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700 CE |
Syriac |
See entry in Assemani
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- f. 1v-6r Philoxenus, Bishop of Hierapolis, Letter to Abbot Simeon on the translation of the Psalter from Greek into Syriac
- f. 6r-13v A reply from Abbot Simeon to Barlaha. Fol. 6a
- f. 13v-17r Philoxenus, Bishop of Hierapolis, A Letter concerning Faith
- f. 17r-19v Philoxenus, Bishop of Hierapolis, A Letter to Emperor Zeno on the incarnation of God the Word
- f. 19v-24r Philoxenus, Bishop of Hierapolis, A Letter to the Monks of Beth Gogal
- f. 24r-27r Bishop Simeon of Beth Arsham, A Letter concerning Barsauma and the Heresies of the Nestorians
- f. 27r-27v The Names of the Catholis in the Land of the Persians from the Apostles to the Shah Peroz (459-84)
- f. 27v-28r Responses of the Blessed Mor Severus
- f. 28r-57v Florilegium
- f. 57v-71v Florilegium
- f. 71v-77r Philoxenus, Bishop of Hierapolis, Dispute with a learned Nestorian concerning Ephesians 1:17
- f. 77r-80v Philoxenus, Bishop of Hierapolis, A Disputation on the Nestorians and the Orthodox
- f. 80v-87r An explication of the blasphemy of the Manicheans
- f. 87r-92r Philoxenus, Bishop of Hierapolis, Another against the Nestorians
- f. 92r-93r Philoxenus, Bishop of Hierapolis, Another set of responses against the two natures
- f. 93r-100r Jacob of Sarug, Letter to Isaac of Gabula
- f. 100r-102v Sayings of the Philosophers
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900 CE |
Syriac |
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- f. 1v Index of Memre
- f. 2r-3r Jacob of Sarug, [Memra]
- f. 3r-4v Jacob of Sarug, Memra 9, On the Kingdom as Leaven (B 166)
- f. 4v-6r Jacob of Sarug, [Memra]
- f. 6v-10v Jacob of Sarug, [Memra]
- f. 10v-13r Jacob of Sarug, [Memra on the Parable of the Ten Virgins]
- f. 13r-15v Jacob of Sarug, Memra 19, On the Three Baptisms (B 57)
- f. 15v-18r Jacob of Sarug, Memra 20, On Christ's Thirty Years (B 101)
- f. 18r-21r Jacob of Sarug, Memra 21, On Christ as Food and Drink (B 18)
- f. 21r-27r Jacob of Sarug, Memra 22
- f. 27r-30r Jacob of Sarug, Memra 23, On the Canaanite Woman (B 269)
- f. 30r-35v Jacob of Sarug, Memra 24, On Paul I (B 228)
- f. 36r-39v Jacob of Sarug, Memra 25, On Paul II (B 215)
- f. 40r-41r Jacob of Sarug, Memra 26, On 1 Timothy 2:5 (B 305)
- f. 41r-46r Jacob of Sarug, Memra 27, On Melchizedek (B 289)
- f. 46r-48v Jacob of Sarug, Memra 28, On Psalm 110:4
- f. 48v-50v Jacob of Sarug, Memra 29, On Emmanuel (B 160)
- f. 50v-53r Jacob of Sarug, Memra 30, On Isaiah 9:6 (B 130)
- f. 53r-55v Jacob of Sarug, Memra 31, On Pride (B 184)
- f. 55v-58v Jacob of Sarug, Memra 32, On Ezekiel and the Torrent (B 103)
- f. 58v-62r Jacob of Sarug, Memra 33, On Sunday and Thomas (B 189)
- f. 62r-66r Jacob of Sarug, Memra 34, On the Temptation of Christ (B 118)
- f. 66r-69v Jacob of Sarug, Memra 44, On the Antichrist (B 322)
- f. 60v-71r Jacob of Sarug, Memra 45, On the End II (B 298)
- f. 71r-74r Jacob of Sarug, Memra 48, On the End (B 331)
- f. 74r-76v Jacob of Sarug, Memra 49, On the End IV (B 164)
- f. 76v-79r Jacob of Sarug, Memra 50, On the End and Judgment (B 299)
- f. 79v-82r Jacob of Sarug, Memra 51, On Day and Night, Work and Rest (B 145)
- f. 82r-85r Jacob of Sarug, Memra 52, On the Cursed Fig Tree (B 194)
- f. 85r-85v Colophon and Notes
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900 CE |
Syriac |
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- f. 1r-2r Jacob of Sarug, On the Samaritan Woman (John 4:4-26)
- f. 2r-3r Jacob of Sarug, On the woman who was bent over for eighteen years (Luke 13:11)
- f. 3r-4r Jacob of Sarug, On the torrent that Ezekiel saw
- f. 4r-6r St. Ephrem, A spiritual homily on War (elsewhere attributed to Jacob of Sarug, On Job)
- f. 6r-11r Jacob of Sarug, On Uzziah the king and Isaiah the prophet
- f. 11r-13r On Job (incipit illegible)
- f. 13r-13r On Elijah the Prophet (incipit illegible)
- f. 13r-16r Jacob of Sarug, On Elisha the prophet and the Shunammite woman (2 Kings 4) (incipit illegible)
