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Mingana Syriac 112 |
1,905 CE |
Syriac |
See the catalog entry for Mingana 112
- Moshe bar Kepha
- f. 1v Annunciation of Zechariah
- f. 7r Annunciation of the Virgin
- f. 10v Birth of John the Baptist
- f. 14v Birth of Christ (followed by a special dissertation in eighteen kephalia)
- f. 24v Visit of the Magi
- f. 31v Holy Innocents
- f. 34r Epiphany (in 17 kephalia)
- f. 44v Circumcision (in 14 kephalia)
- f. 50r Presentation in the Temple
- f. 51r Christ and Jonah
- f. 51v Cause of Sunday
- f. 52v Temptation of Christ
- f. 54v The wood of the Cross
- f. 55r The history of Mushe bar Kepha
- Moshe bar Kepha
- f. 55v On the fast (in 20 kephalia)
- f. 63v The leper of the Gospel
- f. 65v On Melchizedek
- f. 68r On Lazarus
- f. 70v Palm Sunday (in 33 kephalia)
- f. 80v The Eucharist (in 29 kephalia)
- f. 88v The washing of the feet (in 16 kephalia)
- f. 92r-107v Isho' bar Abraham bar Elijah of Melitene (Nephew of Michael I the Great), A treatise on Good Friday (in 51 kephalia)
- Moshe bar Kepha
- f. 107v The resurrection (in 30 kephalia)
- f. 117v Friday of the Confessors (in 6 kephalia)
- f. 118r The first Sunday after Easter (in 11 kephalia)
- f. 121v Ascension (in 20 kephalia)
- f. 124v Pentecost (in 19 kephalia, followed by another homily on the same subject)
- f. 134v The transfiguration
- f. 137r The decease of the Virgin
- f. 138v Finding the True Cross (in 21 kephalia)
- f. 148v Brazen Censer (with a quotation from Gregory Nazianzus)
- f. 149r Consecration and dedication of the Church
- f. 150r Baptism in general
- f. 155r Advices concerning Baptism (in 10 kephalia)
- f. 159v Explanation of the Liturgy
- f. 191r Holy Chrism (in 49 kephalia)
- f. 202r-203r Rabban Daniel, A treatise on the difference between Holy Chrism and Eucharist
- f. 203r Mushe bar Kepha, Another on Holy Chrism
- f. 206v Tonsure of Monks (in 10 kephalia)
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Vat. sir. 508 |
1,927 CE |
Syriac |
See entry in Voste
- Binding
- f. 3r-23r Moshe bar Kepha, Introduction to the Commentary on the Psalms
- f. 23v-24v Colophon
- Binding
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Vat. sir. 596 |
1,917 CE |
Arabic, Syriac |
- Binding
- f. 1r-53v Jacob of Edessa, Commentary on the Old Testament
- f. 1r-20r Genesis
- f. 20v-32r Exodus
- f. 32r-39v Leviticus
- f. 39v-42v Numbers (f. 41rv lacuna)
- f. 42v-47r Deuteronomy
- f. 47v-50v Job
- f. 51r-52r Joshua
- f. 52v-53v Judges
- f. 53v-66r Exlanation of difficult Old Testament passages (Ephrem, Jacob, and others)
- f. 66r Colophon
- f. 66v-79r Explanations of various subjects attributed to different authors
- f. 79v-81v Teaching of the Twelve Apostles
- f. 81v-83v The Doctrine of Addai
- f. 83v-84r Twenty Canons of the Apostles
- f. 84r-85r Six questions and answers of Jacob of Edessa
- f. 85v-90r Hypomnemata of our Lord
- f. 90v-99v Two letters of Theodore bar Wahbun
- f. 99v-105r Prophecies of pagan philosophers
- f. 105r-111r Chosen words of philosophers teaching wisdom
- f. 111r Colophon
- f. 111v-112v Eulogy of Abraham of Nathpar
- f. 113r Anecdote of Moses bar Kepha by Mar Sawira
- f. 113v-115r Profession of Faith by Mar Michael
- f. 115v-116v Questions and answers on ousia
- f. 117r-120v Legend of Mar Eli al-Hira in Arabic
- f. 121r-130r History of Yareth the Alexandrian
- f. 130r Colophon (other colophons found at 66r and 111r)
- Binding
