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Manuscript Name / Shelf Mark / Project Number	Approximate Date	Language	The main body text	Link to Digitized Manuscript
St. Mark's Convent, Jerusalem 2-11	1,554 CE	Syriac	See entry at CPART and in Macomber Church of the East (Chaldean) Pontifical Ritual f. 1v-137v Pontifical Ritual f. 1v-2r Gospel lection for the ordination of a bishop or of a catholicos f. 3r Instruction concerning the wood from the which the tablitha is made f. 3v-26r Catholicos Mar Isho'yahb of Adiabene, Consecration of the altar place with oil f. 26v-28r Consecration of the altar place without oil f. 28v Signing of the chalice before it goes up to the altar, when they are compelled to consecrate an additional chalice) on a day of great concourse. f. 29rv Instruction concerning ordinations f. 29v-38r Ordinations of lectors, subdeacons, and deacons f. 38v-44v Rite of the ordination of priests f. 44v-46v Rite of the clothing of monks f. 46v-66v Rite of the tonsure of monks f. 66v-77r Rite of the tonsure of women who are nuns f. 77r-78v Rite of the institution of abbots f. 79v-89v Rite of the ordination of bishops f. 90r-93r The rite of the perfection of bishops by catholicoi. In the Church of the East (Nestorian), a bishop could be ordained by a metropolitan, but he could not exercise his full powers until he had gone to the catholicos and been perfected f. 93r-106r Rite of the ordination of catholicoi f. 106r-107r Rite of the ordination of the archdeacon f. 107r-108r Rite when a chorbishop is appointed for a district to act like the archdeacon, who is the visitor of the villages f. 108r-109v Rite of the ordination of women deaconesses f. 110r-111r Rite of the ordination of a Shaharā priest f. 111r-113r Mar 'Abdisho', Catholicos, Prayer that is recited, likewise a prayer of inclination, over a bishop that is translated from one see to another see f. 113rv Summary of the contents of the manuscript f. 115v-137r Mar Isho'yahb of Nisibis, also known as Bar Malkon, Canons of ordination f. 137rv Four prayers for the reconciliation of penitent excommunicated persons: 1) For a bishop who has been degraded, 2) for seculars, 3 and 4) For anyone
Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 248 (SMMJ 00248)	1,475 CE	Garshuni, Syriac	See entry at CPART and in Macomber ([Macomber A]; [Macomber B]) (St. Mark's Convent, Jerusalem 2-13; SMC 2-13). Filoksinos Yohanna Dolabany, Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in St. Mark’s Monastery (1994). Part A (20th Century) (Garshuni, Syriac) Syrian Orthodox collection of miscellaneous liturgical pieces f. 1r-2r Rite for the reconciliation of a penitent sinner f. 2v-3v Order of the prayers of the hymns of the canon f. 3v-4v Acrostic alphabetic hymn without title f. 4v-5r A song on drinking; It is sung on the alphabet Part B (1474/5 CE) (Garshuni, Syriac) Syrian Orthodox collection of miscellaneous liturgical pieces f. 1r-42r Miscellaneous Liturgical Pieces f. 1r-9r Shumlaya that the deacon proclaims in the offering of the Eucharist according to the modern revision of Melitene. This is a diaconal for the Mass. f. 9r-10r Communion hymns for the Thursday of the Mysteries f. 1r-23r Prayers, proemia, sedre, 'etre, and huttame that are learned by heart by a new priest when he is ordained. f. 10r-11r Order of the Mother of God f. 11r-12r Order of the Apostles f. 12r-13r Order of the martyrs f. 13r-14r Order of the Patron Saint f. 14r-15r Communion order f. 15r-16r Order of penitance f. 16v-17v Order of the departed f. 17v-19r Oder of the Cross f. 19rv Order of the Resurrection f. 19v-20r Order of Vespers f. 20r-21r Order of Compline f. 21r-22r Order of the night office f. 22r-23r Order of Matins f. 23rv Huttame of the other offices f. 26r-32v Ordinary of the mass f. 32v-33r Prayer for blessing of bread. A table grace. f. 33r-39v Prayers of every kind f. 33r-34r Prayers of vespers f. 34r-35r Prayers of the "hymns of the Greek canon" f. 35r-38v Miscellaneous prayers f. 38v-39v Table prayers (Garshuni) f. 39v-42r Two rhymed homilies for feasts (in Garshuni) f. 39v-40v Homily on the feast of the Nativity f. 40v-42r Homily on the Epiphany f. 42r-45r Two questions of the Fathers f. 42r Question that Bishop Severus asked of Bishop Jacob of Edessa: "How is God above all and below all, inside all and outside all and in all?" f. 42v-45r Bishop John (?), Question concerning the dead after burial while he is doing penance (Garshuni) f. 45v-48v Miracle that our Lady Mary, the Mother of God, worked f. 48v A few epigrams f. 49r-58r Four more rhymed homilies f. 49r-52r Turjām of the blessed Fast f. 52r-54r A pretty homily on the venerable crucifixion f. 54r-56r Turjām of Ninevah and lections (?) of the prophet Jonah. A single rhymed composition f. 56v-58r Turjām on the Resurrection f. 58rv Two prayers: One for the patriarch and one for the sultan f. 59r-61r Another rhymed homily: Turjām on the Dormition of our Lady the Virgin Mary f. 61v-69r f. 69v-73v Homily delivered by St. Jacob which he delivered on the thief of the right hand; read on the Friday of the Crucifixion f. 73v-88v An abridged discouse on the true faith and on the hymns of the spiritual Church. f. 89r-96r The questions of St. Basil and St. Gregory f. 96r-112r Ten questions concerning which a certain disciple asked his master f. 96rv Contents f. 96v-112r Text f. 112r-118r Homily delivered by Bishop Gregory (Pseudo-Gregory Nazianzus), on the destruction of this world and the departure of the soul from the body f. 118v-148r The Apocalypse of Paul (Garshuni) f. 148v Beginning of an unidentified item

