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
Mardin, Turkey Chaldean Cathedral (CCM 00128) 1,723 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • f. 2v-23r Service in commemoration of Rabban Hormizd (Syriac, Syriac Rite, Eastern)
  • f. 24r-29r Admonition for a burial (Syriac/Garshuni)
  • f. 29v-35v Psalms (Garshuni)
  • f. 36r-49r Prayers (Garshuni)
  • f. 50v-57r Hymns for the ordinary weekdays of the year (Garshuni, Syriac Rite, Eastern)
  • f. 58v-68r Joseph II, Patriarch of the Chaldeans, Prayers for Sundays and Feast Days (Garshuni)
Mardin, Turkey Chaldean Cathedral (CCM 00104) 1,759 CE Syriac
  • f. 2v-130r Kaškūl
  • f. 130r-271v Hymns for the ordinary weekdays of the year
  • f. 272r-274v Hymns for Wednesdays of the year
  • f. 275r-278v Hymns for a commemoration of the deceased
Mardin, Turkey Chaldean Cathedral (CCM 00478) 1,916 CE Garshuni
  • f. 1v-55r Burial rite for deceased priests, deacons and monks
  • f. 55v-58r Service for the second day after the funeral
  • f. 58v-59v Service for day forty after the funeral
Mardin, Turkey Chaldean Cathedral (CCM 00493) 1,611 CE Syriac
  • f. 1r-74r Burial rite for lay men and women
  • f. 74v-85r Burial rite for the baptized infants 
  • f. 85v Burial rite for the infants who have not been baptized
  • f. 86r-118r Madrashe for burial of any church member
  • f. 118v-123r Consolatory prayers
  • f. 123r-125r Blessing recited by a grave
  • f. 126v-130v Gospel readings for burial
Mardin, Turkey Chaldean Cathedral (CCM 00499) 1,700 CE Syriac
  • f. 1r-21v Burial rite for the baptized children
  • f. 22r-24v Madrasha
  • f. 24v-36v Madrasha for all the ecclesiastical degrees
  • f. 37r-40r Readings from Paul's Epistles appropriate for burial rites
  • f. 40r-48r Readings from the Gospels appropriate for burial rites
  • f. 48r-64v Consolatory prayers
  • f. 64v-75r Canonic regulations regarding the dead
  • f. 75r-76r Dismissal prayers
  • f. 76r-78r Rites of the sanctification of water