|
Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 8 (SMMJ 00008) |
1,600 CE |
Garshuni, Syriac |
See entry at CPART and in Macomber (St. Mark's Convent, Jerusalem 1-3; SMC 1-3); Baumstark 1 and Baumstark 1*; Filoksinos Yohanna Dolabany, Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in St. Mark’s Monastery (1994).
- f. 1v-116v Psalms (Syriac/Garshuni) (Syriac is the Peshitta)
- f. 116b Our Father in Syriac and Garshuni
- f. 116v-117r The Creed of the three hundred, i.e. the Nicene Creed (Syriac and Garshuni)
- f. 117r A special Psalm of David. Psalm 151 (Syriac and Garshuni)
|
|
|
Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 46 (SMMJ 00046) |
1,852 CE |
Garshuni |
See entry at CPART and in Macomber (St. Mark's Convent, Jerusalem 1-6; SMC 1-6). Baumstark 10*. Filoksinos Yohanna Dolabany, Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in St. Mark’s Monastery (1994).
- f. 1v-363r Daniel of Salah [Salaḥ], Commentary on the Psalms
- f. 1v Letter of Shaykh Yūhannā requesting the commentary
- f. 1v-3r Response of Shaykh Daniel
- f. 3r-125r Book One (Pss 1-50)
- f. 125r-244r Book two (Pss 51-100)
- f. 244r-363r Book Three (Pss 101-150)
|
|
|
Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 36 (SMMJ 00036) |
1,800 CE |
Garshuni, Syriac |
See entry at CPART and in Macomber (Macomber 2-2B) (St. Mark's Convent, Jerusalem 2-2; SMC 2-2)
- Part A (1800)
- f. 1v-4r Syrian Orthodox Lections for the feast of the Nativity
- f. 1v-2r At vespers of the Nativity of our Lord in the flesh. John 1:1-17
- f. 2r-3r At matins of the Nativity of our Lord in the flesh. Matthew 2:1-12
- f. 3r-4r The Nativity of our Lord. From the Apostle Paul. Galatians 4:1-18
- Part B (12th Century)
- f. 1v-273r New Testament Peshitta (unless otherwise indicated)
- f. 1v-32v Matthew
- f. 32v-52v Mark
- f. 52v-87r Luke
- f. 87r-114r John
- f. 115r-142v Harklean lections of the Great (i.e. Passion) week
- f. 142v-178v Acts
- f. 178v-182r James
- f. 182r-186r 1 Peter
- f. 186r-189v 1 John
- f. 189v-190r 2 John (Harklean)
- f. 190rv 3 John (Harklean)
- f. 190v-192v 2 Peter (Harklean)
- f. 192v-193v Jude (Harklean)
- f. 193v-207v Romans
- f. 207v-222r 1 Corinthians
- f. 222r-232v 2 Corinthians
- f. 232v-237r Galatians
- f. 237r-242v Ephesians
- f. 242v-246r Philippians
- f. 246r-249r Colossians
- f. 249r-252r 1 Thessalonians
- f. 252r-254r 2 Thessalonians
- f. 254r-258r 1 Timothy
- f. 258r-260v 2 Timothy
- f. 260v-262r Titus
- f. 262rv Philemon
- f. 262v-273r Hebrews
|
|
|
Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 44 (SMMJ 00044) |
1,505 CE |
Garshuni |
See entry at CPART and in Macomber (St. Mark's Convent, Jerusalem 2-8; SMC 2-8). Filoksinos Yohanna Dolabany, Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in St. Mark’s Monastery (1994).
- f. 1v-624r The book of the Torah interspersed with anonymous commentary which some scholars attribute to the Copt, Marqus al-Darīr ibn Mawhūb Ibn al-Qanbar [Marqus ibn Qanbar, died 1208]
- f. 1v-227v The book of Genesis, interspersed with anonymous commentary
- f. 228r-410r The book of Exodus, interspersed with anonymous commentary
- f. 410v-528r The book of Leviticus, interspersed with anonymous commentary
- f. 529r-580r The book of Numbers, without commentary
- f. 580v-624r The book of Deuteronomy, without commentary
|
|
|
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
|
|
|
St. Mark's Convent, Jerusalem 2-10 |
1,400 CE |
Garshuni, Syriac |
See entry at CPART and In Macomber ([Macomber A]; [Macomber B]; [Macomber C])
- Part A (14/15th century)
- f. 1r-23v Fragments of a Syrian Orthodox missal
- f. 1r-2v, 4rv Anaphora of St. James, with the ordinary of the mass
- f. 4v-9v Anaphora of John the Evangelist
- f. 9v-20v Anaphora of St. Philoxenus (of Baghdad, also known as La'zar Bar Shabbta)
- f. 20v-23v Mar Sa'wira, Rite of the signing of the chalice of holy St. Severus of Antioch. This is a rite for consecrating additional wine for communion when the communion wine that was consecrated during mass runs short
- Part B (17/18th century)
- f. 3rv A single leaf from a Syrian Orthodox missal containing the anamnesis, epiclesis, and beginnings of the intercessions of the Anaphora of St. John the Evangelist
- Part C (15th Century)
- f. 24v-112v Syrian Orthodox Pontifical ritual
- f. 24v-52v, 60rv, 54rv The book for the consecration of chrism
- f. 24v-25v Confection of the anointing oil for chrism
- f. 25v-27v Preparation for the ceremony
- f. 27v-52v, 60rv, 54rv The rite of the consecration of chrism
- f. 55r-56v Prayer (recited) Over the anointing oil intended for anointing (those being baptized). Candidates for baptism have their entire bodies anointed with oil just before they are plunged into the font.
