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
Beinecke Syriac MS 5 1,888 CE Syriac

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  • History of Ss. Matthew and Andrew the Apostles
  • History of St. Abba Marcus of Mount Tharmaka
  • History of St. Cyriacus and Julitta
Beinecke Syriac MS 9 Unknown Armenian, Syriac

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  • Syriac-Armenian Lexicon
Beinecke Syriac MS 8 1,225 CE Syriac

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  • f. 1r Pauline Epistles (fragment)
  • f. 1v-2v Questions by Queen Sheba to King Solomon
  • f. 3ra-4va Philoxenus of Mabbug, Letter to Patrikios of Edessa
  • f. 4vb Sayings, 2 by ? (Philoxenus?), 4 by Evagrius, 1 by Abba Isaiah
  • f. 4vb-7vb Philoxenus of Mabbug, Confessions of Faith
  • f. 7vb-9ra John of Lycopolis (or of Amapea), also the solitary, or "seer, and prophet", The Holy Commandments of the Gospel
  • f. 9ra-29va Commandments (from the gospels, the Pauline and Catholic Epistles, and the prophets
  • f. 29va-end anonymous, about the Sacraments
Beinecke Syriac MS 11 1,700 CE Syriac

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  • f. 1-291 Barhebraeus [Bar 'Ebroyo], Ktābā d-Huddāyē (Book of Guidances)
  • f. 291-303 Appendix: Laws on inheritance (according to Islam) and the Manumission of Slaves
Beinecke Syriac MS 13 1,687 CE Syriac

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  • On the Matter of Faith
  • Interpretation of the Eucharist
Beinecke Syriac MS 7 Unknown Syriac

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  • Barhebraeus, Ktābā da-Mnārat Qudšē (Book of the Lamp of Holiness)
  • Appendix: Three short works including a Sugitha by Jacob of Sarug
Beinecke Syriac MS 10 1,200 CE Syriac

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  • Works of Moshe bar Kepha
    • pp. 1-124 On Paradise
      • pp. 1-97 First part
      • pp. 97-108 Second part
      • pp. 108-24 Third part
    • pp. 124-186 On Resurrection
    • pp. 186-205 Exegesis on Sayings of Paul on the Resurrection
    • pp. 205-209 Words of Comfort
    • pp. 209-218 On the Trinity
    • pp. 218-224 Symbolism of the Shaving of the Monks
  • Appendices
    • pp. 224-225 Biographical Notes Pertaining to Moses
    • pp. 225-end Pseudo-Methodius of Patara, On the End of Times
Beinecke Syriac AOS Rn32 Unknown Syriac
  • Apocalypse of Paul
Beinecke Syriac AOS Rn32b Unknown Syriac
  • Apocalypse of St. Paul