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*The Approximate Date column is derived from the best available information for the manuscript. This is not asserted as a scholarly position on the dating of the manuscript. Instead, it is merely used here for the convenience of being able to sort all manuscripts by numerical date. The user should keep in mind that there may be considerable debate over the precise dating of the manuscript and should consult the manuscript repository and relevant scholarly literature for details.

Manuscript Name / Shelf Mark / Project Number Approximate Date Language The main body text Link to Digitized Manuscript
Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 8 (SMMJ 00008) 1,600 CE Garshuni, Syriac

See entry at CPART and in Macomber (St. Mark's Convent, Jerusalem 1-3; SMC 1-3); Baumstark 1 and Baumstark 1*; Filoksinos Yohanna Dolabany, Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in St. Mark’s Monastery (1994).

  • f. 1v-116v Psalms (Syriac/Garshuni) (Syriac is the Peshitta)
  • f. 116b Our Father in Syriac and Garshuni
  • f. 116v-117r The Creed of the three hundred, i.e. the Nicene Creed (Syriac and Garshuni)
  • f. 117r A special Psalm of David. Psalm 151 (Syriac and Garshuni)

Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 31 (SMMJ 00031) 1,500 CE Syriac

See entry at CPART and in Macomber (st. Mark's Convent, Jerusalem 1-4; SMC 1-4). Filoksinos Yohanna Dolabany, Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in St. Mark’s Monastery (1994).

  • f. 1r-276v New Testament
    • f. 1r-136v Gospels (Harklean version)
      • f. 1r-40r Matthew
      • f. 40v-67r Mark
      • f. 67v-107r Luke
      • f. 108v-136v John
    • f. 137r-148r The readings of the redemptive Passion of Christ, our God, collected from the four evangelists through the revision of Thomas of Harkel. This is a harmony of the four gospels for the account of the Passion.
    • f. 148v-188v The Acts of the Apostles (Harklean version)
      • f. 148v-149r The cause of the book
      • f. 149v-188v Acts of the Apostles in the Peshitta version
    • f. 188v-205r The Catholic Epistles in the Peshitta version
      • f. 188v-192r James
      • f. 192r-196v 1 Peter
      • f. 192r-196v 1 John
      • f. 200v-203r 2 Peter
      • f. 203rv 2 John
      • f. 203v-204r 3 John
      • f. 204r-205r Epistle of Jude
    • f. 205v-276v The Pauline Epistles in the Peshitta version
      • f. 205v-219v Romans
      • f. 219v-232v 1 Corinthians
      • f. 232v-241r 2 Corinthians
      • f. 241r-245v Galatians
      • f. 245v-248v, 256v-255v Ephesians
      • f. 255v-252v Philippians
      • f. 252v-249v Colossians
      • f. 249vr, 257r-258v 1 Thessalonians
      • f. 258v-260r 2 Thessalonians
      • f. 260r-263v 1 Timothy
      • f. 263v-266r 2 Timothy
      • f. 266r-267v Titus
      • f. 267v-268r Philemon
      • f. 268r-276v Hebrews (ends at 12:27)

Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 42 (SMMJ 00042) 1,500 CE Syriac

See entry at CPART and in Macomber. Title: "Volume of the names and readings of the Old and New Testaments according to the tradition of [the monastery of] Qarqapta." (St. Mark's Convent, Jerusalem 1-5; SMC 1-5); See entry in Baumstark 1*. Filoksinos Yohanna Dolabany, Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in St. Mark’s Monastery (1994).

  • pp. 2-153 Old Testament (Syriac Masorah)
    • pp. 2-12 Genesis
    • pp. 12-18 Exodus
    • pp. 18-22 Leviticus
    • pp. 22-29 Numbers
    • pp. 29-35 Deuteronomy
    • pp. 35-41 Joshua
    • pp. 41-45 Judges
    • pp. 45-53 Job
    • pp. 53-64 I and II Samuel
    • pp. 64-74 I and II Kings
    • pp. 74-86 Psalms
    • pp. 86-91 Proverbs
    • pp. 91-96 Wisdom
    • pp. 96-98 Ecclesiastes (Qoheleth)
    • pp. 98-100 Song of Songs
    • pp. 100-111 Isaiah
    • pp. 111-119 Twelve minor Prophets
    • pp. 119-133 Books of Jeremiah
      • pp. 119-129 Jeremiah
      • pp. 129-131 Lamentations of Jeremiah
      • pp. 131 Prayer of Jeremiah
      • pp. 131-132 First Baruch
      • p. 132 Second Baruch
      • pp. 132-133 Epistle of Jeremiah
    • pp. 133-141 Ezekiel
    • pp. 141-146 Daniel
      • pp. 141-144 Prophecy of Daniel
      • pp. 144-145 Bel and the Dragon
      • pp. 145-146 Susanna
    • pp. 146-153 Ben Sirach
  • pp. 153-200 New Testament (Peshitta)
    • pp. 153-160 Acts
    • pp. 160-162 Catholic Epistles (only James, 1 Peter, and 1 John)
    • pp. 162-175 Pauline Epistles
    • pp. 176-185 Matthew
    • pp. 185-189 Mark
    • pp. 189-196 Luke
    • pp. 196-200 John
  • pp. 201-214v Names and readings of the New Testament according to the tradition of Thomas of Harkel
    • pp. 201-204 Acts
    • pp. 204-209 Pauline Epistles
    • pp. 209-214 Gospels
  • pp. 215-263 Names and readings of the Orthodox Doctors
    • p. 215 (Pseudo-) Dionysius the Areopagite
    • pp. 216-219 St. Basil
    • pp. 219-247 St. Gregory the Theologian (Nazianzus)
    • pp. 247-249 Letters of Basil and Gregory
    • pp. 249-263 Severus of Antioch
  • p. 263 The names that are in the Revelation according to John, the evangelist and apostle
  • pp. 263-267 Letter of St. Jacob, Bishop of Edessa, concerning the dots
  • pp. 267-272 Letter of St. Jacob, Bishop of Edessa to George, Bishop of Sarug
  • pp. 272-283 Names and readings of Epiphanius
  • pp. 284-292 Interpretations of the Hebrew words and of other peoples that are included in the books of the holy prophets which have been gathered with great diligence from the tradition of the Seventy-Two Translators and from the revision of Jacob of Edessa
  • pp. 292-296 Rabban Yohannan (called Beth-Qaddishe, disciple of Maron), Discourse on the Incarnation in view of the orthodox faith of the holy Fathers

Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 36 (SMMJ 00036) 1,800 CE Garshuni, Syriac

See entry at CPART and in Macomber (Macomber 2-2B) (St. Mark's Convent, Jerusalem 2-2; SMC 2-2)

  • Part A (1800)
    • f. 1v-4r Syrian Orthodox Lections for the feast of the Nativity
      • f. 1v-2r At vespers of the Nativity of our Lord in the flesh. John 1:1-17
      • f. 2r-3r At matins of the Nativity of our Lord in the flesh. Matthew 2:1-12
      • f. 3r-4r The Nativity of our Lord. From the Apostle Paul. Galatians 4:1-18
  • ​Part B (12th Century)
    • f. 1v-273r New Testament Peshitta (unless otherwise indicated)
      • f. 1v-32v Matthew
      • f. 32v-52v Mark
      • f. 52v-87r Luke
      • f. 87r-114r John
      • f. 115r-142v Harklean lections of the Great (i.e. Passion) week
      • f. 142v-178v Acts
      • f. 178v-182r James
      • f. 182r-186r 1 Peter
      • f. 186r-189v 1 John
      • f. 189v-190r 2 John (Harklean)
      • f. 190rv 3 John (Harklean)
      • f. 190v-192v 2 Peter (Harklean)
      • f. 192v-193v Jude (Harklean)
      • f. 193v-207v Romans
      • f. 207v-222r 1 Corinthians
      • f. 222r-232v 2 Corinthians
      • f. 232v-237r Galatians
      • f. 237r-242v Ephesians
      • f. 242v-246r Philippians
      • f. 246r-249r Colossians
      • f. 249r-252r 1 Thessalonians
      • f. 252r-254r 2 Thessalonians
      • f. 254r-258r 1 Timothy
      • f. 258r-260v 2 Timothy
      • f. 260v-262r Titus
      • f. 262rv Philemon
      • f. 262v-273r Hebrews

Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 37 (SMMJ 00037) 800 CE Syriac

See entry at CPART and in Macomber (St. Mark's Convent, Jerusalem 2-3; SMC 2-3); Filoksinos Yohanna Dolabany, Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in St. Mark’s Monastery (1994).

  • f. 1r-98v Harklean
    • f. 1r-7r Introduction to the Pauline Epistles
      • f. 1r The places from which the epistles were written; the persons indicated as senders
      • f. 1r-7r On the biblical citations found in the epistles
      • f. 7r-8r On the division of the epistles into chapters
    • f. 7v-98v Text (Translation according to the Harklean version)
      • f. 8r-27r Romans
      • f. 27v-47v 1 Corinthians
      • f. 47r-59v 2 Corinthians
      • f. 59v-65r Galatians
      • f. 65r-70r Ephesians
      • f. 70r-74r Philippians
      • f. 74r-78v Colossians
      • f. 78v-82r 1 Thessalonians
      • f. 82v-84v 2 Thessalonians
      • f.  84v-89v 1 Timothy
      • f. 89v-93r 2 Timothy
      • f. 93r-95r Titus
      • f. 95v-96r Philemon
      • f. 96r-98v Hebrews

Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 32 (SMMJ 00032) 1,200 CE Syriac
  • Filoksinos Yohanna Dolabany, Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in St. Mark’s Monastery (1994).
  • fol. 2r-169v Gospel Lectionary

Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 33 (SMMJ 00033) 1,900 CE Garshuni

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

  • fol. 7v-293r Gospel Lectionary (According to the Harklean Version)

Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 34 (SMMJ 00034) 1,400 CE Syriac

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

  • fol. 2r-259v Gospels (Translation according to the Harklean Version)

Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 35 bis (SMMJ 00035 bis) 1,200 CE Syriac
  • fol. 4r-213v Gospels

Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 38 (SMMJ 00038) 1,477 CE Syriac
  • Filoksinos Yohanna Dolabany, Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in St. Mark’s Monastery (1994).
  • fol. 3r-205r Epistles of Paul

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