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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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Mardin, Turkey Chaldean Cathedral (CCM 00012) |
1,705 CE |
Garshuni, Syriac |
- f. 1v-10r Trip to Jerusalem of 'Abd al-Aḥad the priest (Garshuni)
- f. 10v-170v Miracles of the Virgin Mary (Garshuni)
- f. 170v-171r Letter of the Virgin Mary to Ignatius of Antioch (Garshuni)
- f. 171r Letter of the Virgin Mary to the people of Messina (Garshuni)
- f. 171v Letter of the Virgin Mary to the people of Florence (Garshuni)
- f. 172r-240v Book of the student, in which the teacher answers and explains all he is asked (Garshuni)
- f. 241v-256r Anecdotes about priests (Garshuni)
- f. 256r-260r Powers of the garment of Mary and the forgiveness communicated to the brothers Carmelites by its mediation (Garshuni)
- f. 260r-264r On the Carmelites, and the scapular that the Virgin bestowed on the monks (Garshuni)
- f. 264v-273r Al-Wardānī prayerbook (Garshuni)
- f. 273v-289r Life of Patriarch Yawsep I, and what happened to him (Garshuni)
- f. 289v-291v in praise of Mar Yawsep (Garshuni)
- f. 291v-292r 'Abdīshō' of Gazarta, poems (Syriac)
- f. 292v Poems composed in 17th century (Syriac)
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Mardin, Turkey Chaldean Cathedral (CCM 00022) |
1,682 CE |
Garshuni, Syriac |
- f. 1v Syriac Grammar
- f. 2r-8v Bar Qardāḥe, Khāmīs, Wine poems
- f. 9r Liturgical notes
- f. 9v-17v Elijah of Nisibis, Syriac Grammar (abridged)
- f. 18r-136v Bar Zō'bī, Yōḥannān, Syriac Grammar
- f. 137r-144v Bar Zō'bī, Yōḥannān, Brief metrical grammar
- f. 144v-145r Bar Zō'bī, Yōḥannān, Homily on philosophy, in the meter of Jacob
- f. 145r-146r Commentary on the previous text
- f. 146r-146v Metrical treatise on points
- f. 147r-152r Homily on the divisions of philosophers, in the meter of Ephrem
- f. 152v-153r Epiphanius, Bishop of Constantia in Cyprus, On weights and measures
- f. 153r On fate
- f. 153r On the kinds of conception
- f. 153r-153v On one person (ܦܪܨܘܦܐ)
- f. 153v-155v Calendrical text
- f. 155v How to determine if a sick person will live or die
- f. 156r-156v On the months of the Arabs, in the seven-syllable meter
- f. 157r-158v Shlemon, Bishop of Basra, Calendrical text
- f. 158v On the years from Adam to the present time
- f. 158v 'Abdisho' bar Brikā, On the events of Jesus' life, from the Book of the principles of religion
- f. 159r-162r Bar Qardaḥe, Khāmīs, Homily on the letters of the Alphabet
- f. 162r Calculating Islamic years
- f. 163v On barren women
- f. 164r Cures and spells
- f. 164v Notes on reckoning years
- f. 164v 'Abdisho' of Gazarta, short poem on a monk
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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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Borg. sir. 35 |
1,500 CE |
Syriac |
Catalog entry here.
- Poem of Gabriel Qamṣa
- Hymn of Khamis bar Qardahe
- Hymn of Saliba of Mansurya on the rogations
- Hymn of Israel of Alqosh on penitence (composed in 1591)
- Hymn on the rogations, composed by Isḥāq Shbadnāyā (composed in 1440)
- Hymns of Khamis bar Qardahe on the Dominical feasts and on Isho'sabran the martyr
- Hymn of 'Abdisho' of Gazarta on St. Cyriacus
- Poems of Isḥāq Shbadnāyā on St. George on providence and on the Cross
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Vat. sir. 45 |
1,556 CE |
Syriac |
Catalog entry in Assemani
Chaldean Pontifical
- Consecration of the altar with oil
- Instruction on the consecration of an altar when it is desecrated
- Consecration of an altar without oil
- Sign made over the chalice
- Order of the ordination of deacons
- Ordination of presbyters
- Order of the Habit of monks
- Order of the tonsure of monks, made by Rabban Pethion, the priest and monk
- Order of the tonsure of nuns
- Ordination of deaconesses
- Ordination of Archdeacons
- Order of installation of abbots
- Order of the laying on of hands of a Bishop
- Order of the perfection of a Bishop to Catholicos
- Ordination of the Catholicos
- The 'Onitha for Mar John Sulaqa, Catholicos Patriarch who was ordained in Rome the great by the hands of Pope Julius IV, composed by Mar 'Abdisho', Metropolitan of the tiny Gazarta
- 'Abdisho (of Gazarta), 7-syllable poem on the Patriarch John
- 'Abdisho (of Gazarta), A third song (7-syllable meter) mourning the death of Patr. John Sulaqa
- Dionysius bar Ṣalibi, canons and confessions
- Prayer for the sick
- Canons
- Benedictions for when Bishops leave the city
- Benedictions the Bishop performs which going to a monastery
- Prayer of benediction when the Bishop leaves the monastery
- Prayer for the Archimandrites with a benediction
- Benediction the Bishop performs for scholars
- Admonition for ordinations
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Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 159 (SMMJ 00159) |
1,700 CE |
Arabic, Garshuni, Syriac |
Filoksinos Yohanna Dolabany, Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in St. Mark’s Monastery (1994).
- Theological miscellany
- Includes Questions and answers by John Chrysostom, fol. 3v-46v; Syriac-Arabic and Greek-Syriac vocabularies, fol. 46v-55v; hymns and poems by ʻAbdīshōʻ of Gazarta, ʿAbdīshōʿ of Ātēl, Abrāhām of Bēth Slōk, and Israel of Alqosh; homily on fasting and on the Pentateuch by Ephrem of Nisibis, fol. 138v-139r
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