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
Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana: Orientali 27 Unknown Arabic, Syriac

See entry for Assemani 276; [Bibliographic Record] [Data Record]

  • Ignatius Na'amatallah, Astronomical Tables
Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana: Orientali 47 1,600 CE Syriac

See entry for Assemani 8; [Bibliographic Record]; [Data Record]

  • f. Iv-IIr Eusebius of Cesarea, Epistle to Carpianus, I
  • f. 1v-2r Eusebius of Cesarea, Genealogy of Christ I
  • f. 2v Eusebius of Cesarea, Genealogy of Christ II
  • f. 3v-4v Eusebius of Cesarea, Epistle to Carpianus II
  • f. 5v-14v Eusebian Canons
  • f. 15r-16r The doctrine which the blessed Theophilus, the virtuous child, received, which was written before the acts of the apostles
Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana: Orientali 68 1,696 CE Syriac

​See entry for Assemani 36; [Bibliographic Record]; [Data Record]

  • Daily Office (Syriac Rite, Western)
Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana: Orientali 71 1,340 CE Syriac

See entry for Assemani 36; [Bibliographic Record]; [Data Record]

  • Offices for feast days
  • Jacob of Sarug, hymns
  • Ephrem Syrus, hymn 49, on the saints and the departed
  • Order of the blessing of the waters
  • Order of the blessing of the oil
  • Order of the entrance
  • Order of the washing of the feet
  • Order of the commemoration of the cross
  • Order of forgiveness and pardon
  • Order of the mass and rubrics
  • Order of the reception of heretics and apostates
  • Order of confession
  • Order of the reception of public sinners
  • Prayers and absolutions for all general sins
  • Prayers and benedictions
Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana: Orientali 107c 1,584 CE Arabic, Syriac

See entry for Assemani 40; [Bibliographic Record]; [Data Record]

  • Order of the Mass (Syriac Rite, Western)
  • Hymns, antiphones, and responses in the daily office and feasts
  • Ecclesiastical calendar
  • Rabbula, Bishop of Edessa, 10 songs on the Virgin Mary, bearer of God
  • Dionysius bar Salibi
    • Homily on the Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ
Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana: Orientali 230 1,277 CE Arabic, Garshuni, Syriac

See entry for Assemani 26; [Bibliographic Record]; [Data Record]

  • Bar Hebraeus, Storehouse of Mysteries
    • f. 2v title
    • f. 3r-27r Genesis
    • f. 27r-38r Exodus
    • f. 38r-43r Leviticus
    • f. 43r-50r Numbers
    • f. 50r-54v Deuteronomy
    • f. 55r/v Chronological tables of the patriarchs from Adam to Moses
    • f. 66r-59r Joshua
    • f. 59r-63v Judges
    • f. 63v-72v Samuel
    • f. 72v-73r Chronological tables of Judges from Joshua to Sau
    • f. 73v-89r Psalms (I)
    • f. 89r-101r Psalms (II)
    • f. 101r-105v Psalms (III)
    • f. 106r-109v Psalms (IV)
    • f. 109v-118r Psalms (V)
    • f. 118r-129r Kings
    • f. 129v-130r Chronological tables of the kings of Judah
    • f. 130r-134r Proverbs
    • f. 134r-136v Sirach
    • f. 136v-138r Qohelet
    • f. 138v-140v Song of Songs
    • f. 141r Wisdom of Solomon
    • f. 141r/v Ruth
    • f. 141v-142r Susanna
    • f. 142r-146v Job
    • f. 146v-154v Isaiah
    • f. 154v-163r The Twelve
    • f. 163r-167v Jeremiah
    • f. 167v-172v Ezekiel
    • f. 172r-176r Daniel
    • f. 176r/v Bel
    • f. 176v Dragon
    • f. 176v-177v Chronological tables of the seventy weeks and of the story from Nebuchadnezzar to Vespasian
    • f. 178r-200v Matthew
    • f. 200v-205r Mark
    • f. 205r-218v Luke
    • f. 218v-225v John
    • f. 225v-232r Acts
    • f. 232r-233r James
    • f. 233r-233v 1 Peter
    • f. 233v-234r 1 John
    • f. 234r-237r Romans
    • f. 237v-241r 1 Corinthians
    • f. 241r-242v 2 Corinthians
    • f. 242v-243v Galatians
    • f. 243v-244v Ephesians
    • f. 244v-245r Philippians
    • f. 245r-245v Colossians
    • f. 245v-246r 1 Thessalonians
    • f. 246r 2 Thessalonians
    • f. 246r-247r 1 Timothy
    • f. 247r-v 2 Timothy
    • f. 248r Titus
    • f. 248r Philemon
    • f. 248r-249v Hebrews
Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana: Orientali 297 1,357 CE Syriac

See entry for Assemani 61; [Bibliographic Record]; [Data Record]

  • Gregory bar Hebraeus, Book of Directions, (or the summary of Ecclesiastical canons)
Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana: Orientali 308 1,542 CE Syriac

See entry for Assemani 40; [Bibliographic Record]; [Data Record]

  • Missal from the church of Antioch (Syriac rite, western)
Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana: Orientali 311 1,569 CE Syriac

See entry for Assemani 41; [Bibliographic Record]; [Data Record]

  • Maronite Offices for feast days
    • Dedication of the Church
    • Nativity of our Lord
    • Epiphany
    • Second sunday of Lent
    • Annunciation of the Virgin mother Mary
    • Sunday of Hosannas
    • Good Friday
    • The Ascension of the Lord into Heaven
    • Pentecost
    • Golden Friday (first after Pentecost)
    • The Transfiguration
    • Holy Cross
    • St. Thaddaeus the apostle
    • St. George the Martyr
Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana: Orientali 344 1,716 CE Syriac

See entry for Assemani 43; [Bibliographic Record]; [Data Record]

  • Maronite Missal 
    • Order of oblations
    • General rubrics
    • Anaphora of St. James
    • Anaphora of Simon Peter
    • Anaphora of St. John the apostle
    • Order of Ecclesiastical reconciliation
    • Anaphora of St. Dionysius the Areopagite
    • Anaphora of St. John Maron

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