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
St. Thomas Syrian Catholic Church 107 1,895 CE Syriac

See entry at CPART

  • Moshe bar Kepha, Guide to the Mass
  • Rite of Baptism
Vat. sir. 147 1,234 CE Syriac

Catalog entry in Assemani

  • f. 1v-90r Moshe bar Kepha, Book of the soul 
  • f. 90v-93v Moshe bar Kepha, That the faithful dead benefit from the oblations offered for them
  • f. 94r-113r Moshe bar Kepha, Commentary on the sacred chrism
  • f. 113v-116r Daniel the Monk (Rabban Daniel), wherein the chrism differs from the Eucharist
  • f. 116v-end Moshe bar Kepha, Tractate on the sacrament of Baptism to Ignatius
Baghdad, Iraq: Syrian Catholic Archdiocese of Baghdad, N. 115 (ASCBN 00115) 1,900 CE Arabic, Syriac
  • fol. 2v-30v Moshe bar Kephō, Explanation of the Holy Mass
  • fol. 30v-38r Moshe bar Kephō, Commentary on Holy Baptism
  • fol. 38r-45v Commentary on Ordination
  • fol. 45v-47r Collection of sayings
    • Title NS: ܥܠ ܗܘ ܡܕܡ ܕܟܬܒܘ ܝܘܕ̈ܝܐ ܠܥܠ ܡܢ ܙܩܝܦܗ ܕܡܫܝܚܐ (on that which the Jews wrote above the cross of the Messiah)
  • fol. 47r-53r John of Dara, Commentary on the Creed
  • fol. 53r-55r Liturgical miscellany
  • fol. 55r-59v On the Ascension of Jesus Christ
  • fol. 59v-66v On Pentecost
  • fol. 66v-74r Moshe bar Kepha, On the Cross
  • fol. 74r-79v On the vestments of the priesthood
  • fol. 79v-90v On Holy Chrism
  • fol. 91r-106r Church calendar (Arabic, Syriac)
Mosul, Iraq, Syrian Orthodox Archdiocese of Mosul MS 47 (ASOM 00047) 1,895 CE Syriac
  • fol. 2v-34r Moshe bar Kephā, Commentary on the Eucharist and on baptism
    • Title NS: ܦܘܫܩܐ ܕܩܘܪܒܐ ܘܕܡܥܡܘܕܝܬܐ
Mosul, Iraq, Syrian Orthodox Archdiocese of Mosul MS 62 (ASOM 00062) 1,930 CE Syriac
  • fol. 4r-59v Moshe bar Kephā, Commentary on the Eucharist and on Baptism
    • Title NS: ܢܘܗܪܐ ܕܐܪ̈ܙܐ ܩܕܝܫܐ ܘܕܡܥܡܘܕܝܬܐ
  • fol. 60r-66v Isho' bar Khayrun, Memra to priests and deacons
    • Title NS: ܡܐܡܪܐ ܙܘܗܪ̈ܐ ܘܦܘܩܕ̈ܢܐ ܠܩܫܝܫ̈ܐ ܘܡܫܡܫ̈ܢܐ