Digitized Manuscripts: Faceted Search

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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
Medeltidshandskrift 58 1,204 CE Syriac

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  • ff. 3v-308r Old and New Testament Peshitta (with Massora)
  • ff. 308r-313v Jacob of Edessa, Letter to Giorgios, bishop of Sarug, on Syriac orthography A Letter by Mar Jacob, Bishop of Edessa
  • ff. 313v-318r Jacob of Edessa, Treatise on punctuation A Letter by Mar Jacob, Bishop of Edessa, On Syriac Orthography
  • ff. 318r-320r Deacon Thomas, Two treatises on the Syriac accent 
  • f. 320v Epiphanios On Greek prosody Hebraica, vol IV Gottheil, J. H. (ed.) , 1887-1888, p. 168. .
  • ff. 320v-321r Treatise on the Syriac conjunctions 
  • f. 321r-321v Treatise on the Syriac conjunctions
  • ff. 322r-323v Gregory of Nazianz Orations
  • f. 324r Concordance
  • ff. 324v-326r Calendar

Mardin, Turkey Chaldean Cathedral (CCM 00354) 1,682 CE Garshuni
  • f. 1r-97r Psalter
  • f. 97r-108v Canticles of Praise
  • f. 109r-113r Homily 
  • f. 113r-119r John Chrysostom, Homily on repentance, love, and faith
  • f. 119r-126r John Chrysostom, Homily on Psalm 6
  • f. 127r-131v Jacob of Sarug, Homily on the Holy Mysteries, Confession, and repentance
  • f. 132r-137v John Chrysostom, Homily on repentance and the rebuke of the soul
  • f. 137v-142v Ephrem Syrus, Homily on the End and the punishment of the world
  • f. 142v-155v Basil of Caesarea, Homily on repentance, on poor Lazarus and the rich man
  • f. 155v-163v John Chrysostom, Homily on the first day of creation
  • f. 163v-169r Jacob of Sarug, Homily on repentance and for baptism
  • f. 169r-173r Gregory Nazianzus, Homily on the Nativity of our Lord
  • f. 173r-178v John Chrysostom, Homily on the Ten Virgins
  • f. 178v-183r John Chrysostom, Homily on Abraham and Isaac, when he took his son to sacrifice him
  • f. 183r-194v John Chrysostom, Homily on Judas's betrayal of Christ
  • f. 194v-202r John Chrysostom, Homily on Peter's denial of Jesus
  • f. 202r-207v John Chrysostom, Homily on the Lord's words, "My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass by me"