Vat. sir. 92 |
823 CE |
Syriac |
See entry in Assemani and in CPART
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- f. 1r-28v Ephrem, thirty-one Qole on the Deceased
- f. 28v-31r Five Litanies (Gk. sunapte)
- a. for priests
- b. for deacons
- c. - e. for laity
- f. 31r-48r Ephrem, Madrashe on the Deceased I-XXXVII
- f. 48r-59r Ephrem, Memre on the Deceased I-IV
- f. 59r-61r Isaac of Antioch, Memra on Deceased Priests and Deacons
- f. 61r-66r Ephrem, Memre on the Deceased V-VII
- f. 66v-79r Isaac of Antioch, Memre on the Deceased II-IX
- f. 79v-90v Ephrem, Memre on the Dceased VIII-XIV
- f. 90v-91v Isaac of Antioch, Memra on [Deceased] Youths
- f. 91v-117v Jacob of Sarug, Memre on the Deceased I-XIII
- f. 118r-123r Anonymous, Buya'e on the Deceased I-III
- f. 123r-123v Ephrem, Madrasha on all the Deceased
- f. 123v-130r Scriptural readings for deceased Bishops, Priests, and Deacons
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Vat. sir. 544 |
1,712 CE |
Armenian (in Syriac Script), Syriac |
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- f. 1r-4v Various pieces in diverse hands
- f. 5r-9r Ba'utha of Mar Ephrem
- f. 9v-12v Ba'utha of Jacob of Sarug (Armenian in Syriac Script)
- f. 13r-14v Prayers
- f. 15r-17v Excerpts form Jacob of Sarug and Mar Ephrem
- f. 17v-19v Verses for the celebrations before the Gospel
- f. 19v-20v Ba'utha of Jacob of Sarug
- f. 20v-24v Table of incipits
- f. 25r-33v Ba'utha of Jacob of Sarug
- f. 34r-34v Prayer
- f. 34v-96r Shhimo
- f. 96r-107r Prayers for Various Circumstances
- f. 107r-145v Various prayers and gospel pericopes (In another hand)
- f. 146r-147v Pages of another manuscript wiith ascetic content
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Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 51 (SMMJ 00051) |
900 CE |
Syriac |
See entry at CPART and in Macomber (St. Mark's Convent, Jerusalem 2-1; SMC 2-1). Filoksinos Yohanna Dolabany, Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in St. Mark’s Monastery (1994).
- f. 1r-222v [Fenqitho] Hymnary for Sundays and feasts, for the Fast and for commemorations
- f. 1r-4v Nativity
- f. 4v-11v Mother of God
- f. 11v-17r (Mt. 2:16-18)
- f. 17r-20v Saints Basil and Gregory
- f. 20b-27b Epiphany
- f. 27v-42v Sundays after Epiphany
- f. 42v-47v Beheading of John the Baptist
- f. 47v-52r St. Stephen
- f. 52r-58r [Presentation of Christ in the Temple]
- f. 58v-61v St. Barsauma
- f. 61v-66r St. Severus of Antioch
- f. 66r-69r Sunday before the Fast, the Sunday of the Priests
- f. 69r-127r Sundays and weekdays of the Fast.
- f. 77r-78r St. Ephrem
- f. 115v-124v Forty Martyrs of Sebaste
- f. 124v-127r Raising of Lazarus
- f. 127r-131r Palm Sunday
- f. 131r-135v Monday through Wednesday of Passion Week
- f. 135v-145r Thursday of Passion Week, including ff. 144r-145r, the service of footwashing
- f. 145r-148v Friday of Passion Week
- f. 148v-151r Saturday of Good Titings
- f. 151r-155v Easter Sunday [Pascha]
- f. 155v-180v Eastertie liturgy in the other seven tones
- f. 180v-184r New Sunday
- f. 184r-187v Ascension Thursday
- f. 187v-191v Pentecost
- f. 191v-194r Holy Cross
- f. 194r-195v The Prophet Elijah
- f. 195v-197v The Apostle Thomas
- f. 197v-198r The Apostles in common
- f. 198r-201r St. Jacob of Sarug
- f. 201r-203r Saints Sergius and Bacchus
- f. 203r-205r St. Barbara
- f. 205r-207v St. George
- f. 207v-210r Patron Saint
- f. 210r-213v Common office of the Mother of God, the Saints and the departed
- f. 213v-222v Common offices in the other seven tones
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Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 53 (SMMJ 00053) |
1,413 CE |
Syriac |
See entry at CPART and in Macomber (St. Mark's Convent, Jerusalem 3-1; SMC 3-1); Filoksinos Yohanna Dolabany, Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in St. Mark’s Monastery (1994).
