Harvard MS Syr 35 |
1,500 CE |
Syriac |
Catalog Entry
- Histories of the Virgin Mary: The Histories of the Virgin are in five books, all but no. 4 having lacunae in their text. Ff. 135-140 (disordered) contain a memra of Mar Aprim "on Mary and Joseph and on the scorn they endured from the Jews."
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Harvard MS Syr 42 |
1,400 CE |
Syriac |
Catalog Entry
- Homilies of John Saba (ff. 1r-30v)
- Chapter of knowledge by John Saba (30v-33r)
- Fifty-one letters of John Saba (33r-67v)
- Chapters of knowledge, nos. 2-6 (67v-86r)
- Maxims by John bar Penkaye (86r-87v)
- Discourse on What is man, by John bar Penkaye (87r-93v)
- "Letters not found in the monastery copy" (93v-94v)
- Selected sayings of Saba (94v-96r)
- Short section by Bar Penkaye (96r-v)
- Madrashe by the saint (96v-97v)
- Memra on the trisagion by John Bar Penkaye (98r-101v)
- Life of John bar Penkaye (101v-102v)
- Selections from Evagrius, Gregory the Monk, Simeon the Monk, Basil, Philoxenus and John Chrysostom (102v-116v)
- Apocalypse of Daniel (117r-122v)
- Discourse of John of Mount Sinai on repentance (122v-125r), with a lacuna on f. 124v
- unidentified memre (125r-v).
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Harvard MS Syr 47 |
1,400 CE |
Syriac |
Catalog Entry
- Bound at an early date with a manuscript of theological texts (ff. 1-160)
- Canons by Mar Yoḥanan the bishop on the holy mysteries (ff.161r-162r)
- Scholion of Jacob of Edessa on the communion (162r-163v)
- Commentary on the creed and baptism by Dionysius bar Ṣalibi (163v-168v)
- An account of the faith and the cross and the other mysteries one by one (168v-177r)
- The holy and life-giving mysteries of the holy chrism (177r-187r)
- The hidden mystery concerning baptism (187r-203v)
- On the making of olive oil for chrism (203v-204v)
- Various short sections in different hands (205-207)
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Qarah Qūsh, Syrian Catholic Archdiocesan Library (DSCQT 00025) |
1,824 CE |
Arabic, Garshuni, Syriac |
- f. 3r-151r Treatise on the Mother of God
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Qarah Qūsh, Iraq, Syrian Catholic Archdiocesan Library (DSCQT 00048) |
1,823 CE |
Arabic, Garshuni |
- fol. 1r-269v Treatise on the sacraments of the Church
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Borg. sir. 10 |
Unknown |
Syriac |
Homilies of the Fathers: Catalog entry link
- Eleven homilies of Isaac of Antioch, Jacob of Sarug, Isaac of Ninevah, and of St. Ephrem on the ascetic life and on the incarnation
- A Memra composed by a certain bishop on the seven climates of the earth and on the variations of the climates
- Canons of the Holy Fathers on the Christian life, on the liturgy, and on the sacrifice
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Vat. sir. 97 |
1,518 CE |
Garshuni, Syriac |
Catalog entry in Assemani
- Homilies of John bar Ma'dani
- On the Nativity of our Lord
- On the Epiphany of our Lord
- On the presentation of our Lord in the Temple
- On the fast of the Ninevites and Jonah the Prophet
- On the 40-day Fast
- On the Feast of Hosannas
- On the Saturday of the crucifixion
- On the Saturday of the crucifixion
- On the Resurrection of our Lord
- On the Ascension of our Lord
- On Pentecost
- On the holy Apostles
- On the Transfiguration of the Lord
- On the translation of His Mother
- On the Holy Cross
- Paraenetic homilies before whatsoever day
- Older paraenetic homilies
- Ten homilies on the end and on humility
- Elijah ibn al-Hadit, Prayer according to Ma'ari who lived in Nisibis
- St. Cyril, Homily X on Virginity
- Syriac epigram
- On the creation of man
- Homily on the Saints
- Syriac song in 7-syllable meter
- 'Abdisho' of Sobin, Syriac song in 12-syllable meter
- 'Abdisho' of Sobin, Syriac song in 12-syllable meter
- Prayer
- Benediction of the table
- Coronation of the betrothed
- Names of kings which king Mahir-Shapur sent, said to have adored Christ
- Noah of Lebanon, Syriac Jacobite Patriarch, Brief Chronicle
- Calendar
- Homilies by Noah the Patriarch
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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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Vat. sir. 223 |
1,675 CE |
Garshuni |
Catalog entry in Assemani
- The book of perfection
- Exposition for Dominical Feasts
- Rules for a pious society
- Way of reciting the rosary of the Blessed Virgin
- Profession of the faith
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Vat. sir. 433 |
1,600 CE |
Garshuni, Latin, Syriac |
Catalog entry in Assemani
- Elements of logic
- Deposits of Syriac texts from one person
- Fragment of Metaphysics
- On Absolute Knowledge
- On temporal priests
- Treatise on unclean spirits
- Book of the kings of Israel
- Book of the responses of Ben Sira
- HIstory of Susanna
- Isagoge
- Proverbs of wisdom
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