Vat. sir. 596 |
1,917 CE |
Arabic, Syriac |
- Binding
- 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)
- Binding
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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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St. Thomas Syrian Catholic Church 107 |
1,895 CE |
Syriac |
See entry at CPART
- Moshe bar Kepha, Guide to the Mass
- Rite of Baptism
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Borg. sir. 57 |
1,686 CE |
Syriac |
Catalog entry here
- Episcopal Ceremonies according to the West-Syrian Rite
- Consecration of the oils
- Consecration of the church
- Renewal of a church
- Consecration of the altar
- Various prayers for the laying on of hands
- Rite of the laying on of hands upon the Psalter-readers and lectors, sub-deacons, deacons, priests, archdeacons, Chorbishops, patriarchs, metropolitans and Bishops
- Three rites of baptism
- Order of the taking up of the monastic habit
- Homily (Turgama) of Moses bar Kepha
- Order of the taking up of the monastic habit for women
- Benediction over the waters for the day of Epiphany
- Benediction of the palms
- Various rites to do during holy week, the week of Easter and the Sunday of Pentecost
- Prayers to recite over the apostate
- Benediction over sacred linens, on images, on statues, etc.
- Rite of baptism by Bar 'Ebroyo
- Rite of extreme unction
- Funeral rites
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Baghdad, Iraq: Syrian Catholic Archdiocese of Baghdad, N. 115 (ASCBN 00115) |
1,900 CE |
Arabic, Syriac |
- fol. 2v-30v Moshe bar Kephō, Explanation of the Holy Mass
- fol. 30v-38r Moshe bar Kephō, Commentary on Holy Baptism
- fol. 38r-45v Commentary on Ordination
- fol. 45v-47r Collection of sayings
- Title NS: ܥܠ ܗܘ ܡܕܡ ܕܟܬܒܘ ܝܘܕ̈ܝܐ ܠܥܠ ܡܢ ܙܩܝܦܗ ܕܡܫܝܚܐ (on that which the Jews wrote above the cross of the Messiah)
- fol. 47r-53r John of Dara, Commentary on the Creed
- fol. 53r-55r Liturgical miscellany
- fol. 55r-59v On the Ascension of Jesus Christ
- fol. 59v-66v On Pentecost
- fol. 66v-74r Moshe bar Kepha, On the Cross
- fol. 74r-79v On the vestments of the priesthood
- fol. 79v-90v On Holy Chrism
- fol. 91r-106r Church calendar (Arabic, Syriac)
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Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 153 (SMMJ 00153) |
1,900 CE |
Syriac |
Filoksinos Yohanna Dolabany, Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in St. Mark’s Monastery (1994). Macler 21.
- fol. 1v-3r Selections from the Apostles, prophets, and Orthodox Fathers
- fol. 3r-5v Jacob of Serugh, selections
- fol. 5v-8v Commandments from the Gospel
- fol. 9r-13v Philoxenus of Mabbug, Letter to Patricius
- fol. 13v-17v Philoxenus of Mabbug, Confession of faith
- fol. 17v-21r Dionysius bar Salibi, Syriac Orthodox Creed
- fol. 21r-68r Jacob of Edessa, Letter on the Providence of God
- fol. 68r-171v Testament of the Lord (Attributed to Clement of Rome; divided into eight books)
- Title NS: ܕܝܐܬܝܩܝ ܐܘܟܝܬ ܡ̈ܠܐ ܕܐܡܪ ܡܪܢ ܠܫܠܝ̈ܚܐ ܩܕܝ̈ܫܐ܆ ܟܕ ܩܡ ܡܢ ܡ̈ܝܬܐ܆ ܘܐܬܟܬܒ̈ܝ ܒܝܕ ܩܠܝܡܝܣ ܕܪܘܡܝ ܬܠܡܝܕܗ ܕܦܛܪܘܣ ܫܠܝܚܐ
- fol. 171v-180v Selections from the doctrine of Addai
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