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
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St. Thomas Syrian Catholic Church 110 |
Unknown |
Arabic |
See entry at CPART
- Ecclesiastical and Apostolic rules
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BnF syr. 198 |
1,600 CE |
Garshuni |
See catalog entry here
- f. 1-10v Ignatius of Antioch, Letter of Exhortation to Priests (CPG 1030)
- f. 10v-28v Questions and responses between a disciple and his master regarding the sacrament and confession
- f. 28v-48 Memra on Lent
- f. 48-53v Ephrem Syrus, Memra on the Departure of the soul from the body
- f. 53v-66v On the Excellence of the Christian Religion
- f. 70v-88v Some canons relative to Baptism
- f. 88v-100 Canons on penitence in the form of question and answer
- f. 100-112 Sixty-two canons on penitence
- f. 112-130 Questions and answers of Ss. Basil and Gregory
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BnF syr. 62 |
1,100 CE |
Syriac |
See catalog entry here (especially for the date of the ms)
- f. 1-89 Didascalia Apostolorum (Teaching of the 12 apostles; with excerpt from the prayer of Manasseh)
- f. 90-102r Books I-VII of the Apostolic Constitutions attributed to St. Clement
- f. 102v-107 Extracts from the Teaching of Addai
- f. 108-112 Collection of all the canons of the holy apostles and of the synods of the Holy Fathers
- f. 113-121r Book VIII of the canons of Clement
- f. 121v-128 The great and holy ecumenical council of Nicaea, metropolis of Bithynia, composed by the 318 fathers
- f. 129-132r The 24 canons fixed at Ancyra in Galatia through the synod which was assembled there
- f. 132v-133 Twelve other canons from the council assembled at Neo-caesarea
- f. 134-137r The eight canons established at Gangra
- f. 137v-146 The council which as gethered at ἐγχαινίοις, at the dedication of the church of Antioch: 28 canons.
- f. 147-149 Fifty-nine other canons established at Laodicaea in Phrygia
- f. 150-152 The seventh council, that of Constantinople
- f. 153 Two canons established at the holy council gathered at Ephesus during the time of Thedosius
- f. 154-170 Council of the 87 bishops gathered at Carthage during the time of Cyprian
- f. 171-172 Other canons from a letter written from Italy to the bishops of the East which were sent to the bishops reunited at Antioch
- f. 173-175r Selected sentences in the letters of the Epistles of St. Ignatius of Antioch
- f. 175v-183r Extracts from the instruction of St. Peter, bishop of Alexandria and martyr
- f. 183v-184 Questions addressed to Timothy the Great, Patriarch of Alexandria
- f. 185-191 Synodicon of Sardis
- f. 192-194r Letter of St. Athanasius, Bishop of Alexandria to Abbot Ammon, on obligation of celibacy to monks
- f. 194v Letter of St. Basil, bishop of Caesarea of Cappadocia, addressed to the priest Paregorius
- f. 195 Letter of St. Basil, bishop of Caesarea of Cappadocia, addressed to Chorbishops, on the defense of conferring ordination for donations
- f. 196-197 Letter of St. Basil, bishop of Caesarea of Cappadocia, addressed to the priest, Diodore, in which is a declaration of the legality of marriage of a man with his step-sister
- f. 198-207r Letter of St. Basil, bishop of Caesarea of Cappadocia, addressed to Amphilochius, Bishop of Iconia
- f. 207v-212 Letter of St. Basil, bishop of Caesarea of Cappadocia, addressed to Amphilochius, Bishop of Iconia
- f. 213 Another letter of St. Basil, bishop of Caesarea of Cappadocia, addressed to Amphilochius, Bishop of Iconia
- f. 214-218r The 27 canons of the council of Chalcedon
- f. 218v Sentences of Philoxenus of Mabbug
- f. 218v Sentences of St. Basil regarding heretics who persecute the orthodox
- f. 219 Sentences of St. Gregory the Theologian
- f. 219 Extracts of the third letter of St. Damassus
- f. 219-225 Letter of St. Gregory, bishop of Nyssa to Litoios, bishop of Melitene
- f. 226-229r Canons of St. Rabbula, bishop of Edessa
- f. 229v-237r Definition regarding certain chapters addressed to the east in the form of Questions to Holy Fathers
- f. 237v-241 Various canons and rites established by the council of persian bishops who met at Seleucia-Ktesiphon
