Digitized Manuscripts: Faceted Search

About This Table

This table searches all collections of Syriac and Garshuni manuscripts that are freely available online by key terms. Click any of the categorized menu items to narrow down your search. If you would like to sort the manuscripts by shelf-mark or date, or search by general keyword, see our other table here, which includes all the same manuscript data.

*The Approximate Date column is derived from the best available information for the manuscript. This is not asserted as a scholarly position on the dating of the manuscript. Instead, it is merely used here for the convenience of being able to sort all manuscripts by numerical date. The user should keep in mind that there may be considerable debate over the precise dating of the manuscript and should consult the manuscript repository and relevant scholarly literature for details.

Manuscript Name / Shelf Mark / Project Number Approximate Date Language The main body text Link to Digitized Manuscript
Vat. sir. 377 Unknown Syriac

Catalog entry in Assemani

  • 'Enanisho', Paradise of the Fathers
    • Abraham of Nathpar, Sermons
    • Ammonius the monk and bishop, Epistles
    • Xystus of Rome, Ascetic Sermons
    • John of Dalyatha, Sermons
    • Gregory the Monk, sermon to monastic fathers and brother
    • Gregory the Monk, Epistle to Theodore the monk
    • Gregory the Monk, On the office of Archimandrite
    • Gregory the Monk, Epistles to Epiphanius
    • Gregory the Monk, Questions and Responses
    • John of the Thebaid, Paraenesis and Hesychia
    • John of the Thebaid, On Prayer
    • John of the Thebaid, When tribulation is intolerable for the soul
    • John of the Thebaid, When there is no need for the body to suffer infirmity
    • John of the Thebaid, On that statement, "Blessed are peacemakers"