- f. 57r-59v, 53rv, 61r-64v Rite of the ordination of deacons
- f. 65r-70v Rite of the ordination of priests
- f. 71r-74r End of the treatise on chrism (Garshuni)
- f. 74r-79v Rite of the consecration of a church
- f. 80r-82v End of the bishop's exhortation to those ordained to the priesthood (Garshuni)
- f. 82v Prayer of the faithful for the priests and deacons who have been ordained (Garshuni)
- f. 83r-84v Rite of the holy habit of Abba Antonius, which has been translated from the Egyptian language into Syriac
- f. 84v-85r Rite of the prayer for the consecration of the furniture of the sanctuary and the altar and the vestments that the priest wears at Mass
- f. 85r-98r Rite of the tonsure of monks according to the tradition of Mount Urhay
- f. 98r Prayer recited over those who are putting on the garments of the ministry
- f. 98r-100r Exhortation delivered by one of the saints; it is read to the monks at their clothing (Garshuni)
- f. 100r-103v Rite of the tonsure of nuns when they are presented for the holy habit of monasticism
- f. 103v-112v Order, that is, sequence of ceremonies of the consecration of altars, that is, of the tablets on the altar table
|
|
|
Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 219 (SMMJ 00219) |
1,788 CE |
Garshuni, Syriac |
See entry at CPART and in Macomber (St. Mark's Convent, Jerusalem 2-12; SMC 2-12). Filoksinos Yohanna Dolabany, Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in St. Mark’s Monastery (1994). Baumstark 30*. Macler 24.
- f. 1v-116r Rabban Eudochos of Melitene and others, Words that people doubt about, grammatical forms that are difficult to understand, their inflections, their meaning and their presentation in the treatise of atomology (the science of word roots) (Syriac, Garshuni)
- f. 116r-122r Words that are invariable, in alphabetical order (Syriac)
- f. 122r Months of the Egyptians with Syrian Counterparts (Syriac)
- f. 122v-123v Fragments of grammatical treatises (Syriac)
- f. 122v End of a section that seems mostly concernd with words whose first syllable is vocalized with ptaha
- f. 122v Concerning softened and hardened pronunciation. That is, concerning the letters that have both a softened and a hardened pronunciation and those that do not
- f. 122v Concerning words whose first syllable in the singular is unvocalized but which receives the ptaha in the plural and derived words
- f. 123v On the vocalization of the passive participles of the derived forms of the verb
- f. 123v-124v Dawid bar Pawlos, Scholion concerning the letters that are variable in pronunciation (Syriac)
- f. 124v-125r Scholion that shows how the correctness of diction of the Syriac language is preserved (Syriac)
- f. 125r Concerning the number of the choirs (of angels) (Syriac)
- f. 125rv On their names (of the angelic choirs) (Syriac)
|
|
|
Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 248 (SMMJ 00248) |
1,475 CE |
Garshuni, Syriac |
See entry at CPART and in Macomber ([Macomber A]; [Macomber B]) (St. Mark's Convent, Jerusalem 2-13; SMC 2-13). Filoksinos Yohanna Dolabany, Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in St. Mark’s Monastery (1994).
- Part A (20th Century) (Garshuni, Syriac)
- Syrian Orthodox collection of miscellaneous liturgical pieces
- f. 1r-2r Rite for the reconciliation of a penitent sinner
- f. 2v-3v Order of the prayers of the hymns of the canon
- f. 3v-4v Acrostic alphabetic hymn without title
- f. 4v-5r A song on drinking; It is sung on the alphabet
- Part B (1474/5 CE) (Garshuni, Syriac)
- Syrian Orthodox collection of miscellaneous liturgical pieces
- f. 1r-42r Miscellaneous Liturgical Pieces
- f. 1r-9r Shumlaya that the deacon proclaims in the offering of the Eucharist according to the modern revision of Melitene. This is a diaconal for the Mass.
