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Vat. sir. 123 |
700 CE |
Syriac |
See entry in Assemani
- Binding
- f. 1r-115v Gregory of Cyprus, Sermons
- f. 115v-172v John the Solitary, Sermons
- f. 172v-185r Abraham of Nathpar, Sermons
- f. 185r-198v Selections from the Liber Graduum
- f. 198v-205r Dionysius the Areopagite, Epistle to Timothy on the Martyrs Peter and Paul
- f. 205r-207v John the Solitary, Sayings
- f. 207v-241v Apothegmata Patrum
- f. 241v-246r St. Anthony, Letters to the Brothers
- f. 246r-255r Teachings of the Egyptian Fathers
- f. 255r-256v Questions and Answers
- f. 256v-294v History of the Egyptian Fathers
- f. 295r-303v John the Solitary, Sermons
- Binding
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Mingana Syriac 86 |
1,300 CE |
Syriac |
See catalog entry for Mingana 86
- f. 4r-90v Mystic treatises (Mingana believes them to be Isaac or Ninevah. Many headings are missing)
- f. 90v-97v St. Macarius of Alexandria, A Prayer
- f. 97v-109r Philoxenus of Mabbug, A Prayer
- f. 109-112r A treatise of the holy and godly elder [John of Dalyatha or John Saba?] (ܡܡܠܠܐ ܕܣܒܐ ܩܕܝܫܐ ܘܐܠܗܝܐ) (called "18th mimra" in the margin)
- f. 112r-115v Isaac of Ninevah, Treatise consisting mostly of prayers
- f. 115v-116v Palladius, A treatise on the virtues without which no man can make any progress
- f. 116v-117r The virtues which an old monk possessed
- f. 117r-119v A treatise on mysticism
- f. 119v-138v Mark the Monk, A long treatise on mysticism, often consisting of good sayings
- f. 138v-139v Ephrem Syrus, A treatise (ܡܡܠܠܐ) in prose
- f. 139v-154v Isaac of Ninevah, A long mystical treatise
- f. 154-166 A treatise on mysticism attributed to the holy and godly elder [John of Dalyatha or John Saba?] (ܡܡܠܠܐ ܕܣܒܐ ܩܕܝܫܐ ܘܐܠܗܝܐ)
- f. 166v-178v Gregory the Monk [Gregory of Cyprus], A treatise on spirituality for monks
- f. 179r-179v Isaac of Ninevah, A short discourse on spirituality
- f. 179v-184v Isaac of Ninevah, A short discourse on spirituality, on night vigils
- f. 184v-190v Evagrius, A discourse on mysticism
- f. 190 St. Ephrem, A short mimra on mysticism
- f. 190v-198r John Saba, A treatise on mysticism
- f. 198r-198v John Naqar (ܝܘܚܢܢ ܢܩܪ), A short treatise on mysticism
- f. 198v-200v John Naqar (ܝܘܚܢܢ ܢܩܪ), A short treatise on mysticism
- f. 201r-207v Evagrius, Exhortations and good advice on mysticism
- f. 207v-213v Evagrius, A treatise on the definition of vices and virtues
- f. 213v-232v Evagrius, A long treatise on mysticism (f. 229r-232v contain 97 evangelical sayings on perfection)
- f. 233r-263v John the Seer (Hazzaya) or possibly John of Lycopolis, A long discourse on mysticism
- f. 264r-274v The Monk Isaiah (Esha'ya) of Scete, A mystical treatise
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BnF syr. 235 |
1,200 CE |
Syriac |
See catalog entry here
Collection of Saints' Lives
- f. 1r-2 History and preaching of St. John the Evangelist at Ephesus
- f. 3-12r History (attributed to St. Ephrem) of Abraham Qidunaya and his niece
- f. 12v-15 History of the man of God (St. Alexei) who died at Edessa in the time of Bishop Mar Rabbula
- f. 16-18 Second part of the history of St. Alexei
- f. 19-24 History of Bishop Paul and of the priest, John
- f. 25v-31 History of Julian Saba (by Theodoret)
- f. 32-51r History of Maximus and Domitius, by Abba Bishoy
- f. 51v-55r Letter of St. Dionysius the Areopagite to St. Timothy
- f. 55v-60r History of the preaching of the apostle Philip at Carthage
- f. 60v-66 History of Archelides of Constantinople
- f. 67-73r History of a saint (attributed in one copy to St. John Chrysostom)
- f. 80v-81 History of a solitary who was living on a tree
- f. 82-84r History of Martinianus
- f. 84v-91r Vision of Zosimus
- f. 91v-124 History of John the younger (translated from Arabic?)