- f. 242 Letter of John, bishop of Egypt, sent to the isle of Cyprus rejecting the council of Chalcedon
- f. 243-244 Canons established in the time of the persection at the time of Patriarch Severus
- f. 245r Extracts from a letter addressed to the holy fathers on the two priests and archimandrites named Paul
- f. 245v Extracts of a letter of St. Constantine, metropolitan of Laodicaea
- f. 246-247r Extracts of a letter written by a bishop to his friends
- f. 247v-248r Letter written from Constantinople to Martyrius, Bishop of Antioch
- f. 248v-253 Extracts from various letters of Severus, patriarch of Antioch
- f. 254 Five canons of the holy Theodosius, pope of Alexandria
- f. 254v-255r Letter of St. Anthimus, bishop of Constantinople to Jacob of Edessa
- f. 255v Definitions on the punishments with monks regarding various sins by St. Basil, bishop fo Caesarea
- f. 266 Letter of St. Cyril of Alexandria to the monks
- f. 257 Extracts of the letter of St. Celestine, bishop of Rome, to the clergy at people of Constantinople
- f. 258 More extracts from the acts of the council of Ephesus
- f. 261 Four canons about excommunicated clerics, by Sergius, bishop of Amphiator
- f. 262-266 Recommendations and precepts of the canons regarding clerics, by John Bar-Cursus, Bishop of Tella
- f. 267-271 Questions on diverse subjects, addressed to the priest Sergius by Mar John Bar-Cursus, Bishop of Tella
- f. 272 Letter of Patriarch Athanasius on the defense of Christians eating meat sacrificed by Arabs which currently abound
- f. 273-284 Questions addressed by the priest, Addai Philoponos, to Jacob of Edessa and the response of the same
- f. 285 Extract from the 107th homily of Gregory the Theologian, on the Gospel passage, "The Pharisees came to find him to test him"
- f. 286 ff. Precepts which God gave to Moses on abominations
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BnF arabe 111 |
1,673 CE |
Arabic, Syriac |
Melkite Liturgical Text
- Office of the Akathite for the 5th Saturday of Lent
- Horologion
- Canons for matins on certain days
- Prayers in Syriac
- Octateuch of the resurrection
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BnF syr. 332 |
1,700 CE |
Syriac |
Catalog entry in Chabot. This was one of the manuscripts used in Chabot's edition: J. - B. Chabot, Synodicon orientale ou recueil de synodes nestoriens. Paris: Imprimerie Nationale, 1902..
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BnF syr. 434 |
1,900 CE |
Garshuni, Syriac |
- f. 1v-63 Collection of Catechetal Questions and Answers
- f. 64-72 Explanations of words
- f. 73v-79v The History of Emperor Maurice
- f. 79v-86r History of Peter the Publican
- f. 86v-90r The history of the penitent demon
- f. 90v-97r Vision of Macarius on the soul after death
- f. 97v-100v Refutation on the causes of corruption
- f. 100v-101r On the different readings
- f. 101v-142v 'Abdišo' the Solitary, Mimra
- f. 142v-176r Profitable speech
- f. 177v-180r Athanasius of Alexandria, Profession of Faith
- f. 180r-181r Profession of faith of the Twelve Apostles
- f. 181v-186r Rite of marriage crowning
- f. 186v-187r Some Proverbs of Aḥiqar
- f. 187v-189r Prayer of confession of the faith
- f. 189r-190r Prayer for the consecration of impure water
- f. 190r-192v Dionysius bar Salibi, Canons
- f. 192v-199v Canons and precepts
- f. 200-201r Fragments in Garshuni
- f. 201v-205r 'Abdišo' de Gazarta
- f. 201v-203r Mimra on the monastic life
- f. 203r-204r Turgama on Mar Quriaqos
- f. 204r-205r Introduction to the Gospel
- f. 205v Final Prayer
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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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Mosul, Iraq, Mar Behnam (Monastery) (MBM 00205) |
1,771 CE |
Garshuni, Syriac |
- Ignatius Ya'qub I, Patriarch of Antioch, Examination and guidance for the priesthood
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Mosul, Iraq, Mar Behnam (Monastery) (MBM 00343) |
1,868 CE |
Arabic, Garshuni, Syriac |
- Collection of letters on diocesan matters
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