- f. 9r-10r Communion hymns for the Thursday of the Mysteries
- f. 1r-23r Prayers, proemia, sedre, 'etre, and huttame that are learned by heart by a new priest when he is ordained.
- f. 10r-11r Order of the Mother of God
- f. 11r-12r Order of the Apostles
- f. 12r-13r Order of the martyrs
- f. 13r-14r Order of the Patron Saint
- f. 14r-15r Communion order
- f. 15r-16r Order of penitance
- f. 16v-17v Order of the departed
- f. 17v-19r Oder of the Cross
- f. 19rv Order of the Resurrection
- f. 19v-20r Order of Vespers
- f. 20r-21r Order of Compline
- f. 21r-22r Order of the night office
- f. 22r-23r Order of Matins
- f. 23rv Huttame of the other offices
- f. 26r-32v Ordinary of the mass
- f. 32v-33r Prayer for blessing of bread. A table grace.
- f. 33r-39v Prayers of every kind
- f. 33r-34r Prayers of vespers
- f. 34r-35r Prayers of the "hymns of the Greek canon"
- f. 35r-38v Miscellaneous prayers
- f. 38v-39v Table prayers (Garshuni)
- f. 39v-42r Two rhymed homilies for feasts (in Garshuni)
- f. 39v-40v Homily on the feast of the Nativity
- f. 40v-42r Homily on the Epiphany
- f. 42r-45r Two questions of the Fathers
- f. 42r Question that Bishop Severus asked of Bishop Jacob of Edessa: "How is God above all and below all, inside all and outside all and in all?"
- f. 42v-45r Bishop John (?), Question concerning the dead after burial while he is doing penance (Garshuni)
- f. 45v-48v Miracle that our Lady Mary, the Mother of God, worked
- f. 48v A few epigrams
- f. 49r-58r Four more rhymed homilies
- f. 49r-52r Turjām of the blessed Fast
- f. 52r-54r A pretty homily on the venerable crucifixion
- f. 54r-56r Turjām of Ninevah and lections (?) of the prophet Jonah. A single rhymed composition
- f. 56v-58r Turjām on the Resurrection
- f. 58rv Two prayers: One for the patriarch and one for the sultan
- f. 59r-61r Another rhymed homily: Turjām on the Dormition of our Lady the Virgin Mary
- f. 61v-69r
- f. 69v-73v Homily delivered by St. Jacob which he delivered on the thief of the right hand; read on the Friday of the Crucifixion
- f. 73v-88v An abridged discouse on the true faith and on the hymns of the spiritual Church.
- f. 89r-96r The questions of St. Basil and St. Gregory
- f. 96r-112r Ten questions concerning which a certain disciple asked his master
- f. 96rv Contents
- f. 96v-112r Text
- f. 112r-118r Homily delivered by Bishop Gregory (Pseudo-Gregory Nazianzus), on the destruction of this world and the departure of the soul from the body
- f. 118v-148r The Apocalypse of Paul (Garshuni)
- f. 148v Beginning of an unidentified item
|
|
|
St. Mark's Convent, Jerusalem 2-14 |
1,400 CE |
Garshuni, Syriac |
See entry at CPART and in Macomber
- f. 1r-199v Syrian Orthodox Missal
- f. 1r Table of Contents
- f. 1v-16v Lections suitable for the Mass
- f. 16v-21r Lections of the Thursday of the Mysteries, of the Saturday of Good News and of feasts of our Lord
- f. 21v-31r Short anaphora of St. James
- f. 31rv Prayer of the Saturday of Good News, which is recited in place of the prayer of peace
- f. 31v-39v Anaphora of the Twelve blessed Apostles
- f. 39v-50r Anaphora of St. John the Evangelist
- f. 50r-55v Anaphora of St. Dionysius of Amida, that is, Jacob Barsalibi. This is the first anaphora of Dionysius Barsalibi
- f. 55v-61v Anaphora of St. Xystus, Patriarch of Rome
- f. 61v-68v Anaphora of Matthew Pastor
- f. 68v-75r Short anaphora of Simon Peter
- f. 75r-81r Anaphora of St. Iwannis, Bishop of Harran
- f. 81r-94v Anaphora of St. Jacob Burd'oyo (Baradaeus)
- f. 94v-113r Anaphora of St. Jacob of Sarug
- f. 113r-126v Liturgy of St. Cyriacus, Patriarch of Antioch
- f. 126v-134r Anaphora of St. Eustathius, Archbishop of Antioch
- f. 134r-148r Anaphora of St. Marutha of Tagrit
- f. 148r-160r Anaphora of St. Moshe Bar Kepha
