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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Mardin, Turkey Chaldean Cathedral (CCM 00018) |
1,610 CE |
Garshuni |
- f. 1v-3v On the priest and the sponsors of the bride and groom
- f. 3v-7v Command and blessing of marriage
- f. 7v-14v Blessings of the contract of the oath
- f. 15r-50v Unidentified astrological-theological text
- f. 50v-78r Story of the palace of Shād b. 'Ād
- f. 78v-131r Story of Masrūr and Zayn al-Muwāṣif
- f. 131v-135v Hymns to the Virgin Mary
- f. 136r-139v Hymns
- f. 140r-177v Unidentified hagiographic text
- f. 178r-185r Story of the skull that conversed with Jesus Christ, said to be the head of Arsenios, the king of Egypt
- f. 185v-196r John Chrysostom, On the commandments of Great Sunday
- f. 196r Explanation of that which God gave Moses the prophet
- f. 196v-197v Forbidden, defective days in the lunar months
- f. 198r-216v Hymns
- f. 216v-217v Reading from the Gospel of Matthew (i.e. Mark)
- f. 218r-227v Story of Mark the Merchant, who was carried away into exile to the land of Persia, and Gaspar the Pagan
- f. 227v-236v Hymn on the Economy of Christ
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Mardin, Turkey Chaldean Cathedral (CCM 00344) |
1,600 CE |
Garshuni |
- f. 2r-3v Homily
- f. 3r-5v John Chrysostom, Homily on the denial of Peter
- f. 6r-11r John Chrysostom, Homily on Great Lent
- f. 11r-17v John Chrysostom, On repentance and love
- f. 17v-22v Ephrem Syrus, Homily on repentance and the soul
- f. 22v-31r John Chrysostom, commentary on the sixth Psalm
- f. 31v-37r Jacob of Sarug, Homily on the Holy Mysteries, Confession, and Repentance
- f. 37v-43v John Chrysostom, On Repentance and the rebuke of the soul
- f. 43v-48v Ephrem Syrus, Homily on the end and the punishment of the world
- f. 48v-60v Basil, Bishop of Caesarea, Homily on repentance, on the poor Lazarus and the rich man
- f. 60v-69r John Chrysostom, Homily on the first day of creation
- f. 69r-75r Jacob of Sarug, Homily on repentance and baptism
- f. 75v-79v Gregory Nazianzus, Homily on the Nativity of our Lord
- f. 79v-95v John Chrysostom, Homily on the ten virgins
- f. 85v-91r John Chrysostom, Homily on Abraham and Isaac, when he took his son to sacrifice him
- f. 91r-105v John Chrysostom, Homily on Judas' betrayal of Christ
- f. 106r-114r John Chrysostom, Homily on the Lord's words "My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass by me"
- f. 114v-121v Book of the paradise. Chapter 1. "On the love of the near ones"
- f. 122v-127r Great miracle of the Virgin Mary that occured in the days of Caliph al-Mamun in Baghdad
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Mardin, Turkey Chaldean Cathedral (CCM 00398) |
1,583 CE |
Arabic, Latin, Persian, Syriac |
See Scher's note on Diyarbakir 95
- f. 1v-5v Homily for the blessed brethren (Syriac)
- f. 5v-13v Homily on Repentance (Syriac)
- f. 15v Story about a monk from Najran (Arabic)
- f. 16v-53r Gregory bar Hebraeus, On Perfection with additions and commentaries by Khamis bar Qardahe and Īsho'yahb bar Mqaddam (Syriac)
- f. 53v-55v Ode on the soul, with commentary by Khamis bar Qardahe (Syriac)
- f. 56r-75r Khamis bar Qardahe, Homilies (Syriac)
- f. 76v-77r Isho'yahb bar Malkon, Book of Instruction (Syriac)
- f. 78v-144v Homily on Rabban Hormizd (Syriac)
- f. 147v-160v 'Onitha: Pearl of Knowledge (Syriac)
- f. 172v-182v 'Onitha for the commemoration of Yuliṭa and her son (Syriac)
- f. 183v-197v 'Abdishō' of Gazarta, Homily on the homonyms (Syriac)
- f. 198r-203v Riddles (Syriac)
- f. 204r-204v 'Abdisho' of Gazarta, Turgama of Cyriacus (Syriac)
- f. 205r-208v Homily of Rogation (Syriac)
- f. 208v-212v 'Abdisho' of Gazarta, Dismissal prayers in strophes (Syriac)
- f. 212v-216v 'Abdisho' of Gazarta, Poems (Syriac)
- f. 216v-217v Homily about bad time (Syriac)
- f. 218r-222r Ephrem Syrus, Sermon on Reprehension V (Syriac)
- f. 223r-227r Jacob of Sarug, Homily on the mysteries of our Lord in the Old Testament (Syriac)
- f. 227v-232v Credo of the true Orthodox (Syriac)
- f. 232v-233v Credo of Isho'panaḥ, who was accused of drinking the poison of paganism (Syriac)