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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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St. Thomas Syrian Catholic Church 107 |
1,895 CE |
Syriac |
See entry at CPART
- Moshe bar Kepha, Guide to the Mass
- Rite of Baptism
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Beinecke Syriac MS 10 |
1,200 CE |
Syriac |
See catalog entry
- Works of Moshe bar Kepha
- pp. 1-124 On Paradise
- pp. 1-97 First part
- pp. 97-108 Second part
- pp. 108-24 Third part
- pp. 124-186 On Resurrection
- pp. 186-205 Exegesis on Sayings of Paul on the Resurrection
- pp. 205-209 Words of Comfort
- pp. 209-218 On the Trinity
- pp. 218-224 Symbolism of the Shaving of the Monks
- Appendices
- pp. 224-225 Biographical Notes Pertaining to Moses
- pp. 225-end Pseudo-Methodius of Patara, On the End of Times
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Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi 3/2 (DIYR 00037) |
1,700 CE |
Garshuni |
- Moshe bar Kepha
- Treatise on the Soul
- Treatise on the Resurrection of the body
- Treatise on the creation of the angels
- Treatise on the hierarchy of the angels
- John of Dara, Treatise on Devils
- Moshe bar Kepha, Treatise on Paradise
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Borg. sir. 57 |
1,686 CE |
Syriac |
Catalog entry here
- Episcopal Ceremonies according to the West-Syrian Rite
- Consecration of the oils
- Consecration of the church
- Renewal of a church
- Consecration of the altar
- Various prayers for the laying on of hands
- Rite of the laying on of hands upon the Psalter-readers and lectors, sub-deacons, deacons, priests, archdeacons, Chorbishops, patriarchs, metropolitans and Bishops
- Three rites of baptism
- Order of the taking up of the monastic habit
- Homily (Turgama) of Moses bar Kepha
- Order of the taking up of the monastic habit for women
- Benediction over the waters for the day of Epiphany
- Benediction of the palms
- Various rites to do during holy week, the week of Easter and the Sunday of Pentecost
- Prayers to recite over the apostate
- Benediction over sacred linens, on images, on statues, etc.
- Rite of baptism by Bar 'Ebroyo
- Rite of extreme unction
- Funeral rites
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Vat. sir. 147 |
1,234 CE |
Syriac |
Catalog entry in Assemani
- f. 1v-90r Moshe bar Kepha, Book of the soul
- f. 90v-93v Moshe bar Kepha, That the faithful dead benefit from the oblations offered for them
- f. 94r-113r Moshe bar Kepha, Commentary on the sacred chrism
- f. 113v-116r Daniel the Monk (Rabban Daniel), wherein the chrism differs from the Eucharist
- f. 116v-end Moshe bar Kepha, Tractate on the sacrament of Baptism to Ignatius
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Harvard Ms Syr 118 |
1,753 CE |
Arabic, Garshuni, Syriac |
Catalog entry
- ff. 2v-81v Moshe bar Kepha, On the soul, in 65 chapters
- ff. 82r-125r Moshe bar Kepha, On the resurrection of bodies, in 34 chapters but ch. 25 is white space only
- ff. 125v-148r Moshe bar Kepha, On the creation of angels, in 54 chapters
- ff. 148v-164v Moshe bar Kepha, On the order of angels, in 16 chapters
- ff. 165r-174r John of Dara, Chapters on demons, in 23 chapters, but breaking off in the middle of ch. 22
- ff. 174v-236r, 236r-253r On paradise, in 2 memre of 28 and 7 chapters
- ff. 253r Short colophon partly in Karshuni and Arabic
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