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Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi 135; 241 (DIYR 00241) |
1,907 CE |
Garshuni, Syriac |
- Readings from the Gospels and Pauline Epistles
- Jacob of Sarug, on the Destruction of Amid
- The Life of Ephrem
- Book of the Fox
- Summary of the Garden of the Monks
- Testimonies on behalf of the old Syrians concerning the faith in Christ
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Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi 242; 7/13; 279 (DIYR 00242) |
1,707 CE |
Garshuni, Syriac |
- Homily
- John Chrysostom, On repentance
- On repentance
- Story of the Forty Martyrs
- On repentance
- John Chrysostom, On mercy
- Ephrem Syrus, On repentance
- Homily on the Holy Lent that is recited every day in the church
- George, Bishop of the Arabs, Homily on Dying, the world and the soul's exit from the body
- Story of St. Gregory
- Basil, Bishop of Caesarea, About a swimmer in springs and streams
- Moses' conversation on Mt. Sinai
- Letter that fell from heaven
- Story of John of the Golden Gospel
- Jacob of Sarug, Homily on repentance that is recited during the days of the Lent
- Story of St. Gregory
- Martyrdom of Barbara and Juliana
- Story of righteous Job
- Story of Anba Cyrus
- Story of St. Michael
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Harvard MS Syr 36 |
1,500 CE |
Syriac |
Catalog Entry
- 1. Part of the story of Bar Sauma (ff. 1-9, 82-117, the leaves being disordered)
- 2. 1 Thes. 4:12-18 and John 5:24-9, from a lectionary (f. 11)
- 3. Part of the History of the Virgin (10, 12-61r; disordered, and with one leaf missing)
- 4. Memra of Jacob on the passing, that is the obsequies, of the Virgin (61v-69r)
- 5. Another memra on Mary and Joseph and the envy of the Jews, in the meter of Mar Ephrem (69r-78v)
- 6. A wonder done by the Virgin Mary (78v-81; breaking off before the end).
- 7. F. 10v has a geometric design incorporating a prayer
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Vat. sir. 126 pt. 2 |
1,253 CE |
Syriac |
Catalog entry in Assemani
pp. 397-end (Begins with Abba Isaiah the Monk)
- 'Enanisho', Paradise of the Fathers
- Book 1: Palladius, Bishop of Heleopolis
- Book 2: Palladius (Begins in this section)
- Lives of the Fathers according to St. Jerome
- Book 4: Apophthegmata Patrum
- Doctrine and Admonitions of the Fathers on the monastic institution
- Abba Evagrius, Sermons
- Abba Anthony, Letters to the monastic brothers
- St. Macarius of Egypt, sermons
- St. Macarius of Egypt, epistles
- St. Macarius the Alexandrian, Sermons
- Abraham Nathpar, sermons
- Ammon the monk and Bishop of Oxyrinchus, letters
- St. Xystus of Rome, sermons
- John of Dalyatha, sermons
- Gregory the Monk on the isle of Cyprus, sermons
- John of Thebes, sermons
- St. Basil the Great, Monstaic institutions, Questions and answers from the brethren
- Letter to his brother Gregory of Nyssa
- Paranaetic Chapter
- Ascetic Chatper
- Jacob of Sarug, letter on the ascetic way
- Letter to an abbot on the soul
- Letter about the virtuous men
- Philoxenus of Mabbug, on the one whose desire is changed toward refraining from the priesthood
- Letter to the monks of Amid
- St. Ephrem, sermon
- St. Mark the hermit, paranaetic sermon
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Vat. sir. 199 |
1,545 CE |
Garshuni |
Catalog entry in Assemani
- Life of St. Maron
- Homily on Penitence
- Story of the three holy Patriarchs Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob
- Death of Isaac the patriarch
- Death of Jacob the patriarch
- Jacob of Sarug, Homily on the thief
- Life of St. Alexei
- History of St. Abdulmasih
- Lives of Ss. Sergius and Bacchus
- Life of St. Marina
- Life of St. Susanna
- On Isaac, the son of Abraham the Patriarch
- Life of St. John
- Life of Paul
- On St. Abba Ammon
- On the Seven children of Ephesus
- Life of St. Cyril
- Life of St. Martinianus the Anchorite
- Life of St. Archelidos
- History of the Holy Apostles, Peter and Paul
- Homily on Penitence
- Life of St. Dionysius the Aereopagite
- Jacob of Sarug, Homily on Constantine the great
- Life of St. Simon
- Life of Ahiqar the sage
- Fables of Shaddad, son of 'Addi and Solomon, son of David
- Letter from heaven given by Athanasius Patriarch of Alexandria
- History of the conception and nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary by her mother Anna
- Narration of bribery
- Fable of a certain prince
- Homily of St. Cyril, Patriarch of Alexandria
- Questions and answers
- History of Pontius Pilate
- Apostolic Constitutions
- Homily of St. John Chrysostom
- Ephrem Syrus, On wrestling with the Devil
- Prayer for the sick and penitential
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Vat. sir. 217 |
1,585 CE |
Garshuni, Syriac |
Catalog entry in Assemani
- Gabriel Barclay, Maronite Bishop of Nicosa, On the Sphere
- Daniel the sage, On the Zodiac Signs
- Berozi the teacher, to Theo
- Astrologia & Lunarium
- Gabriel Barclay, Metrical exposition on the Apocalypse of John
- Prayers, benedictions, and absolutions (Syriac and Arabic)
- Order of the benediction for the great Sunday
- Jacob of Sarug, Memra on Joseph
- On the discovery of the body of Joseph under Arcadius and Honorius
- On the children of Ephesus
- Various memre
- Calendar
- History of animals
- Hunayn of Hirta, excerpt on medicine
- Ishō' bar 'Alī, Explination of exotic words
- Utilizing plants, planets and herbs
- Michael the Maronite Patriarch, Epistle to the king of the Franks (dated 1575)
- 'Abdisho' the Catholicos, syriac memre
- 'Abdisho' the patriarch of the Chaldeans
- Creed of St. Athanasius
- Isho'yahb of Nisibis (Bar Malkon), profession of the faith
- Epistle of formularies
- Profession of the faith
- College rules of the Maronites
- Mass for the Nativity
- David bar Pawlos, Syriac Memre
- On the seven climates, Syriac memre
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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)
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Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 166 (SMMJ 00166) |
1,800 CE |
Syriac |
Filoksinos Yohanna Dolabany, Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in St. Mark’s Monastery (1994).
- fol. 1r-14v Sayings of the Fathers
- fol. 14v-26v Ephrem of Nisibis, Homily on humility
- Title NS: ܡܐܡܪܐ ܕܥܠ ܡܟܝܟܘܬܐ
- fol. 26v-42r Jacob of Sarug, Homily on the end, the kingdom, and gehenna
- fol. 42v-72r Jacob of Sarug, Homily on the solitaries
- Title NS: ܡܐܡܪܐ ܥܠ ܝ̈ܚܝܕܝܐ ܘܡܕܒܪ̈ܢܐ ܘܐܒ̈ܝܠܐ
- fol. 72v-95v Isaac of Antioch, Homily on solitaries
- fol. 95v Fragment on Aba Sisoes
- fol. 96r-135v Story of John the Short
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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)
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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
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