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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)
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BnF syr. 25 |
1,700 CE |
Syriac |
See catalog entry here; Chaldean Liturgical text
- f. 1-99r Psalms (Peshitta)
- f. 99v-103r The first song of Moses, the song of Isaiah, and the second and third songs of Moses (Peshitta)
- f. 103v-217r Order of the Hudra for the days of the week.
- f. 217v-226r Office for the feast of St. Thomas
- f. 226v-249r General office for the day of the Commemoration of the venerable Mary, Mother of God
- f. 249v-250 On the governance of the Holy Church
- f. 251 On the chastity of priests
- f. 252-273r Order and canons which one recites on the feast of the Nativity
- f. 273v-276r Order for the consecration of the scapular of the Carmelites
- f. 276v-277 Ecclesiastical calendar
- f. 278 ff. Manual of priests with all the prayers used in ecclesiastical functions
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Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi (DIYR 00206) |
1,899 CE |
Garshuni, Syriac, Turkish |
- Canons (Garshuni)
- Prayer on behalf of the community of St. Mar Musa al-Habashi (Garshuni)
- Prayers (Garshuni)
- Spells (Garshuni)
- Charms against arrows and arms (Syriac)
- Procession of the Cross (Syriac)
- Prayers (Syriac)
- Litany of our Lady Mary (Garshuni)
- History of Kyprianos (Garshuni)
- Prayers (Garshuni)
- History of Solomon, son of David (Garshuni)
- Psalter (Syriac)
- Songs of glorification (Syriac)
- Definition of the faith of the 318 fathers against the doctrine of Arius (Garshuni, Syriac, Turkish)
- Prayer (Garshuni, Syriac)
- Ephrem Syrus, Homily on Teaching (Syriac)
- Dismissal Prayer (Garshuni)
- Prayer sent by God to Solomon and his reply
- Psalter (Garshuni)
- Prayers (Garshuni)
- Names of all the angels (Syriac)
- Prayer of Our Lady (Garshuni)
- Charms and spells (Garshuni, Syriac)
- Charms (Turkish)
- Prayers (Garshuni)
- Calling of the Apostles (Garshuni)
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Harvard MS Syr 40 |
1,559 CE |
Arabic, Syriac |
Catalog Entry
- Ps. 1-150 (f. 3r-228r)
- Ps. 151 (229r-v)
- Canticles, beatitudes, Gloria in excelsis, trishagion, Nicene creed (229v-244r)
- Memra attributed to Ephrem (ff. 244r-249v, incomplete at the end)
- Colophon (250r).
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Harvard MS Syr 93 |
700 CE |
Syriac |
Catalog Entry
- A collection of short works including a "Gospel of the Twelve Apostles" (ff. 47r-51v)
- Apocalypses of Simon Kepha, James, John the little (51v-57v)
- A fragment of the Doctrina Addai (57v)
- Various responsa and canons (1r-46v, 59r ff.) including replies of Jacob of Edessa.
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Borg. sir. 148 |
1,576 CE |
Syriac |
See catalog entry here
- Didascalia Apostolorum
- Testament of our Lord
- Some extracts from the Doctrina Addai
- Apostolic Canons
- Canons of the council of Nicaea
- Canons of the council of Ancyra
- Canons of the council of Neocaesarea
- Canons of the synod of Gangres
- Canons of the council of Antioch
- Canons of the synod of Laodicea
- Canons of the council of Constantinople
- Canons of the council of Ephesus against Nestorius
- Canons of the council of St. Cyprian of Carthage
- Extracts from a synodal letter sent from Italy to the Bishops gathered in Antioch
- Extracts of the letters of Ignatius, disciple of the apostles
- Extracts of the councils of St. Peter of Alexandria on the subject of apostates
- Questions posed to Timothy, pope of Alexandria
- Synod of Sardica
- Letter of Athanasius of Alexandria to Ammonius, Abbot of the monastery
- Five letters of St. Basil addressed to the priest ܦܐܪܝܓܘܪܝܘܣ (Gregory?), to a chorbishop, to the priest Diodore at Amphilochius of Iconium
- Canons of the council of Chalcedon
- Extracts of the letters of certain Doctors and from St. Celestine, Bishop of Rome, against Nestorius
- Various canons
- Letters of St. Anthimus, bishop of Constantinople, of Basil, etc.
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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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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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Harvard Ms Syr 151 |
Unknown |
Syriac |
Catalog entry
- Canon law and admonition (3 vellum leaves, 29 cm., probably from the same ms. of the ca. 11th cent.), in 2 columns, ca. 40 lines per column, written in an old serto
- Acrostic hymn of Elia Abuḥalim (8 paper leaves in 1 quire, written in a good E. Syriac hand, ca. 17th cent.)
- End of a memra on the love of poverty, letter of Abgar to Jesus, beginning of the reply of Jesus (1 vellum leaf, estrangela, ca. 9th century)
- Lectionary containing Mt 18.17-20, Lk 14.1-6, Lk 16.19-24, with a quire signature decorated in color (1 leaf, 38 cm., large bold estrangela, ca. 13th cent.)
- W. Syriac qale for festivals, including a rubric for the evening service of Palm Sunday (2 vellum leaves in 1 bifolium, 40 cm. written in a very large estrangela script in 1 column, ca. 12th cent.)
- Fenqitho, part of the services for a group of priests (1 vellum leaf, estrangela in 2 columns, 37 cm., ca. 13th cent.)
- A homiliary, with a rubric for Mar Yuannis [Chrysostom] for the Monday of the Passion and the "entry into port" (part of 1 vellum leaf in 3 columns, estrangela, 37 cm. wide, ca. 12th cent.)
- Anaphora (2 paper leaves, serto, ca. 18th cent.)
- Hymns (2 paper leaves in 1 bifoium, poor serto, ca. 18th cent.)
- Service book naming a number of saints (part of 1 paper leaf, good late serto)
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Mosul, Iraq, Syrian Orthodox Archdiocese of Mosul MS 117 (ASOM 00117) |
1,730 CE |
Garshuni, Syriac |
- fol. 1v-140r Psalms
- Title NS: ܡܙܡܘܪ̈ܐ ܕܕܘܝܕ
- Parallel columns in Syriac and Arabic Garshuni
- Note: Includes also Psalm 151
- fol. 140v-142r Odes
- Moses and the song of the Red Sea
- Isaiah the prophet
- Hannah the prophetess [Mother of Samuel]
- Jonah the Prophet
- [Mary] the God-bearer
- fol. 142v-143r Nicene Creed
- fol. 143r-v The praise of the angel (Gloria in excelsis) and other liturgical prayers
- fol. 143v Trisagion
- fol. 143v The Lord's Prayer
- fol. 143v-145r Ephrem of Nisibis, Memra on doctrine
- Title NS: ܬܘܒ ܡܐܡܪܐ ܕܩ̄ܕ ܡܪܝ ܐܦܪܝܡ ܕܥܠ ܝܘܠܦܢܐ
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