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Vat. sir. 135 |
700 CE |
Syriac |
See entry in Assemani
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- f. 1v-6r Philoxenus, Bishop of Hierapolis, Letter to Abbot Simeon on the translation of the Psalter from Greek into Syriac
- f. 6r-13v A reply from Abbot Simeon to Barlaha. Fol. 6a
- f. 13v-17r Philoxenus, Bishop of Hierapolis, A Letter concerning Faith
- f. 17r-19v Philoxenus, Bishop of Hierapolis, A Letter to Emperor Zeno on the incarnation of God the Word
- f. 19v-24r Philoxenus, Bishop of Hierapolis, A Letter to the Monks of Beth Gogal
- f. 24r-27r Bishop Simeon of Beth Arsham, A Letter concerning Barsauma and the Heresies of the Nestorians
- f. 27r-27v The Names of the Catholis in the Land of the Persians from the Apostles to the Shah Peroz (459-84)
- f. 27v-28r Responses of the Blessed Mor Severus
- f. 28r-57v Florilegium
- f. 57v-71v Florilegium
- f. 71v-77r Philoxenus, Bishop of Hierapolis, Dispute with a learned Nestorian concerning Ephesians 1:17
- f. 77r-80v Philoxenus, Bishop of Hierapolis, A Disputation on the Nestorians and the Orthodox
- f. 80v-87r An explication of the blasphemy of the Manicheans
- f. 87r-92r Philoxenus, Bishop of Hierapolis, Another against the Nestorians
- f. 92r-93r Philoxenus, Bishop of Hierapolis, Another set of responses against the two natures
- f. 93r-100r Jacob of Sarug, Letter to Isaac of Gabula
- f. 100r-102v Sayings of the Philosophers
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Vat. sir. 140 |
528 CE |
Syriac |
See entry in Assemani
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- f. 1r-2v Paul of Kallinikos, [Translator's] Preface
- f. 2v [First] epistle of Julian of Halicarnassis to Severus of Antioch (CPG 7026)
- f. 2v-3r Severus the Patriarch's [first] response to Julian (CPG 7026)
- f. 3r Second epistle of Julian to Severus the Patriarch (CPG 7026)
- f. 3r-5r [Second] response of Severus to Julian (CPG 7026)
- f. 5r-6r Third epistle of Julian to Severus (CPG 7026)
- f. 6r-20r [Third] epistle of Severus, the Patriarch of Antioch, to Julian, Bishop of Halicarnassis (CPG 7026)
- f. 20v-60v The book of Severus the Archbishop of Antioch against Julian, Bishop of Halicarnassis (CPG 7027)
- f. 60v-66r Severus, the Patriarch of Antioch, Eight Questions of the Heretics (CPG 7028)
- f. 66r-68v Severus, Patriarch of Antioch, Epistle to the Eastern Monks (CPG 7070.2)
- f. 68v-100r Severus, Patriarch of Antioch, Apology against the additions of Julian (CPG 7029)
- f. 100r-108r Severus, Patriarch of Antioch, The Anathematisms of Julian and the Responses of Severus (CPG 7030)
- f. 108r-145r Severus, Patriarch of Antioch, The Philalethe (CPG 7031)
- f. 145v Colophon
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Vat. sir. 255 |
900 CE |
Syriac |
See entry in Assemani
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- f. 2r-37r Severus of Antioch, Letter to Julian, Bishop of Halicarnassus
- f. 37r-154v Severus of Antioch, Treatise against Julian, Bishop of Halicarnassus
- f. 154v-160r Works of Cyril of Alexandria
- f. 160r-163r Severus of Antioch, To the Eastern Monks
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Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 199B (SMMJ 00199B) |
1,734 CE |
Garshuni |
See entry at CPART and in Macomber ([Macomber A]; [Macomber B]) (St. Mark's Convent, Jerusalem 3-3; SMC 3-3). Filoksinos Yohanna Dolabany, Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in St. Mark’s Monastery (1994). Baumstark 38*(B)
- Part A Saints' Lives
- f. 401r-409r Mar Abraham, the master of the Holy Mar Barsawma
- f. 409r-412r Story of the Blessed John the Physician
- f. 412r-414v Story of finding the True Cross (two accounts)
- f. 412r-413r First accouth through the wife of emperor Claudius in the time of St. James
- f. 413r-414v Discovery by Empress Helena, mother of Emperor Constantine
- f. 414v-420v Story of the Assumption of the Holy Virgin Mary
- f. 420v-422v Epistle sent from St. Dionysius, Bishop of Athens, to Timothy, bishop of Ephesus on the death of Sts. Peter and Paul
- f. 422v-433r Story of St. John the divine apostle