- f. 160r-168v Liturgy of St. Philoxenus of Mabbug
- f. 168v-183r Anaphora of the holy and great Severus, Patriarch of Antioch
- f. 183r-193v Anaphora of the evangelist St. Mark
- f. 194r-199v Huttame–Prayers of the final blessing
- f. 194r-195r Huttama of St. Jacob of Sarug
- f. 195r-196r Another of St. Jacob of Sarug
- f. 196r-198r Another of St. Ephrem Syrus
- f. 198r-199v Another in Garshuni
|
|
|
Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 199A (SMMJ 00199A) |
1,734 CE |
Garshuni |
See entry at CPART and in Macomber (St. Mark's Convent, Jerusalem 3-2; SMC 3-2). Filoksinos Yohanna Dolabany, Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in St. Mark’s Monastery (1994). Baumstark 38*(A)
- Lives of Saints
- f. Ir-IIv Contents
- f. IIv, 1r-400r Text
- f. 1v-4v Life of Anba Paul of Alexandria
- f. 4v-33v Life of St. Anthony, written by St. Athanasius
- f. 33v-52r Life of Anba Macarius
- f. 52r-67r Story of the life of the brothers Maximus, and Dometius, sons of Emperor Valentinus
- f. 67r-81r Life of Anba Bishoi
- f. 81r-98r Life of Mar John the Short, head of the elders of the Desert of Scete
- f. 98r-110v History of the great saint and exalted Anba Shenute
- f. 110v-114r Life of Anba Mark
- f. 114r-132v The history of Anba Serapion
- f. 132v-137v Story of the vizier, Xenophon and his sons, John and Arcadius
- f. 138r-142v History of the life of St. Archelides of Constantinople
- f. 142r-146r History of St. John of the Golden Gospel
- f. 146r-148r Story of Mar Risha
- f. 148r-150v A second story of Mar Risha
- f. 150v-153v Story of the great and marvelous persons, children of the potentates of Rome and Antioch, who renounced this world and all that is in it and lived a life of voluntary poverty in a miserable manner
- f. 154v-156r History of St. Andronicus and Athanasia, his wife
- f. 156r-159r Story of the father, Daniel, of Scetis, and of Eulogius, the stonecutter
- f. 159r-162v The story of Simeon of Katar 'Abdin
- f. 162v-166r Story of St. Reuben
- f. 166v-171r History of the elect saint, Mar Awtil
- f. 171v-174v Story of Mar Dometius
- f. 174v-182r Ephrem Syrus, the story of St. Abraham Qidunaya
- f. 182r-187r Story of Mar Julianus
- f. 187r-195v History of the blessed Mar Aaron
- f. 196r-226r Story of the life of Mar Simeon the Stylite
- f. 226r-265v Story of Mar Barsawma
- f. 266r-272r Story of the blessed Mar Daniel by Mar Jacob
- f. 272r-277r Story about the Holy Mar Jacob the anchorite
- f. 277r-278r History of the blessed Martinianus
- f. 278r-280r Story of a certain youth from Alexandria (St. Saba of Alexandria)
- f. 280r-282v Story of St. Malchus of Clysma
- f. 282v-286v Story of the blessed sons of Rechab, whom the prophet Jeremiah commemorates
- f. 286v-290r Story of the believing merchant Mark, who died in the West and entrusted his business to a Muslim, who was converted and became a Christian
- f. 290v-294r Story of St. John who completed the course of his life in the well
- f. 294r-308r Leontius, Bishop of Neapolis, Story of Mar Simeon Salus and St. John, the spiritual brothers of Edessa
- f. 308r-310r Story of Anba Gerasimus
- f. 310r-311v Story of Abraham of Kashkar
- f. 311v-313r Story of Petrā from Atriqi
- f. 313r-323r St. John, Story of Mar Bayt al-Shuhadā
- f. 323r-340r Story of Mar Eugene from the Copts
- f. 340r-349v Story of Mar Malchus
- f. 349v-356r Story of Mar Isaiah of Aleppo
- f. 356v-362r Story of Mar Yareth of Alexandria
- f. 362r-363v Story of Evagrius
- f. 363v-366r Story of Anba Isaiah of Bayt al-Qiddīsīn
- f. 366r-379v Story of the icon of Christ that the Jews made in the city of Tiberius in order to mock it, in the days of Zeno, the believing emperor
- f. 379v-390r Story of Jacob the Recluse
- f. 390v-400r Story of the holy Mar Eulogius the Copt
|
|
