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
Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi 6/17; 23 (DIYR 00235) 1,635 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • Burial service for laymen
  • Funeral Rite for women
  • Funeral rite for children
  • Dismissal Prayer
  • Blessing of the rings. First Service
  • Blessing of the rings. Second Service
  • Jacob of Sarug, homily on weakness and the deceased 
Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi 304 (DIYR 00239) 1,936 CE Garshuni, Turkish
  • Ephrem Syrus, On a third day after the burial 
  • Jacob of Sarug, On the sevent day after the burial 
  • Jacob of Sarug, On the fortieth day after the burial 
  • Readings from the gospels and Pauline epistles
  • Burial service for a layman
  • Burial service for women
  • Burial service for children
  • Burial service for priests, deacons, and monks
  • Homily for a deceased (Turkish)
  • Readings from the Gospels and Pauline Epistles (Turkish)
Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi 135; 241 (DIYR 00241) 1,907 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • Readings from the Gospels and Pauline Epistles
  • Jacob of Sarug, on the Destruction of Amid
  • The Life of Ephrem
  • Book of the Fox
  • Summary of the Garden of the Monks
  • Testimonies on behalf of the old Syrians concerning the faith in Christ
Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi 265 (DIYR 00265) 1,902 CE Garshuni, Syriac, Turkish
  • Anaphora of Severus of Antioch (Garshuni, Syriac)
  • Canticles and Quqlions (Garshuni, Syriac)
  • Jacob of Sarug, Homily (Syriac)
  • A chant (Syriac)
  • Prayers (Syriac)
  • Readings from the Pauline Epistles (Syriac)
  • Canticle for Nativity (Garshuni, Syriac, Turkish)
  • Canticle for the Presentation of Our Lord (Garshuni)
  • Canticle for Palm Sunday (Garshuni)
  • Liturgical chants (Syriac)
  • Canticles for Great Friday (Garshuni, Syriac, Turkish)
  • Liturgical proclamations (Syriac)
  • Canticles for Easter, etc. (Garshuni, Syriac, Turkish)
Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi 268 (DIYR 00268) 1,865 CE Garshuni, Syriac, Turkish
  • \Table of Contents
  • Reading from the Gospel of Matthew (Turkish)
  • Reading from one of Paul's Epistles to the Corinthians (Turkish)
  • Ephrem Syrus, On the third day after the burial (Garshuni)
  • Jacob of Sarug, On the seventh day after the burial (Garshuni)
  • Jacob of Sarug, On the fortieth day after the burial (Garshuni)
  • Readings from the Gospels and Pauline Epistles (Garshuni)
  • Prooemion (Syriac)
  • Burial rite for laymen (Syriac, Garshuni)
  • Burial rite for women (Garshuni)
  • Burial rite for children (Garshuni)
  • Burial rite for priests and deacons (Garshuni)
  • Readings from the Gospels and Pauline Epistles (Garshuni)
  • Ephrem Syrus, Homily for the dead (Garshuni)
  • Readings from the Gospels and Pauline Epistles (Turkish)
  • Liturgical Chants (Syriac)
Vat. sir. 36 1,597 CE Garshuni, Syriac

Catalog entry from Assemani

  • f. 1-34 Missal (Jacobite Rite)
    • Anaphora of the Twelve Apostles
    • Anaphora of Peter the Apostle
    • Anaphora of St. Eustathius
    • Anaphora of St. John (bishop of Haran Habura and Nisibis)
    • Anaphora of Dionysius bar Ṣalibi
  • Porphyry, Isagoge
  • The way of finding East
  • Bishop Moses, excerpts from Yaḥya ibn 'Adī
    • Against those who affirm that Christ was not truly crucified
    • Against those who maintain the Christian Gospel has been corrupted
    • The world was not from eternity
  • Bishop Moses, Excerpt from an Arabic grammar
  • Jacob of Sarug, a philosophical poem: On being, substance, and accidents
  • Baptismal Rite
  • Gregory bar 'Ebroyo, Syriac Grammar
  • Bishop Moses, Syriac-Arabic Lexicon
  • Catalog of the works of Bar 'Ebroyo
Vat. sir. 199 1,545 CE Garshuni

