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
Mardin, Turkey Chaldean Cathedral (CCM 00340) 1,700 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • f. 3r-26r Basil of Caesarea, Homily on Easter, Good Friday, and on the departure of the soul from the body
  • f. 27r-28r Collection of Proverbs
  • f. 28v-30v Chronological calculations
  • f. 32v-68v Life of St. Gregory
  • f. 68v-74r Story of Susanna
  • f. 74v-80r Miracles of the Virgin Mary
  • f. 80v-81r Ephrem Syrus, Homily 
  • f. 81v-87r John Chrysostom, On Repentance
  • f. 87v-95v Moses' conversation on Mt. Sinai
  • f. 97r-100v Life of Mar Isaac

Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi (DIYR 00251) 1,702 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • Prooemia, Sedrē, Readings from the Gospels and Pauline Epistles
  • Anaphora of Dionysius bar Ṣalibi
  • Anaphora of St. John (bishop of Haran Habura and Nisibis) 
  • Anaphora of Xystus of Rome
  • Anaphora of Eustathius of Antioch
  • Anaphora of Julius of Rome
  • Anaphora of Moshe bar Kepha
  • Anaphora of Marutha of Tagrit
  • Anaphora of Lazarus bar Sabta
  • Anaphora of Jacob of Edessa
  • Anaphora of Ignatius of Mardin
  • Dismissal and other prayers
  • Basil of Caesarea, Commentary on the Eucharist

Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi (DIYR 00270) 1,931 CE Garshuni, Syriac, Turkish
  • Readings from the Gospels and Pauline Epistles; Sedrē, prooemia (Garshuni, Syriac, Turkish)
  • Short anaphora of James, the Lord's brother (Garshuni, Syriac)
  • Anaphora of Abraham Naḥshirtana (Garshuni, Syriac)
  • Anaphora of the Twelve Apostles (Garshuni, Syriac)
  • Anaphora of Dionysius bar Ṣalībī  (Garshuni, Syriac)
  • Anaphora of Jacob of Ḥarran, Ḥabur and Nisibis (Garshuni, Syriac)
  • Anaphora of Eustathius of Antioch (Garshuni, Syriac)
  • Anaphora of Xystus of Rome (Garshuni, Syriac)
  • Anaphora of John bar Shushan (Garshuni, Syriac)
  • Joint Anaphora (Garshuni, Syriac)
  • Anaphora of Matthew the Pastor (Garshuni, Syriac)
  • Anaphora of Proclus of Byzantium (Garshuni, Syriac)
  • Anaphora of Xystus of Rome (Garshuni, Syriac)
  • Anaphora of Julius of Rome (Garshuni, Syriac)
  • Anaphora of Peter, the head of the Apostles (Garshuni, Syriac)
  • Vigil of the Virgin (Garshuni, Syriac)
  • Readings (Garshuni, Syriac)
  • Anaphora of Julius of Rome (Syriac)
  • Anaphora of Moshe bar Kepha (Syriac)
  • Anaphora of Marutha of Tagrit (Syriac)
  • Anaphora of Lazarus bar Sabta (Syriac)
  • Anaphora of Jacob of Edessa (Syriac)
  • Anaphora of Patriarch bar Wahib (Syriac)
  • Prayers (Garshuni, Syriac)
  • Basil of Caesarea, Commentary on the Liturgy (Garshuni, Syriac)
  • Prayers (Garshuni)
  • Anaphora of Jacob of Sarug (Garshuni, Syriac)
  • Readings (Garshuni, Syriac)
  • Anaphora of Marutha of Tagrit (Garshuni, Syriac)
  • Readings (Garshuni)
  • Anaphora of Philoxenus of Mabbug (Garshuni, Syriac)
  • Readings (Garshuni)
  • Anaphora of Mark the Evangelist (Garshuni, Syriac)
  • Readings; Anaphora of John the Evangelist (Garshuni, Syriac)
  • Readings, Anaphora of Patriarch bar Wahib (Garshuni, Syriac)