- f. 1r-247v Syrian Orthodox Lectionary Readings for feasts (Fenqīthō for the holy places of Jerusalem)
- f. 1r Contents
- f. 1v-38r Order of (services celebrated on the feast of the Nativity in) Bethlehem. Includes Biblical lections, sedros, prayers and four homilies by Mar Ishaq
- f. 39r-63r Order of the feast of Epiphany. Two homilies of Mar Ishaq: On those being baptized, and on Baptism
- f. 63r-80r Part of the order of Palm Sunday. Includes homily of St. Ephrem
- f. 80r-97r Order of Monday of the redemptive Passion
- f. 97r-122r Homilies of St. Ephrem for Monday to Thursday of the Passion
- f. 97v-102v Monday
- f. 102v-112r Tuesday
- f. 112r-118r Wednesday
- f. 118r-122r Thursday of the Mysteries
- f. 122r-126r Order of the ninth hour of the Thursday of the Mysteries
- f. 126v-135v Order of the (foot-)washing that comes at the ninth hour of the Thursday of the Mysteries. Includes a Homily of Mar Ishaq on the Mass
- f. 135v-157v Order of vespers for Friday. Includes a homily of Mar Ephrem
- f. 157v-166r Ninth hour of Friday. Adoration of the Cross.
- f. 166r-197v Order of the Saturday of Good News. Includes Homily of Mar Jacob on the cherub and the brigand
- f. 179v-184r Order of the Saturday of Good News.
- f. 184r-186v Order of the service of forgiveness which is performed after the office of the ninth hour and before the mass
- f. 186r-219v Order of the Sunday of the redemptive Resurrection. Includes two homilies of Mar Ephrem
- f. 219v-235v The Order of the Annunciation, celebrated wherever Cyril and the restor of the lectors wish
- f. 235v-247v Order of the Assumption of the holy Mother of God. Includes a homily of Mar Jacob on the Assumption of the Mother of God
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Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 184 (SMMJ 00184) |
1,600 CE |
Garshuni, Syriac |
See entry at CPART and in Macomber (St. Mark's Convent, Jerusalem 3-6; SMC 3-6). Filoksinos Yohanna Dolabany, Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in St. Mark’s Monastery (1994).
- f. 1r-4r Patriarch Cyril Ibn Laqlaq, Confession
- f. 4v-22r St. John Chrysostom, Homily on repentance and on the reception of the divine mysteries
- f. 22r-34r Mar Jacob of Sarug, Homily on the benefit of the Eucharist for the dead in the next world
- f. 34r-39v St. John Chrysostom, Homily on the illustrious feastday of Palm Sunday
- f. 39v-43r St. John Chrysostom, Homily on the Supper of the Mysteries and on the washing of the feet of the disciples
- f. 43r-50v An exposition of the reason for the fast of Wednesday and Friday, its obligations and its benefit
- f. 50v-54r Especially concerning the true faith, concerning the Unity and the Trinity, and concerning the [one] interior Church
- f. 54r-57v
- f. 57v-62r Sedro for the feast of the Ascension
- f. 62r-69v Homily of Jacob of Sarug on the dispute of Satan with our Lord
- f. 69v-75v Mar Jacob of Sarug, Homily the entry of Christ into the Temple on the arm of Simeon, the Old Man
- f. 75v-78v Mar Ephrem, On the birth of John the Baptist
- f. 79r-87v Mar Ephrem, On Mary and Joseph and the reproach they received from the Jews (Syriac and Garshuni in parallel columns)
- f. 87v-92r Mar Jacob of Sarug, Homily on the resurrection of the dead (Syriac and Garshuni)
- f. 92r-107v The story of Gabriel of the Monastery of Qartmin
- f. 108r-197v Patriarch Cyrillus Ibn Laqlaq, The book of the master and the disciples, consisting of 22 articles
- f. 198r-204v Mar Isaac, On the feast of the Annunciation
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Mardin, Turkey Chaldean Cathedral (CCM 00345) |
1,678 CE |
Garshuni, Syriac |
- f. 1v-12v Rite of consecration of water on the day of Nativity (Garshuni)
- f. 13v-23r John Chrysostom, Homily on approaching the Holy Mysteries (Garshuni)
- f. 23r-34v John Chrysostom, Homily on Judas's betrayal of Christ (Garshuni)
