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 208 (DIYR 00208) 1,800 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • Collection of charms and spells
Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi (DIYR 00211) 1,700 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • Psalter (Syriac and Garshuni, parallel columns)
Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi (DIYR 00211) 1,700 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • Psalter (Syriac and Garshuni in parallel columns)
Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi (DIYR 00213) 1,800 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • Morning and evening services
Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi (DIYR 00220) 1,756 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • Vigil of the Virgin Mary
  • Book of Candles
  • Burial Service for Men
  • Service for the second day after the burial
  • Abridged baptism service by the deceased Maphrian
  • Blessing of bridegroom and bride according to Sunni law
  • Blessing of bridegroom and bride
  • Blessing of the crowns
  • Blessing of the widowers
Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi 8/13; 96 (DIYR 00221) 1,800 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • Prayers
  • Anaphora of St. James, the Lord's brother
  • Anaphora of Simon-Peter, head of the apostles
  • Anaphora of Mark the Evangelist
  • Anaphora of Xystus
  • Anaphora of the Twelve
  • Anaphora of Proclus of Byzantium
  • Prefatory of the Mass
  • Part of the Order of the Mass to be memorized by priests
  • Readings from the Pauline Epistles
  • Readings from the Gospels
  • Prefatory of the Mass
  • Prayers
  • Anaphora of James, the Lord's Brother
  • Anaphora of James, the Lord's Brother
  • Anaphora collected from different anaphoras
  • Anaphora of John the Evangelist
  • Anaphora of John (called Aksnaya)
  • Anaphora of John bar Ma'dani
  • Anaphora of Julius of Rome
  • Anaphora of Jacob Burd'oyo
  • Anaphora of the Twelve Apostles
  • Small Anaphora of Philoxenus of Mabbug
  • Anaphora of Matthew the Pastor
  • Anaphora of Dionysius bar Ṣalībī
  • Anaphroa of John of Ḥarran, Ḥabur and Nisibis
  • Anaphroa of the Apostle Thomas
  • Anaphroa of Eustathius of Antioch
  • Anaphroa of Xystus of Rome
  • Anaphroa of the Twelve Apostles
  • Anaphroa of Moshe bar Kepha
  • Anaphroa of John the Evangelist
  • Dismissal Prayers
  • Anaphroa of Marutha of Tagrit
  • Anaphroa of Dioscorus of Alexandria
  • Anaphroa of Severus of Antioch
  • Anaphroa of Bar 'Ebroyo
  • Anaphroa of Abraham the Soldier
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 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 6/17; 23 (DIYR 00235) 1,635 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • Burial service for laymen
  • Funeral Rite for women
  • Funeral rite for children
  • Dismissal Prayer
  • Blessing of the rings. First Service
  • Blessing of the rings. Second Service
  • Jacob of Sarug, homily on weakness and the deceased 
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

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