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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.

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Manuscript Name / Shelf Mark / Project Number Approximate Date Language The main body text Link to Digitized Manuscript
Mardin, Turkey Chaldean Cathedral (CCM 00014) 1,600 CE Syriac
  • f. 1v-12r, 151r Calendar
  • f. 13v-89r Cave of Treasures
  • f. 89v-90r Extract, on how Enoch and Elijah received the Sacrament
  • f. 90r-94v 'Onitha on the Cross
  • f. 94r-112v Questions and answers: riddles
  • f. 112v-120r Questions and answers: riddles
  • f. 120v-122v Canons on marriage
  • f. 122v-130v Canons on the altar
  • f. 130v-145r Questions and answers about the altar
  • f. 145r-150v Liturgical Questions
Mardin, Turkey Chaldean Cathedral (CCM 00117) 1,759 CE Syriac
  • f. 2v-123r Kaškūl, common days of the Ḥudrā
  • f. 123r-256v Kaškūl, Hymns for common days
  • f. 257r-259v Kaškūl, Hymns for Wednesdays after the great Fast
  • f. 260r-270v Kaškūl, 'Onyatha of the departed
Mardin, Turkey Chaldean Cathedral (CCM 00396) 1,500 CE Syriac

See Scher's note on Diyarbakir 85

  • f. 1v-12r Gewargis Wardā, Four 'Onyatha on the Nativity
  • f. 12r-27r Gewargis Wardā, Six 'Onyatha for the commemoration of the Virgin Mary
  • f. 27r-32r Gewargis Wardā, Three 'Onyatha for Epiphany
  • f. 32r-34v Gewargis Wardā, 'Onitha for the commemoration of John the Baptist
  • f. 34v-39v Gewargis Wardā, Two 'Onyatha for the commemoration of Peter and Paul
  • f. 39v-41r Gewargis Wardā, 'Onitha for the commemoration of Stephen
  • f. 41r-42v Gewargis Wardā, 'Onitha for the commemoration of the Greek Doctors
  • f. 42v-44r Gewargis Wardā, 'Onitha for the commemoration of any saint
  • f. 44r-45v Gewargis Wardā, 'Onitha on talents and ecclesiastical degrees
  • f. 45v-47v Gewargis Wardā, 'Onitha on the ten virgins
  • f. 47v-49v Gewargis Wardā, 'Onitha for the Friday of the deceased
  • f. 49v-57 Gewargis Wardā, Four 'Onyatha on the resurrection of the dead
  • f. 57v-74v Gewargis Wardā, Nine 'Onyatha for Great Lent
  • f. 74v-76r Gewargis Wardā, 'Onitha on Palm Sunday
  • f. 76r-77v Gewargis Wardā, 'Onitha on the Lord's Passover
  • f. 77v-80r Gewargis Wardā, 'Onitha on Good Friday
  • f. 80r-96v Gewargis Wardā, Four 'Onyatha on Easter
  • f. 96v-99r Gewargis Wardā, 'Onitha on Friday of the Confessors
  • f. 99r-101r Gewargis Wardā, 'Onitha for the commemoration of Mar Tahmazgard the Martyr and the martyrs who were crowned with him in Karkha d-Beth Slokh
  • f. 101r-103v Gewargis Wardā, 'Onitha for the commemoration of Jacob who was cut in pieces
  • f. 103v-105r Gewargis Wardā, 'Onitha for New Sunday
  • f. 105r-109r Gewargis Wardā, Two 'onyatha for the commemoration of Mār Giwargis the Martyr
  • f. 109r-110v Gewargis Wardā, 'Onitha for the commemoration of Mar Pethion
  • f. 110v-119r Gewargis Wardā, Three 'Onyatha on the Ascension
  • f. 199r-122r Gewargis Wardā, 'Onitha on Pentecost
  • f. 122r-129v Gewargis Wardā, 'Onyatha on eight feasts
  • f. 129v-144v Gewargis Wardā, Seven 'Onyatha for the Sundays of the Apostles
  • f. 144v-150r Gewargis Wardā, Three 'Onyatha for the Sunday of the Nusardel
  • f. 150r-165r Gewargis Wardā, 'Onyatha for the Sundays of the Summer period
  • f. 165r-180v Gewargis Wardā, 'Onyatha for the Sundays of the Eliyā period, including the feast of the Cross
  • f. 180v-189r Gewargis Wardā, 'Onyatha for the Sundays of the Moses period
  • f. 189r-190v Gewargis Wardā, 'Onitha for the commemoration of Mār Awgēn 
  • f. 190v-195r Gewargis Wardā, Two 'Onyatha for the Transfiguration of our Lord on Mount Tabor
  • f. 195r-197v 'Onitha for the commemoration of Mar Khodahwi
  • f. 197v-203r 'Onitha for the commemoration of Mār Michael, a companion of the angels, one of the disciples of Mār Awgēn
  • f. 203r-204r 'Onitha for the commemoration of Mār Sabrīshō' of Beth Qoqa
  • f. 204r-208r Two 'Onyatha for the commemoration of Mār Hormizd the Persian
  • f. 208r-210r 'Onitha for the commemoration of the Catholicoi of the East
  • f. 210r-220v 'Onitha for the commemoration of a deacon from the village of Meshkalg in the region of Arbela who apostatized
Mardin, Turkey Chaldean Cathedral (CCM 00398) 1,583 CE Arabic, Latin, Persian, Syriac

