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
Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 177 (SMMJ 00177) 1,861 CE Garshuni, Syriac

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

  • fol. 6v-196v Homilies for Sundays and the dominical feasts (Garshuni, Syriac)
  • fol. 201r-210v Liturgical proclamation for Ascension (Syriac)
  • fol. 210v-215v Story of Peter the Apostle (Garshuni)
  • fol. 226v-260r Shem'ūn II, commentary on the Lord's Prayer (Garshuni)
  • fol. 260r-262v Homily on Love (Garshuni)