- f. 16r-19r Jacob of Sarug, On the Ark of the Covenant
- f. 19r-22r Jacob of Sarug, On the circumcision of Moses (incipit illegible)
- f. 22r-24r Jacob of Sarug, On Phineas
- f. 24r-28r Jacob of Sarug, On Samson
- f. 24r-28r Jacob of Sarug, On Samson
- f. 28r-30r Jacob of Sarug, On Tamar
- f. 30r-32r Jacob of Sarug, On Hosea the Prophet
- f. 32r-37r Jacob of Sarug, On Sinai
- f. 37r-40r Jacob of Sarug, On the veil of Moses
- f. 40r-42r Jacob of Sarug, On Moses and Amalek
- f. 42r-45r Jacob of Sarug, On the saying of Moses: Show me your glory (Ex 33:18)
- f. 45r-48r Jacob of Sarug, On the Tower of Babel
- f. 48r-49r Jacob of Sarug, On Melchizedek
- f. 49r-52r Jacob of Sarug, On those two small birds (Leviticus 14)
- f. 52r-53r Jacob of Sarug, On those who way that angels had intercourse with the daughters of men
- f. 53r-60r Jacob of Sarug, Four Homilies on Joseph
- f. 60r-65v Jacob of Sarug, Four Homilies on Cain and Abel
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700 CE |
Syriac |
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- f. 1v-2r Colophon
- f. 2v-167v Homiliary
- f. 2ff St. John Chrysostom, Homily on the Annunciation
- St. John Chrysostom, Homily on the Nativity of our Lord
- f. 6 St. John Chrysostom, Homily on St. Stephen
- f. 7 St. John Chrysostom, Homily on the Lights
- f. 48 St. John Chrysostom, Homily on temptation of our Lord
- f. 56 St. John Chrysostom, Homily on the festival of Hosannas according to Matthew
- f. 59 Jacob or Sarug, Homily on the Festival of the Palms
- f. 66 St. John Chrysostom, Homily on [the saying] "Father, if it is possible, take this cup from me"
- f. 76 St. John Chrysostom, Homily on the treason of the Jews
- f. 79 St. John Chrysostom, Homily on the Passion of the Lord
- f. 81 St. John Chrysostom, Homily on the Cross and the Thief
- f. 82 Jacob of Sarug, Homily on Holy Friday
- f. 86 Proclus of Constantinople, Homily on the treason of the Jews
- f. 90 St. John Chrysostom, Homily 85 on John
- f. 91 St. John Chrysostom, Homily on the Resurrection of our Lord
- f. 100 Jacob of Sarug, Homily on the Resurrection of our Lord
- f. 105 Severus of Antioch, Homily on Pentecost
- f. 108 St. John Chrysostom, Homily on the Cross, Adam, and Eve
- f. 113 Jacob of Sarug, Homily on the Passion of our Lord
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1,234 CE |
Syriac |
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- IIr-IIIr French Table of Contents
- f. 1r Fragment of a homily
- f. 1v-3r Syriac Table of Contents
- f. 3v-19r Ephrem Syrus, Memre
- f. 3v-6r On the Love of Wisdom
- f. 6r-9v On Discipline
- f. 9v-10v On Sleep
- f. 11r-16r On Humility
- f. 16r 19r On the Observance of Moral Behavior
- f. 19r-45v Works of Mar Isaac
- f. 19r-21v On Penitence
- f. 21v-26v On Gentleness toward one's Brothers
- f. 26v-37v On Sparrows
- f. 37v-43v On Humility and Poverty
- f. 43v-45v On the Hermits
- f. 45v-63v Ephrem Syrus, Memre
- f. 45v-48v On Purity of Heart
- f. 48v-53v On the Conversion of the Soul
- f. 54r-63v On Alex (cod. "John") son of Euphemianus
- f. 63v-72r Isaac of Antioch, Memre
- f. 72r-81r Ephrem Syrus, On the Conception of the Holy Virgin
- f. 81r-98v Memre on David and Uriah in the meter of Ephrem Syrus, Jacob of Sarug, and Mar Balai
- f. 81r-85r Ephrem Syrus
- f. 85r-85v Jacob of Sarug
- f. 85v-91r Ephrem Syrus
- f. 91r-92r Mar Balai
- f. 92r-92v Jacob of Sarug
- f. 92v-98r Ephrem Syrus
- f. 98r-98v Mar Balai
- f. 98v-101v Isaac of Antioch, On privacy of thought
- f. 101v-115v Ephrem Syrus, Memre
- f. 101v-102v On the Outsiders
- f. 102v-104v On Silence during Prayer
- f. 104v-115v On Warnings
- f. 115v-125v First part of Jacob of Sarug, Memre (continued in Vat. sir. 464 pt. 2)
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1,234 CE |
Syriac |
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- f. 126r-148v Second part of Jacob of Sarug, Memre (continued from Vat. sir. 464 pt. 1)
- f. 126r-133r The second part of On Bassus and his Companions (continued from Vat. sir. 464 pt. 1)
- f. 133r-136v On the Outsiders
- f. 136v-148v On the Creation of Adam