- f. 234v-243r Excerprs from various canonical texts on the election of a patriarch and his rights (Syriac)
- f. 243v-245r Khamis bar Qardahe, Brief note on heresies and on the pagan gods that were abolished through the coming of Christ (Latin, Persian, Syriac)
- f. 245v-246v Homily that awakens and exhorts and incites penitents (Syriac)
- f. 247r-248r Homily about a Syrian Orthodox Patriarch (Syriac)
- f. 248r-256r 'Abdisho' of Gazarta, Poems (Syriac)
- f. 256r-258r Riddles (Syriac)
- f. 258r-266v Poems (Syriac)
- f. 267r-274v Disputation between a monk of Bet Ḥale and an Arab notable (Syriac)
- f. 274v-277v On the Trinity (in questions and answers) and other liturgical matters (Syriac)
- f. 278r-280r Names of the prophets (Syriac)
- f. 280r-281r On the cities of pagan kingdoms (Syriac)
- f. 281v-299r Isho'dad of Merv, Excerpts from the Commentary on the New Testament (Syriac)
- f. 299r-310v Questions on the Pentateuch (Syriac)
- f. 310v-312v On the barbarious nations that do not know writing and god (Syriac)
- f. 313r-334v Computus and other astronomical and historical reckonings (Syriac)
- f. 335v-344v Rite of reception of an ordained bishop
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Mardin, Turkey Chaldean Cathedral (CCM 00411) |
1,545 CE |
Syriac |
See Scher's note on Diyarbakir 76
- f. 2v-76r Homily on Rabban Hormizd
- f. 76v-93v Homily on Mār Aḥā, brother of Mar John the Egyptian
- f. 94v-176r Ephrem Syrus, Twelve Homilies on Joseph the Righteous
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Sachau 165; Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin 201 |
1,300 CE |
Syriac |
See entry for Sachau 165
- Lives and sayings for famous ascetics and church Fathers
- f. 1-8v Biographical notes about church fathers and Citations of their works
- f. 8v, 13-25 fragments of a writing about the monastic call
- f. 9r-9v, 17 fragments of a legend of St. Pior (Identified with Lausaic history ch. 87)
- f. 9v-12v Admonition of the Apostle Peter
- f. 12v-16v From the legend of Abba Bishoi about the Isaac who became a Jew
- f. 16v-18v part of the life of Alexander of Rome
- f. 18r-19r Patristic citations
- f. 19r-22r Conversation between teachers and students
- f. 23r-26v Legends
- f. 27r-32v Biographical notes about the prophets of the Old Testament
- f. 32v-36v Notes on the New Testament
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Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi 7/7; 11 (DIYR 00165) |
1,909 CE |
Garshuni, Syriac |
- Life of Mor Behnam the Martyr
- Life of Qasis the priest
- Life of the Penitent Mary
- On Leavened Bread
- Commentary of Mor John the Patriarch on the mystery of salt, wine, and oil
- Apology against disagreement with witnesses of orthodox teachers
- Questions of the Holy Fathers
- Short treatises on some episodes of the Old Testament
- Ignatius Shukr Allah II, Selection from the teaching of metropolitan Shukr Alla on the Cross
- Athanasius, Patriarch of Jerusalem, Selection from the teaching of the Patriarch of Jerusalem on the Ascension of our Lord
- Athanasius, Patriarch of Jerusalem, Pentekostarion
- Selection on the Transfiguration of Our Lord
- Selection for the feast of John the Baptist
- Selection on repentance
- Admonition on the Our Father
- Selection on prayer
- Special commandment of vigil
- Admonitions
- Life of the Apostle Thomas
- Prayers on occasions of illness and pain
- Gospel readings
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Sinai Syr. 16 |
600 CE |
Syriac |
See entry in Lewis
- ff. 1-86 Lives of the Egyptian Fathers
- ff. 87-93 Life of the Holy Nilus the Anchorite
- ff. 93-105 The Apology of Aristides on behalf of the Christians
- ff. 105-112 A discourse of Plutarch on the advantage to be derived from one's enemies
- ff. 112-121 A discourse of Pythagoras
- ff. 121-126 A discourse of Plutarch about asceticism
- ff. 126-132 A discourse of Plutarch about anger
- ff. 132-140 A discourse of Lucian that we should not readily believe slander against our friends
- ff. 140-143 Discourse of a Philosopher about the Soul
- ff. 151-214 Mar John the Anchorite, Commentary on Ecclesiastes
- ff. 214 ad finem; John Chrysostom, Commentaries on Matthew
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