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
Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi 78 (DIYR 00228) 1,789 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • Epistles of Paul (Selections)
  • Prayers
  • Readings
  • Anaphora of James, the Lord's Brother
  • Anaphora of John the Evangelist
  • Small Anaphora of Simon-Peter
  • Anaphora of the Twelve Apostles
  • Anaphora of Mark the Evangelist
  • Anaphora of Jacob Burd'oyo
  • Anaphora of Eustathius of Antioch
  • Anaphora of Julius of Rome
  • Anaphora of John the Evangelist
  • Anaphora of the Twelve Apostles
  • Anaphora of Mark the Evangelist
  • Dismissal Prayer
  • Prayer for the altar when it is defiled by unbelievers
  • Prayer for the new vessels
  • Dismissal prayers
  • Prayers
Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi 1/12; 48 (DIYR 00232) 1,469 CE Syriac
  • Gospel of Matthew
  • ​Gospel of Mark
  • ​Gospel of Luke
  • ​Gospel of John
Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi 125; 11/6; 118 (DIYR 00233) 1,754 CE Garshuni
  • Prayers for the sick
  • Gospel readings for the sick
  • Liturgical Calendar
Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi 10/15; 222; 108 (DIYR 00234) 1,849 CE Garshuni, Syriac, Turkish
  • Calendar (Garshuni)
  • Liturgical Calendar (Garshuni, Syriac)
  • On Divine Providence (Garshuni, Syriac)
  • Beth Gazō (Syriac Rite, Western; Syriac)
  • Book of Steps, selections (Syriac)
  • Hymn Tunes (Syriac)
  • Hymns (Syriac)
  • Hymns (Syriac)
  • Service for Deacons (Garshuni)
  • Magic Rituals (Garshuni)
  • Service for Deacons (Garshuni)
  • Treatment for various eye diseases (Garshuni)
  • Hymns (Garshuni)
  • Pauline Epistles (Turkish)
  • Prayer of Mor Philoxenus (Garshuni)
  • Hymn tunes (Syriac)
  • List of Apostles (Garshuni)
Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi (DIYR 00236) 1,800 CE Syriac
  • Psalter
Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi (DIYR 00237) 1,800 CE Syriac

Psalter

Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi 304 (DIYR 00239) 1,936 CE Garshuni, Turkish
  • Ephrem Syrus, On a third day after the burial 
  • Jacob of Sarug, On the sevent day after the burial 
  • Jacob of Sarug, On the fortieth day after the burial 
  • Readings from the gospels and Pauline epistles
  • Burial service for a layman
  • Burial service for women
  • Burial service for children
  • Burial service for priests, deacons, and monks
  • Homily for a deceased (Turkish)
  • Readings from the Gospels and Pauline Epistles (Turkish)
Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi 135; 241 (DIYR 00241) 1,907 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • Readings from the Gospels and Pauline Epistles
  • Jacob of Sarug, on the Destruction of Amid
  • The Life of Ephrem
  • Book of the Fox
  • Summary of the Garden of the Monks
  • Testimonies on behalf of the old Syrians concerning the faith in Christ
Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi 293 (DIYR 00249) 1,771 CE Garshuni
  • Old Testament readings for Lent and feasts (Includes also readings from Acts and the Pauline Epistles)
Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi (DIYR 00251) 1,702 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • Prooemia, Sedrē, Readings from the Gospels and Pauline Epistles
  • Anaphora of Dionysius bar Ṣalibi
  • Anaphora of St. John (bishop of Haran Habura and Nisibis) 
  • Anaphora of Xystus of Rome
  • Anaphora of Eustathius of Antioch
  • Anaphora of Julius of Rome
  • Anaphora of Moshe bar Kepha
  • Anaphora of Marutha of Tagrit
  • Anaphora of Lazarus bar Sabta
  • Anaphora of Jacob of Edessa
  • Anaphora of Ignatius of Mardin
  • Dismissal and other prayers
  • Basil of Caesarea, Commentary on the Eucharist

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