝܘܢܝܐ ܒܝܘܡ̈ܝܢ ܒܓ ܒܐܝܪܚ ܐܒ
  • fol. 64v-68r Story of Mark of Jabal Tarmaq (Syriac)
    • Title NS: ܬܫܥܝܬܐ ܕܡܪܝ ܡܪܩܘܣ ܗܘ ܕܥܡܪ ܗܘܐ ܒܛܘܪܐ ܕܡܬܩܪܝܐ ܬܪܡܩܐ ܒܢܝܫܐ ܕܡܪܝ ܝܥܩܘܒ
  • fol. 68r-68v Ephrem of Nisibis, Homily (Syriac)
  • fol. 68v-69v Annunciation (Garshuni)
Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 163 (SMMJ 00163) 1,830 CE Garshuni, Syriac

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

  • Homilies and poems
    • Includes homilies and poems by Jacob ʿUrdansaya, Jacob of Serugh, Ephrem of Nisibis, Shemʿūn II Mafrian of Ṭur ʻAbdin, and Ignatius Marcus Bar Qīqī
Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 165 (SMMJ 00165) 1,800 CE Garshuni, Syriac

Filoksinos Yohanna Dolabany, Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in St. Mark’s Monastery (1994). Baumstark 17.

  • Homilies and Poems
    • Includes homilies by Ephrem of Nisibis, Dawīd Pūnīqōyō, Jacob of Serugh, Ignatius Marcus Bar Qīqī, and Ishaʿya of Beth Sbirina, and poems by Nūh the Lebanese
Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 169 (SMMJ 00169) 1,781 CE Garshuni, Syriac

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

  • fol. 1r-135v Homilies (Syriac, Garshuni)
    • Includes homilies by Michael the Syrian, John Chrysostom, Ephrem of Nisibis, Jacob of Serugh, Gregory of Nyssa, Basil of Caesarea, and Epiphanius of Constantia in Cyprus
  • fol. 136v-145r Story of Saint Michael in Dayr al-Samaka at the gate of Mardin (Garshuni)
Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 170 (SMMJ 00170) 1,596 CE Garshuni, Syriac

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

  • Includes texts by Isaac of Nineveh, Ephrem of Nisibis, Basil of Caesarea, John Chrysostom, Jacob of Serugh, Athanasius of Alexandria, Gregory of Nyssa, Cyril of Alexandria, Epiphanius of Constantia, and Bar Hebraeus. Narratives in the collection include story of a penitent demon and some monks, fol. 189v-192r; story of the merchant and his wife, fol. 235v-236v
Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 197 (SMMJ 00197) 1,600 CE Garshuni, Syriac

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

  • fol. 1r-29r Homily (Garshuni)
  • fol. 29r-46r Homily (Garshuni)
  • fol. 46r-54r Ephrem of Nisibis, Homily (Garshuni)
  • fol. 54r-62v Homily on monastic life (Garshuni)
  • fol. 62v-72v John Chrysostom, Homily on poverty (Garshuni)
  • fol. 73r-82v Dorotheus of Gaza, Homily on the construction of the soul (Garshuni)
  • fol. 82v-96r Story of Jacob, bishop of Wasim (Garshuni)
  • fol. 96r-105v Story of the Holy Virgin (Garshuni)
  • fol. 105v-112r Isaac, Bishop of Nineveh, story of a monk (Garshuni)
  • fol. 112r-112v Sayings of Anthony (Garshuni)
  • fol. 113r-122r Ephrem of Nisibis, Homily on humility
  • fol. 122r-122v Jacob of Serugh, Homily on the bell clapper
  • fol. 123r-142v Jacob of Serugh, On the Theotokos, the Martyrs, and the departed. Selections. 
Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 201 (SMMJ 00201) 1,903 CE Garshuni, Syriac

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

  • fol. 1v-8r Lamentation of Mary (Garshuni)
  • fol. 8v-33v Apocalypse of Paul (Syriac)
  • fol. 33v-144r Lives of saints (Syriac, Garshuni)
  • fol. 144r-145r Cyril of Alexandria, Demonstration of the benefits from the offerings (Syriac)
  • fol. 145v Story of John, Patriarch of Antioch
  • fol. 146r-148v Isaac of Antioch, Homily on admonition
  • fol. 148v-152r Isaac of Antioch, Homily on reproof
  • fol. 152r-156v Ephrem of Nisibis, homily on the eschaton
  • fol. 157r-161r Jacob of Serugh, Homily on the assumption of Mary
  • fol. 161r-167v Jacob of Serugh, Homily on the coming of the Apostles during the Assumption of the Virgin Mary
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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