- f. 34v-44r Epiphanius, Bishop of Constantia in Cyprus, Homily on the Burial of Christ (Garshuni)
- f. 44r-51r Jacob of Sarug, Homily on the Baptism of Jesus Christ (Garshuni)
- f. 51r-63r John Chrysostom, Homily on the Lord's dispute with Satan (Garshuni)
- f. 63r-70r Ephrem Syrus, Homily (Garshuni)
- f. 70v-73r Ephrem Syrus, Homily on the Cross (Garshuni)
- f. 73r-78v Ephrem Syrus, Homily on old age and youth (Garshuni)
- f. 78v-80r Ephrem Syrus, Homily on repentance (Garshuni)
- f. 80r-83v Ephrem Syrus, Homily on Judas's betrayal of Christ
- f. 83v-109r Homily for Palm Sunday (Garshuni)
- f. 109v-117v John Chrysostom, Homily on the commandment of the Great Day (Garshuni)
- f. 117v-123r Jacob of Sarug, Homily on rejection of a sin and necessity of fasting and almsgiving (Garshuni)
- f. 123r-130r Ephrem Syrus, Homily on Repentance (Garshuni)
- f. 130r-134r Ephrem Syrus, Homily on the resurrection and the soul's departure from the body (Garshuni)
- f. 134r-138r Ephrem Syrus, Homily on Repentance and the Last Judgment (Garshuni)
- f. 138v-141r Ephrem Syrus, Homily on Love and Repentance (Garshuni)
- f. 141r-147v Ephrem Syrus, Homily that is recited on the second day of the fifth week of Lent (Garshuni)
- f. 147v-151v Homily recited on the third day of the fourth week of Lent (Garshuni)
- f. 151v-157v John Chrysostom, Homily on repentance (Garshuni)
- f. 157v-162r Homily (Garshuni)
- f. 162r-166v Homily for the feast of Pentecost (Garshuni)
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Mardin, Turkey Chaldean Cathedral (CCM 00354) |
1,682 CE |
Garshuni |
- f. 1r-97r Psalter
- f. 97r-108v Canticles of Praise
- f. 109r-113r Homily
- f. 113r-119r John Chrysostom, Homily on repentance, love, and faith
- f. 119r-126r John Chrysostom, Homily on Psalm 6
- f. 127r-131v Jacob of Sarug, Homily on the Holy Mysteries, Confession, and repentance
- f. 132r-137v John Chrysostom, Homily on repentance and the rebuke of the soul
- f. 137v-142v Ephrem Syrus, Homily on the End and the punishment of the world
- f. 142v-155v Basil of Caesarea, Homily on repentance, on poor Lazarus and the rich man
- f. 155v-163v John Chrysostom, Homily on the first day of creation
- f. 163v-169r Jacob of Sarug, Homily on repentance and for baptism
- f. 169r-173r Gregory Nazianzus, Homily on the Nativity of our Lord
- f. 173r-178v John Chrysostom, Homily on the Ten Virgins
- f. 178v-183r John Chrysostom, Homily on Abraham and Isaac, when he took his son to sacrifice him
- f. 183r-194v John Chrysostom, Homily on Judas's betrayal of Christ
- f. 194v-202r John Chrysostom, Homily on Peter's denial of Jesus
- f. 202r-207v John Chrysostom, Homily on the Lord's words, "My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass by me"
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Mardin, Turkey Chaldean Cathedral (CCM 00366) |
1,700 CE |
Arabic, Gashuni |
- f. 2r-4v Rite for the consecration of water according to the Roman Catholic Church
- f. 5r-24r Prayer for scapular of our Lady of Mount Carmel and on indulgences
- f. 25r-28r Homily
- f. 28r-32r John Chrysostom, Homily on the Nativity of Our Lord
- f. 32v-36r John Chrysostom, Homily on the beheading of John the Baptist
- f. 36r-44v Cyril of Alexandria, Homily for the Sunday before Lent
- f. 44v-50r John Chrysostom, homily on fasting, prayer and alms
- f. 50r-55r Jacob of Sarug, Homily on the rejection of sin, and the necessity of fasting, prayer and alms
- f. 55r-60r Ephrem syrus, Homily on Repentance
- f. 60r-71r Basil of Caesarea, Homily on Repentance
- f. 71r-75v John Chrysostom, Homily on Repentance
- f. 76r-77v John Chrysostom, Homily on Repentance
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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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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
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