- f. 125-142r History of Ephrem Syrus
- f. 142v-143r History of Dioscorus, the priest (by Palladius)
- f. 143v-146 Histor of Jacob the Lame
- f. 147-160r History of Hanania, addressed to Philotheus, by Jacob of Sarug
- f. 160v-174 History of Daniel, the anchorite of Galash, by Jacob of Sarug
- f. 175-204r History of Serapion
- f. 204v-209r History of Andronicus and of Athanasius, his wife, from Antioch
- f. 209v-230r History of Antigonus and his wife Euphraxia and their daughter, Euphraxia
- f. 230v-242r History of St. Onesima, the princess
- f. 242v-250r History of Euphrosina
- f. 250v-251r History of a virgin from Jerusalem
- f. 251v-260r History of Domitius the doctor
- f. 260v-264 History of Dionysius the Aereopagite
- f. 265-274 History of Mark the Christian merchant of Antioch, and of the pagan Gaspard from a country of the east
- f. 275v-312r History of John the chaplain, patriarch of Alexandria
- f. 312v-315r History of Moses the Ethiopian
- f. 315v-325 History of Jacob Burd'oyo, Bishop of Edessa, by John of Ephesus
- f. 326-335 History of the seven sleepers of Ephesus
- f. 336v ff Martyrdom of St. Barbara and of St. Julienne
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Sachau 165; Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin 201 |
1,300 CE |
Syriac |
See entry for Sachau 165
- Lives and sayings for famous ascetics and church Fathers
- f. 1-8v Biographical notes about church fathers and Citations of their works
- f. 8v, 13-25 fragments of a writing about the monastic call
- f. 9r-9v, 17 fragments of a legend of St. Pior (Identified with Lausaic history ch. 87)
- f. 9v-12v Admonition of the Apostle Peter
- f. 12v-16v From the legend of Abba Bishoi about the Isaac who became a Jew
- f. 16v-18v part of the life of Alexander of Rome
- f. 18r-19r Patristic citations
- f. 19r-22r Conversation between teachers and students
- f. 23r-26v Legends
- f. 27r-32v Biographical notes about the prophets of the Old Testament
- f. 32v-36v Notes on the New Testament
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Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften (C2: n12-86) |
Unknown |
Sogdian, Syriac |
- Matyrium of St. Pethion
- Dādišo‛ Qaṭrāyā, commentary on the 15th Homily of Abba Isaiah
- Legend of the seven sleepers of Ephesus
- Martyrdom of the Holy Barba‛šemin
- Martyrdom of the 120 martyrs and of the Holy Barba‛šemin
- Martyrdom of St. Šahdost
- *Perhaps part of the homily of Babai of Nisibis, "On the Final Evil Hour"
- Commentary on the Liturgy; Unidentified Homily
- Apophthegmata Patrum?
- Martyrdom of St. Eustathius
- Evagrius Ponticus, Antirrheticus
- Possibly Evagrius Ponticus, Antirrheticus
- Unidentified
- Probably part of the homily, "On the divine grace toward creation"
- Apostolic Canons
- Apostolic Canons/Commentary on the Liturgy
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Vat. sir. 126 pt. 1 |
1,253 CE |
Syriac |
Catalog entry in Assemani
pp. 1-396
- 'Enanisho', Paradies of the Fathers
- Book 1: Palladius, Bishop of Heleopolis
- Book 2: Palladius
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Vat. sir. 126 pt. 2 |
1,253 CE |
Syriac |
Catalog entry in Assemani
pp. 397-end (Begins with Abba Isaiah the Monk)
- 'Enanisho', Paradise of the Fathers
- Book 1: Palladius, Bishop of Heleopolis
- Book 2: Palladius (Begins in this section)
- Lives of the Fathers according to St. Jerome
- Book 4: Apophthegmata Patrum
- Doctrine and Admonitions of the Fathers on the monastic institution
- Abba Evagrius, Sermons
- Abba Anthony, Letters to the monastic brothers
- St. Macarius of Egypt, sermons
- St. Macarius of Egypt, epistles
- St. Macarius the Alexandrian, Sermons
- Abraham Nathpar, sermons
- Ammon the monk and Bishop of Oxyrinchus, letters
- St. Xystus of Rome, sermons
- John of Dalyatha, sermons
- Gregory the Monk on the isle of Cyprus, sermons
- John of Thebes, sermons
- St. Basil the Great, Monstaic institutions, Questions and answers from the brethren
- Letter to his brother Gregory of Nyssa
- Paranaetic Chapter
- Ascetic Chatper
- Jacob of Sarug, letter on the ascetic way
- Letter to an abbot on the soul
- Letter about the virtuous men
- Philoxenus of Mabbug, on the one whose desire is changed toward refraining from the priesthood
- Letter to the monks of Amid
- St. Ephrem, sermon
- St. Mark the hermit, paranaetic sermon
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Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 200 (SMMJ 00200) |
1,673 CE |
Syriac |
Filoksinos Yohanna Dolabany, Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in St. Mark’s Monastery (1994).
- fol. 3v-89r Palladius, Lausiac history
- fol. 89v-158v Jerome, History of the monks of Egypt
- Manuscript attributes work to St. Jerome
- fol. 158v-218v Palladius, Sayings excerpted from the Lausiac history
- fol. 219r-230v Abraham of Nathpar, Ten treatises
- fol. 230v-233r Basil of Caesarea, Counsels to monks
- fol. 233r-237v Counsels
- Mnauscript attributes text to Xystus, Bishop of Rome
- fol. 237v-241r Joseph Hazzāyā, Admonition
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