Catalog entry in Assemani

  • Life of St. Maron
  • Homily on Penitence
  • Story of the three holy Patriarchs Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob
  • Death of Isaac the patriarch
  • Death of Jacob the patriarch
  • Jacob of Sarug, Homily on the thief
  • Life of St. Alexei
  • History of St. Abdulmasih
  • Lives of Ss. Sergius and Bacchus
  • Life of St. Marina
  • Life of St. Susanna
  • On Isaac, the son of Abraham the Patriarch
  • Life of St. John
  • Life of Paul
  • On St. Abba Ammon
  • On the Seven children of Ephesus
  • Life of St. Cyril
  • Life of St. Martinianus the Anchorite
  • Life of St. Archelidos
  • History of the Holy Apostles, Peter and Paul
  • Homily on Penitence
  • Life of St. Dionysius the Aereopagite
  • Jacob of Sarug, Homily on Constantine the great
  • Life of St. Simon
  • Life of Ahiqar the sage
  • Fables of Shaddad, son of 'Addi and Solomon, son of David
  • Letter from heaven given by Athanasius Patriarch of Alexandria
  • History of the conception and nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary by her mother Anna
  • Narration of bribery
  • Fable of a certain prince
  • Homily of St. Cyril, Patriarch of Alexandria
  • Questions and answers
  • History of Pontius Pilate
  • Apostolic Constitutions
  • Homily of St. John Chrysostom
  • Ephrem Syrus, On wrestling with the Devil
  • Prayer for the sick and penitential
Vat. sir. 217 1,585 CE Garshuni, Syriac

Catalog entry in Assemani

  • Gabriel Barclay, Maronite Bishop of Nicosa, On the Sphere
  • Daniel the sage, On the Zodiac Signs
  • Berozi the teacher, to Theo
  • Astrologia & Lunarium
  • Gabriel Barclay, Metrical exposition on the Apocalypse of John
  • Prayers, benedictions, and absolutions (Syriac and Arabic)
  • Order of the benediction for the great Sunday
  • Jacob of Sarug, Memra on Joseph
  • On the discovery of the body of Joseph under Arcadius and Honorius
  • On the children of Ephesus
  • Various memre
  • Calendar
  • History of animals
  • Hunayn of Hirta, excerpt on medicine
  • Ishō' bar 'Alī, Explination of exotic words
  • Utilizing plants, planets and herbs
  • Michael the Maronite Patriarch, Epistle to the king of the Franks (dated 1575)
  • 'Abdisho' the Catholicos, syriac memre
  • 'Abdisho' the patriarch of the Chaldeans
  • Creed of St. Athanasius
  • Isho'yahb of Nisibis (Bar Malkon), profession of the faith
  • Epistle of formularies
  • Profession of the faith
  • College rules of the Maronites
  • Mass for the Nativity
  • David bar Pawlos, Syriac Memre
  • On the seven climates, Syriac memre
Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 222 (SMMJ 00222) 1,791 CE Garshuni, Syriac

Filoksinos Yohanna Dolabany, Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in St. Mark’s Monastery (1994).

  • fol. 1v-60r Yūsuf al-Kaslūqīṯī, Syriac Grammar (Garshuni)
  • fol. 61v-62r Dionysius bar Ṣalibi, On the Twelve Apostles (Syriac)
  • fol. 62v-63v Jacob of Sarug, Homilies (Syriac)
  • fol. 63v-66r Commands of the Gospel (Syriac)
  • fol. 66r-69r Philoxenus of Mabbug, Admonition to keep the Lord's commands (Syriac)
  • fol. 69r-69v Evagrius and John of Dalyatha, Collection of sayings
  • fol. 69v-72r Philoxenus of Mabbug, Creed (Syriac)
  • fol. 72r-74v Dionysius bar Ṣalibi, Creed of the Syriac Orthodox Church (Syriac)
  • fol. 74v-75v Dialogue on the body of Christ (Syriac)
  • fol. 75v-91v Jacob of Edessa, Letter on the Providence of God (Syriac)
  • fol. 91v-94r Ephrem of Nisibis, Selections from a homily (Syriac)
  • fol. 94r-99r Jacob of Sarug, Homilies (Syriac)
    • Includes note on the life of Jacob of Sarug, fol. 98v-99r
  • fol. 99r-99v Jacob of Edessa, Letter on God's providence
Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 252 (SMMJ 00252) 1,621 CE Garshuni, Syriac

Filoksinos Yohanna Dolabany, Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in St. Mark’s Monastery (1994).

  • fol. 2r-49r Ḥusōyō prayers (Garshuni)
  • fol. 49v-79v Dionysius bar Ṣalibi, Canons (Garshuni)
  • fol. 80r-85r Feasts of the church year (Syriac)
  • fol. 85r-87v Jacob of Sarug, Selections from homilies (Syriac)
  • fol. 87v-88r Ephrem of Nisibis, Selections from homilies (Syriac)
  • fol. 88v-94v Anaphora of Xystus (Syriac)
  • fol. 95r-103v Unidentified liturgical text (Garshuni)

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