- f. 433r-434r History of the Assumption of the apostle St. John
- f. 434r-437v Story of how the head of St. John the Baptist was found in the city of Herodis
- f. 437v-439v Story of the martyrdom of the holy Mar Ignatius of Antioch
- f. 440v-443r Story of Clement, disciple of Simon Peter
- f. 443v-446v Story of the martyrdom of St. Peter of Alexandria under Diocletian
- f. 446v-452r Amphilochius, Bishop of Iconium, Story of St. Athanasius of Alexandria
- f. 452r-453v Story of Mar Jacob, bishop of Nisibis
- f. 453v-462r Story of Mar Ephrem, doctor of the Syrians
- f. 462r-469v Story of Helladius, bishop of Caesarea of Cappadocia
- f. 469v-479v Story of St. John Chrysostom
- f. 479v-484r Story of the blessed and elect Gregory Thaumaturgos
- f. 484r-494r Story of St. Gregory, Catholicos of the Armenians
- f. 494r-498r Story of St. Cyprian, Bishop and Martyr, and Justa (Justina) the virgin
- f. 498r-506r Story of the martyrdom of St. Plotinus
- f. 506r-5111r Story of the holy Mar Paul, bishop of Cnidus and of Mar John, priest of Edessa
- f. 511r-513r Story of the Holy Mar Nicholas (also called Mar Zakhe), bishop of Myra
- f. 513r-524r Story of Mar Abhai, Bishop of Nicca, revised by Mar Michael, Patriarch of Antioch in Syria
- f. 524v-526v Epistle sent by Mar Severus of Antioch when he was expelled by Chalcedonian hypocrites
- f. 526v-527r Story of the holy Mar Jacob of Sarug
- f. 527r-533r Story of the holy Mar Jacob Burd'oyo (Baradaeus)
- f. 533r-545v The Story of Mar John of Tella
- f. 545v-547r Story of Bishop Addai, perfect in the fear of God
- f. 547r-564v Story of St. Theodotus, Bishop of Amida
- f. 564v-566v Stories of the holy martyrs before Emperors
- f. 566v-570v Story of Placidus, surnamed Eustathius, his wife and his children
- f. 570v-574r Story of the martyrdom of the forty holy martyrs of Sebaste under Emperor Decius
- f. 574r-578v Story of the martyrdom, confession, and resurrection of Ss. Maximianus, Iamblichus, Martellus, Dionysius, Serapion, Aksaqastarinus, and Antoninus, the confessors of Ephesus.
- f. 578v-582r Story of the blessed George, the famous martyr
- f. 582r-585v Story of St. James Intercissus
- f. 585v-590r Story of the martyrdom of the two saints, Sergius and Bacchus
- Part B Saints' Lives
- f. 590r-599r Story of the Holy Mar John of Kafar Sanya
- f. 599r-604r Story of the martyrdom of the seven martyrs of Samosata in the reign of Emperor Maximianus
- f. 604r-609v Story of St. Pantalcon
- f. 609v-612v Story of the Blessed Romanus
- f. 612v-624v Story of St. Lawrence and the noble Mar Agrippa
- f. 624v-631v Story of the blessed Himyarites, their martyrdom in the city of Najrān
- f. 631v-635v Story of Shemun and Gurya
- f. 635v-638v Story of the Deacon, St. Habīb, the blessed martyr
- f. 638v-642r Story of the martyrdom of St. Pappus and his 24,000 companions
- f. 642r-646v Story of the martyrdom of Christopher the Barbarian and those with him
- f. 646v-648v Story of the martyrdom of Mar Cyriacus and Julitta, his mother
- f. 648v-651v Story of the martyrdom of the Holy Mar Mamas, his father, Theodotus, and his wife, Rufina
- f. 651v-657r Story of the martyrdom of 'Abd al-Masīh, from the city of Sinjar
- f. 657r-662r Story of the martyrdom of Mar Pethion
- f. 662r-669r Story of the martyrdom of Mar Theodore
- f. 669r-672r Stories of holy women, martyrs who suffered with fortitude for the sake of Christ
- f. 672r-675r Second story of St. Onesima, daughter of emperors
- f. 675r-677v Story of the holy virgins instructed by Anba Daniel, abbot and guide of Scete
- f. 677v-684r Story of St. Eupraxia
- f. 684v-689r Story of St. Hilaria, daughter of Emperor Zeno
- f. 689r-693r Story of St. Euphrosyne of Alexandria (called Smaragdus)
- f. 693r-694r Story of St. Maria, called Marina
- f. 694r-695v Story of a blessed virgin (possibly St. Lucy/Lucia)
- f. 695v-698r Story of the blessed Susanna
- f. 698rv Story of a virgin who fell and repented
- f. 698v-703r The story of Blessed Mary the Egyptian
- f. 703r-709v Story of St. Pelagia
- f. 709v-714v Series of stories of women martyrs (first the story of Thecla, disciple of the Apostle Paul)
- f. 714v-716r The Story of the martyr Barbara and blessed Juliana