St. Mark's Convent, Jerusalem 2-11

1,554 CE

Syriac

See entry at CPART and in Macomber

Church of the East (Chaldean) Pontifical Ritual
- f. 1v-137v Pontifical Ritual
  - f. 1v-2r Gospel lection for the ordination of a bishop or of a catholicos
  - f. 3r Instruction concerning the wood from the which the tablitha is made
  - f. 3v-26r Catholicos Mar Isho'yahb of Adiabene, Consecration of the altar place with oil
  - f. 26v-28r Consecration of the altar place without oil
  - f. 28v Signing of the chalice before it goes up to the altar, when they are compelled to consecrate an additional chalice) on a day of great concourse.
  - f. 29rv Instruction concerning ordinations
  - f. 29v-38r Ordinations of lectors, subdeacons, and deacons
  - f. 38v-44v Rite of the ordination of priests
  - f. 44v-46v Rite of the clothing of monks
  - f. 46v-66v Rite of the tonsure of monks
  - f. 66v-77r Rite of the tonsure of women who are nuns
  - f. 77r-78v Rite of the institution of abbots
  - f. 79v-89v Rite of the ordination of bishops
  - f. 90r-93r The rite of the perfection of bishops by catholicoi. In the Church of the East (Nestorian), a bishop could be ordained by a metropolitan, but he could not exercise his full powers until he had gone to the catholicos and been perfected
  - f. 93r-106r Rite of the ordination of catholicoi
  - f. 106r-107r Rite of the ordination of the archdeacon
  - f. 107r-108r Rite when a chorbishop is appointed for a district to act like the archdeacon, who is the visitor of the villages
  - f. 108r-109v Rite of the ordination of women deaconesses
  - f. 110r-111r Rite of the ordination of a Shaharā priest
  - f. 111r-113r Mar 'Abdisho', Catholicos, Prayer that is recited, likewise a prayer of inclination, over a bishop that is translated from one see to another see
  - f. 113rv Summary of the contents of the manuscript
  - f. 115v-137r Mar Isho'yahb of Nisibis, also known as Bar Malkon, Canons of ordination
  - f. 137rv Four prayers for the reconciliation of penitent excommunicated persons: 1) For a bishop who has been degraded, 2) for seculars, 3 and 4) For anyone

Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 248 (SMMJ 00248)

1,475 CE

Garshuni, Syriac

See entry at CPART and in Macomber ([Macomber A]; [Macomber B]) (St. Mark's Convent, Jerusalem 2-13; SMC 2-13). Filoksinos Yohanna Dolabany, Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in St. Mark’s Monastery (1994).

