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 3/2 (DIYR 00037) 1,700 CE Garshuni
  • Moshe bar Kepha
    • Treatise on the Soul
    • Treatise on the Resurrection of the body
    • Treatise on the creation of the angels
    • Treatise on the hierarchy of the angels
  • John of Dara, Treatise on Devils
  • Moshe bar Kepha, Treatise on Paradise
Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 130 (SMMJ 00130) 1,801 CE Garshuni

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

  • fol. 1v-82v Moshe bar Kiphō, On the Soul
  • fol. 82v-115r Moshe bar Kiphō, On the resurrection of bodies
  • fol. 115v-150r Moshe bar Kiphō, On the creation of angels and on the angelic hierarchy
  • fol. 150v-158r John of Dara, On demons
  • fol. 158r-216r Moshe bar Kiphō, On Paradise