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
Syriac 26. Ascetica 1,550 CE Syriac

Catalogs:

Contents (Same as Syriac 24):

  • Memra made by one of the monks seeking from one of his relatives about admonition and rules of good conduct of the body and soul
  • Useful Memre composed about the words of the wisdom of Solomon
  • John of Mosul: Commands and admonitions for the priest
  • John bar Penkaye: Memra
Syriac 40. Ascetica 1,531 CE Syriac

Catalogs:

​Contents:

  • Same title and contents as codex 24
  • Memra made by one of the monks seeking from one of his relatives about admonition and rules of good conduct of the body and soul
  • Useful Memre composed about the words of the wisdom of Solomon
  • John of Mosul: Commands and admonitions for the priest
  • John bar Penkaye: Memra
Kirkuk, Iraq, Chaldean Archdiocese of Kirkuk 68 (ACK 00068) 1,800 CE Syriac
  • ff. 1rv, Dialog of a monk and a layman
  • ff. 1v-124v John of Mosul, Homily on piety