Part A (20th Century) (Garshuni, Syriac)
- Syrian Orthodox collection of miscellaneous liturgical pieces
  - f. 1r-2r Rite for the reconciliation of a penitent sinner
  - f. 2v-3v Order of the prayers of the hymns of the canon
  - f. 3v-4v Acrostic alphabetic hymn without title
  - f. 4v-5r A song on drinking; It is sung on the alphabet
Part B (1474/5 CE) (Garshuni, Syriac)
- Syrian Orthodox collection of miscellaneous liturgical pieces
  - f. 1r-42r Miscellaneous Liturgical Pieces
    - f. 1r-9r Shumlaya that the deacon proclaims in the offering of the Eucharist according to the modern revision of Melitene. This is a diaconal for the Mass.
    - f. 9r-10r Communion hymns for the Thursday of the Mysteries
    - f. 1r-23r Prayers, proemia, sedre, 'etre, and huttame that are learned by heart by a new priest when he is ordained.
      - f. 10r-11r Order of the Mother of God
      - f. 11r-12r Order of the Apostles
      - f. 12r-13r Order of the martyrs
      - f. 13r-14r Order of the Patron Saint
      - f. 14r-15r Communion order
      - f. 15r-16r Order of penitance
      - f. 16v-17v Order of the departed
      - f. 17v-19r Oder of the Cross
      - f. 19rv Order of the Resurrection
      - f. 19v-20r Order of Vespers
      - f. 20r-21r Order of Compline
      - f. 21r-22r Order of the night office
      - f. 22r-23r Order of Matins
      - f. 23rv Huttame of the other offices
    - f. 26r-32v Ordinary of the mass
    - f. 32v-33r Prayer for blessing of bread. A table grace.
    - f. 33r-39v Prayers of every kind
      - f. 33r-34r Prayers of vespers
      - f. 34r-35r Prayers of the "hymns of the Greek canon"
      - f. 35r-38v Miscellaneous prayers
      - f. 38v-39v Table prayers (Garshuni)
    - f. 39v-42r Two rhymed homilies for feasts (in Garshuni)
      - f. 39v-40v Homily on the feast of the Nativity
      - f. 40v-42r Homily on the Epiphany
    - f. 42r-45r Two questions of the Fathers
      - f. 42r Question that Bishop Severus asked of Bishop Jacob of Edessa: "How is God above all and below all, inside all and outside all and in all?"
      - f. 42v-45r Bishop John (?), Question concerning the dead after burial while he is doing penance (Garshuni)
    - f. 45v-48v Miracle that our Lady Mary, the Mother of God, worked
    - f. 48v A few epigrams
    - f. 49r-58r Four more rhymed homilies
      - f. 49r-52r Turjām of the blessed Fast
      - f. 52r-54r A pretty homily on the venerable crucifixion
      - f. 54r-56r Turjām of Ninevah and lections (?) of the prophet Jonah. A single rhymed composition
      - f. 56v-58r Turjām on the Resurrection
    - f. 58rv Two prayers: One for the patriarch and one for the sultan
    - f. 59r-61r Another rhymed homily: Turjām on the Dormition of our Lady the Virgin Mary
    - f. 61v-69r
    - f. 69v-73v Homily delivered by St. Jacob which he delivered on the thief of the right hand; read on the Friday of the Crucifixion
    - f. 73v-88v An abridged discouse on the true faith and on the hymns of the spiritual Church.
    - f. 89r-96r The questions of St. Basil and St. Gregory
    - f. 96r-112r Ten questions concerning which a certain disciple asked his master
      - f. 96rv Contents
      - f. 96v-112r Text
    - f. 112r-118r Homily delivered by Bishop Gregory (Pseudo-Gregory Nazianzus), on the destruction of this world and the departure of the soul from the body
- f. 118v-148r The Apocalypse of Paul (Garshuni)
  - f. 148v Beginning of an unidentified item

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