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
Vat. sir. 498 1,890 CE Syriac

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  • Binding
  • f. 4v-22r Narsai, On the manifestation of God to Abraham
  • f. 22r-39v Narsai, Another discourse for Advent
  • f. 49r-51v Narsai, Accompanying Sogitha
  • f. 51v-62v Narsai, On the Holy Virgin
  • f. 62v-64v Narsai, Accompanying Sogitha
  • f. 64v-75r Narsai, On the Epiphany
  • f. 75r-77r Narsai, Accompanying Sogitha
  • f. 77r-87r Narsai, On John the Baptist
  • f. 87r-89r Narsai, Accompanying Sogitha
  • f. 89r-102v Narsai, On Saints Peter and Paul
  • f. 102v-112r Narsai, On the Four Evangelists
  • f. 1123-117v Narsai, On Saint Stephen
  • f. 117v-133r Narsai, On Diodore, Theodore, and Nestorius
  • f. 133v-135r Narsai, Accompanying Sogitha
  • f. 135r-144r Narsai, On Lent
  • f. 144r-154v Narsai, On the temptation of our Savior
  • f. 154v-156v Narsai, Accompanying Sogitha
  • f. 156v-167r Narsai, On the celebration of the Hosannah
  • f. 167r-175r Narsai, On Palm Sunday, Against the Jews
  • f. 180r-182r Narsai, Accompanying Sogitha
  • f. 182r-190r Narsai, On holy Thursday
  • f. 190r-198r Narsai, On the passion
  • f. 198r-206v Narsai, On the good thief
  • f. 206v-216v Narsai, On the mysteries and baptism
  • f. 216v-223v Narsai, On Easter
  • f. 223v Narsai, Accompanying Sogitha
  • f. 223v-234r Narsai, On the Friday of the confessors
  • f. 234r-236r Narsai, Accompanying Sogitha
  • f. 236r-244r Narsai, On the youths in the furnace
  • f. 244r-251r Narsai, On the Ascension
  • f. 251r-259r Narsai, On the Pentecost
  • f. 259r-265v Narsai, On the celebration of the dedication
  • f. 265v-272v David the scholastic, On the discovery of the cross
  • f. 272v-273v Colophon
  • f. 274r-309v Narsai, Four memre on Joseph, son of Jacob
  • f. 309v Colophon
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