- f. 148v-154r Ephrem Syrus, On Humility
- f. 154v Ephrem Syrus, A brief excerpt
- f. 155r-246v First part of Jacob of Sarug, Memre (Continued on Vat. sir. 464 pt. 3)
- f. 155r-156v On the Observance of Commandments
- f. 156v Extract from a Homily by Jacob
- f. 157r-157v On the Vision of Jacob
- f. 157v-163v On the Consecration of the Church
- f. 163v-174r On the Cherubim
- f. 174r-184v On the Questions of our Lord
- f. 184v-195v On Simeon the Stylite
- f. 196r-205r On Joseph
- f. 2054-224r On Jonah and Ninevah
- f. 224r-228r On the Three Youths
- f. 228r-238r On the Love of our Lord
- f. 238r-243v On Fasting
- f. 243v-246v The First part of On the Prodigal Son (Continued on Vat. sir. 464 pt. 3)
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1,234 CE |
Syriac |
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- f. 247r-274v Second part of Jacob of Sarug, Memre (continued from Vat. sir. 464 pt. 2)
- f. 247r-258v Second part of On the Prodigal Son (continued from Vat. sir. 464 pt. 2)
- f. 259r-265r On the Son of the Widow
- f. 265r-274r On the Disavowal of St. Peter
- f. 275r Ephrem Syrus, On the Crucifixion
- f. 275r-348v Jacob of Sarug, Memre
- f. 275r-287r On Constantine and the Council of Nicea
- f. 287r-295v On the Man who Made a Feast for His Son
- f. 295v-308r On Lazarus and the Rich Man
- f. 308r-316r On the Rich Man and the Poor Man
- f. 316v-325v On Discipline
- f. 325v-335r On Discipline
- f. 335r-348v On the Five Talents
- f. 335r-348v Colophon
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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 49 (SMMJ 00049) |
1,600 CE |
Garshuni |
See entry at CPART and in Macomber (St. Mark's Convent, Jerusalem 2-9; SMC 2-9); Catalog entry in Baumstark 18*. Filoksinos Yohanna Dolabany, Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in St. Mark’s Monastery (1994).
- f. 1v-139v Anonymous, Lections gathered from the four gospels with commentaries.
- f. 140r-171v Pragsha, that is, a book that is a sort of collection of commentaries and discourses and canons of the Fathers
- f. 140r-144r Chapter 1, That God is eternal, pre-existent, invisible and omnipotent
- f. 144rv Chapter 2, On the construction of the earthly church
- f. 144v-145r Chapter 3, Concerning the eucharistic bread and wine
- f. 145r-156r Chapter 4, Explanation of the office and the mass
- f. 156r-157v Chapter 5, Concerning the priesthood
- f. 157v-162r Chapter 6, On priests, deacons and penance
- f. 162r-164r Chapter 7, concerning prayer
- f. 164r-170r Translation of what has been mentioned in this chapter from Syriac and Arabic. A translation of the Sanctus and Trisagion, with commentary of the Fathers
- f. 170r-171r On first fruits, votive offerings and tithes
- f. 171r-197r A miscellany of stories, homilies, and short treatises
- f. 171r-172v The story of a merchant. This is an edifying tale of a God-fearing merchant who had a very beautiful wife.
- f. 172v-174v A delightful portrayal from one of the authorities
- f. 174v-177v A parable that the doctors of the Church set forth on the interpretation of the gospel. It is a story about a certain jeweler
- f. 177v-183v St. Jacob of Sarug, Homily on charity
- f. 183v-192v Anonymous, Discourse on Sunday
- f. 193r-195v The commandments that our Lord ordered in his holy Gospel, there are 99
- f. 195v-197r Seven prayers that are prescribed for us
- f. 197r-222r Book of homilies delivered by Severus, more commonly known as Moshe bar Kepha
- f. 197r-201r First homily, on the consecration of the Church and her renewal
- f. 201r-207r Second homily, On when the angel brought the good news to the priest Zechariah about the birth of John (the Baptist)
- f. 207r-212r Third homily, On the annunciation of the angel Gabriel to the holy and pure St. Mary
- f. 212r-217v Homily on the temptation by Satan of our Lord Jesus Christ
- f. 217v-221r Homily on the leper whom our Lord cured of the affliction of leprosy
- f. 221r-222r Homily read on the first Sunday of the blessed Fast
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