- f. 716r-718r Story of the martyrdom of the blessed blissful Mary
- f. 719r-723r Story of the martyrdom of the three virgins, Faith, hope, and Charity, and their mother, Sophia from Rome
- f. 723r-729v Story of the martyrdom of the blessed nun and martyr, Eugenia
- f. 729v-737r Story of the martyrdom of Febronia
- f. 737r-750r Story of the martyrdom of the blessed Stratonike and her fiancé, Scisucus
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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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Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana: Orientali 30b |
700 CE |
Garshuni, Syriac |
See entry for Assemani 71 and Assemani 73; [Bibliographic Record]; [Data Record]
- Assemani 71 (XVI century)
- f. 11v-28v- Assemani 71: Homilies of Jacob of Sarug (Garshuni)
- On the angel guarding paradise
- On the explusion of Adam from Paradise
- On Adam, whether he was created in a state of mortality or immortality
- On the Thief on the Right
- f. 29r-49r Ephrem Syrus, Ascetical sermon on penitence and contrition
- Assemani 73 (VIII century)
- The letters of Severus of Antioch translated into Syriac from Greek by Anastasius of Nisibis (A.D. 669)
- f. 1r To the monks of the great monastery
- f. 2r To Bishop Eleusinius
- f. 3v To Archelaus of Tyre
- f. 4r About Monks and monasteries, to Valeriana the deaconness and abbess
- f. 5r To Iannia the deaconness and abbess
- f. 6v Letter to Simeon, the abbot of the great monastery
- f. 7r Letter to Nonnus, the Bishop of Seleucia
- f. 9r Letter to Victor, the Bishop of Philadelphia
- f. 9v Letter to Stephen, Bishop of Apamea
- f. 10r Letter to the wife of Calliopius, the Patriarch with a diptych
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Harvard Ms Syr 99 |
1,889 CE |
Syriac |
Catalog entry
- ff. 1v-76v Didascalia apostolorum
- ff. 76-92v First epistle of Clement to the Corinthians
- ff. 92v-93v Letter of James of Jerusalem to Quadratus
- ff. 93v-96v Letters of Herod and Pilate
- ff. 96v-103v Hypomnemata of our Lord
- ff. 103v-106v The teaching of Peter in Rome
- ff. 107r-111v Letter of Dionysius of Athens to Timothy on the deaths of Peter and Paul
- ff. 111v-117r Extracts from various Fathers
- ff. 117r-120r Severus on the synods
- ff. 120r-120v Letter that the Jews wrote to the emperor Marcion about the Synod of Chalcedon
- ff. 120v-122v Short texts by Philoxenus
- ff. 122v Creed of orthodox Christians
- ff. 122v-124v Letter of John bar Shushan against Chalcedon
- ff. 124v-126v Easy questions against the Chalcedonians
- ff. 126v-128r Diagrams explaining theology and christology
- ff. 128v-131v Disputation against the Nestorians
- ff. 131v Cyril against anyone who keeps a book from a reader
- ff. 132r-146v Prophecies of the pagan philosophers
- ff. 147r-148r 6 questions of Jacob of Edessa
- ff. 148r-150v Riddles from the Old Testament
- ff. 150v-151r Under which kings each of the prophets prophesied
- ff. 151r-154r On the foundation of the true faith which we have received from the apostles etc.
- ff. 154r On what the Jews wrote above the cross of Christ
- ff. 154r-155r From the story of Peter the Iberian, that one should not give up hope of God's mercy
- ff. 155r-157r Severus, from a letter to Thomas of Germanica on the Epistle of Jude
- ff. 157r-160r Short sections on the eucharist, baptism, etc.
- ff. 160r-162r On the prophets
- ff. 162r-163r Jacob of Edessa on the seven spirits of Isaiah 11.2
- ff. 163 r/v Ephrem on the dove that Noah sent out from the ark
- ff. 163v-174r Answers to questions, including extracts from various Fathers
- ff. 174v Diagram of the ten commandments
- ff. 174v-178r Various other short sections on Old Testament exegesis
- ff. 178r-181v Jacob of Edessa on the heavenly powers
- ff. 181v-188v The orthodox teachers on the souls of human beings, and other short extracts
- ff. 188v-190r Letter of Cyril of Jerusalem on the rebuilding of the temple by the Jews
- ff. 190r-191r Extracts from Puman, John, Cyril and Basil
- ff. 191r-201r Explanations of Ephrem on various matters from the Law
- ff. 201r Colophon
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