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 54/2 (DIYR 00163) 1,912 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • Service in commemoration of Mor Elias the Prophet
  • Service in commemoration of Elias the Prophet
  • Litany for days of constraint, temptation and suffering
  • Consecration of chrism
  • Canonical resolution of Jacob, Metropolitan of Amid
  • Solemn processions for feasts of Our Lord
  • Service for the assumption of our Lady
Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi 261; 6/14 (DIYR 00183) 1,941 CE Garshuni
  • The Book of the Candle (Five services of the sanctification of oil)
Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi 261; 6/18 (DIYR 00185) 1,941 CE Garshuni
  • Book of the Candle (Five services of the sanctification of the oil)
Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi 224 (DIYR 00305) 1,933 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • Ordination Rites (Including rites for patriarchs, metropolitans, bishops, priests, deacons, archdeacons, and others)
  • Prayer for the blessing of myron
  • Prayer for a new altar