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Manuscript Name / Shelf Mark / Project Number	Approximate Date	Language	The main body text
Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 248 (SMMJ 00248)	1,475 CE	Garshuni, Syriac	See entry at CPART and in Macomber ([Macomber A]; [Macomber B]) (St. Mark's Convent, Jerusalem 2-13; SMC 2-13). Filoksinos Yohanna Dolabany, Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in St. Mark’s Monastery (1994). Part A (20th Century) (Garshuni, Syriac) Syrian Orthodox collection of miscellaneous liturgical pieces f. 1r-2r Rite for the reconciliation of a penitent sinner f. 2v-3v Order of the prayers of the hymns of the canon f. 3v-4v Acrostic alphabetic hymn without title f. 4v-5r A song on drinking; It is sung on the alphabet Part B (1474/5 CE) (Garshuni, Syriac) Syrian Orthodox collection of miscellaneous liturgical pieces f. 1r-42r Miscellaneous Liturgical Pieces f. 1r-9r Shumlaya that the deacon proclaims in the offering of the Eucharist according to the modern revision of Melitene. This is a diaconal for the Mass. f. 9r-10r Communion hymns for the Thursday of the Mysteries f. 1r-23r Prayers, proemia, sedre, 'etre, and huttame that are learned by heart by a new priest when he is ordained. f. 10r-11r Order of the Mother of God f. 11r-12r Order of the Apostles f. 12r-13r Order of the martyrs f. 13r-14r Order of the Patron Saint f. 14r-15r Communion order f. 15r-16r Order of penitance f. 16v-17v Order of the departed f. 17v-19r Oder of the Cross f. 19rv Order of the Resurrection f. 19v-20r Order of Vespers f. 20r-21r Order of Compline f. 21r-22r Order of the night office f. 22r-23r Order of Matins f. 23rv Huttame of the other offices f. 26r-32v Ordinary of the mass f. 32v-33r Prayer for blessing of bread. A table grace. f. 33r-39v Prayers of every kind f. 33r-34r Prayers of vespers f. 34r-35r Prayers of the "hymns of the Greek canon" f. 35r-38v Miscellaneous prayers f. 38v-39v Table prayers (Garshuni) f. 39v-42r Two rhymed homilies for feasts (in Garshuni) f. 39v-40v Homily on the feast of the Nativity f. 40v-42r Homily on the Epiphany f. 42r-45r Two questions of the Fathers f. 42r Question that Bishop Severus asked of Bishop Jacob of Edessa: "How is God above all and below all, inside all and outside all and in all?" f. 42v-45r Bishop John (?), Question concerning the dead after burial while he is doing penance (Garshuni) f. 45v-48v Miracle that our Lady Mary, the Mother of God, worked f. 48v A few epigrams f. 49r-58r Four more rhymed homilies f. 49r-52r Turjām of the blessed Fast f. 52r-54r A pretty homily on the venerable crucifixion f. 54r-56r Turjām of Ninevah and lections (?) of the prophet Jonah. A single rhymed composition f. 56v-58r Turjām on the Resurrection f. 58rv Two prayers: One for the patriarch and one for the sultan f. 59r-61r Another rhymed homily: Turjām on the Dormition of our Lady the Virgin Mary f. 61v-69r f. 69v-73v Homily delivered by St. Jacob which he delivered on the thief of the right hand; read on the Friday of the Crucifixion f. 73v-88v An abridged discouse on the true faith and on the hymns of the spiritual Church. f. 89r-96r The questions of St. Basil and St. Gregory f. 96r-112r Ten questions concerning which a certain disciple asked his master f. 96rv Contents f. 96v-112r Text f. 112r-118r Homily delivered by Bishop Gregory (Pseudo-Gregory Nazianzus), on the destruction of this world and the departure of the soul from the body f. 118v-148r The Apocalypse of Paul (Garshuni) f. 148v Beginning of an unidentified item
BnF syr. 283	1,684 CE	Syriac	See catalog entry here Rite of the Church of the East f. 1r-24r Prayers of Priests f. 24v-47r Liturgy of the 12 Apostles f. 48v-56 Liturgy of Theodore of Mopsuestia f. 57-73 Liturgy of Nestorius f. 74-96 Rite of baptism by Mar Isho'yahb f. 97-102 Rite of absolution by Mar Isho'yahb f. 103v-107 various prayers f. 108-109r Benediction for cleansing defiled water f. 109v-113 Rite of the renewal of the leaven f. 114-115r Benediction of the chalice f. 115v-119 Rite of vows f. 120-135r Consecration of an altar without the use of holy chrism f. 135v-140r Calendar for finding moveable feasts f. 140v-151 Final benedictions which one sings at the door of the choir by 'Abdisho', metropolitan of Nisibis f. 152-158r Other benedictions of 'Abdisho' f. 158v-165r Other benedictions of 'Abdisho', bishop of Gazarta f. 165v ff. Benedictions by the priest, Israel of Alqosh
Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana: Orientali 71	1,340 CE	Syriac	See entry for Assemani 36; [Bibliographic Record]; [Data Record] Offices for feast days Jacob of Sarug, hymns Ephrem Syrus, hymn 49, on the saints and the departed Order of the blessing of the waters Order of the blessing of the oil Order of the entrance Order of the washing of the feet Order of the commemoration of the cross Order of forgiveness and pardon Order of the mass and rubrics Order of the reception of heretics and apostates Order of confession Order of the reception of public sinners Prayers and absolutions for all general sins Prayers and benedictions
Vat. sir. 66	1,545 CE	Syriac	Catalog entry in Assemani Chaldean ordinal translated from Latin into Syriac Ordination of the door-keepers Ordination of the Lectors Ordination of exorcists Ordination of acolytes Ordination of subdeacons Ordination of Deacons Ordination of Presbyters Order of Absolution Prayers On the wood (of the table) Consecration of the altar Consecration when the altar was desecrated Consecration of the altar without chrism Blessing over the chalice Diaconal ordination Ordination of a presbyter Service of the habit of a monk Service of the tonsure of a monk Service of the tonsure of holy women Admonition on temporal ordination 'Onyatha during the tonsure of monks Benediction for when the Bishop departs a city Benediction for when a Bishop enters a monastery Benediction for when a bishop leaves a monastery Prayer for an abbot Ḥutāmē at the end of a liturgy A form of consecration for the bread and wine (from Latin into Syriac) The Liturgy of the Blessed Apostles The Liturgy of Theodore the commentator of the Divine Books 12-syllable verses for common days during the liturgy Absolution

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