See Scher's note on Diyarbakir 95

  • f. 1v-5v Homily for the blessed brethren (Syriac)
  • f. 5v-13v Homily on Repentance (Syriac)
  • f. 15v Story about a monk from Najran (Arabic)
  • f. 16v-53r Gregory bar Hebraeus, On Perfection with additions and commentaries by Khamis bar Qardahe and Īsho'yahb bar Mqaddam (Syriac)
  • f. 53v-55v Ode on the soul, with commentary by Khamis bar Qardahe (Syriac)
  • f. 56r-75r Khamis bar Qardahe, Homilies (Syriac)
  • f. 76v-77r Isho'yahb bar Malkon, Book of Instruction (Syriac) 
  • f. 78v-144v Homily on Rabban Hormizd (Syriac)
  • f. 147v-160v 'Onitha: Pearl of Knowledge (Syriac)
  • f. 172v-182v 'Onitha for the commemoration of Yuliṭa and her son (Syriac)
  • f. 183v-197v 'Abdishō' of Gazarta, Homily on the homonyms (Syriac)
  • f. 198r-203v Riddles (Syriac)
  • f. 204r-204v 'Abdisho' of Gazarta, Turgama of Cyriacus (Syriac)
  • f. 205r-208v Homily of Rogation (Syriac)
  • f. 208v-212v 'Abdisho' of Gazarta, Dismissal prayers in strophes  (Syriac)
  • f. 212v-216v 'Abdisho' of Gazarta, Poems (Syriac)
  • f. 216v-217v Homily about bad time (Syriac)
  • f. 218r-222r Ephrem Syrus, Sermon on Reprehension V (Syriac)
  • f. 223r-227r Jacob of Sarug, Homily on the mysteries of our Lord in the Old Testament (Syriac)
  • f. 227v-232v Credo of the true Orthodox (Syriac)
  • f. 232v-233v Credo of Isho'panaḥ, who was accused of drinking the poison of paganism (Syriac)
  • f. 234v-243r Excerprs from various canonical texts on the election of a patriarch and his rights (Syriac)
  • f. 243v-245r Khamis bar Qardahe, Brief note on heresies and on the pagan gods that were abolished through the coming of Christ (Latin, Persian, Syriac)
  • f. 245v-246v Homily that awakens and exhorts and incites penitents (Syriac)
  • f. 247r-248r Homily about a Syrian Orthodox Patriarch (Syriac)
  • f. 248r-256r 'Abdisho' of Gazarta, Poems (Syriac)
  • f. 256r-258r Riddles (Syriac)
  • f. 258r-266v Poems (Syriac)
  • f. 267r-274v Disputation between a monk of Bet Ḥale and an Arab notable (Syriac)
  • f. 274v-277v On the Trinity (in questions and answers) and other liturgical matters (Syriac)
  • f. 278r-280r Names of the prophets (Syriac)
  • f. 280r-281r On the cities of pagan kingdoms (Syriac)
  • f. 281v-299r Isho'dad of Merv, Excerpts from the Commentary on the New Testament (Syriac)
  • f. 299r-310v Questions on the Pentateuch (Syriac)
  • f. 310v-312v On the barbarious nations that do not know writing and god (Syriac)
  • f. 313r-334v Computus and other astronomical and historical reckonings (Syriac)
  • f. 335v-344v Rite of reception of an ordained bishop
Mardin, Turkey Chaldean Cathedral (CCM 00399) 1,600 CE Syriac
  • f. 1r-31r Gewargis Warda, 'Onyatha for the festivals of the liturgical year
  • f. 31r-62r Gewargis Warda, Penitential hymns
  • f. 62r-135v Gewargis Warda, 'Onyatha for the festivals of the liturgical year
Mardin, Turkey Chaldean Cathedral (CCM 00403) 1,439 CE Syriac

See Scher's note on Diyarbakir 89

  • f. 7v-47v Gabriel Qamṣa, 'Onitha on Sabrisho' d-Beth Qoqa
  • f. 48r-85v Khamis bar Qardahe, 'Onyatha on the Rogation of the Ninevites and penitence
  • f. 85v-107v Khamis bar Qardahe, 'Onyatha
  • f. 108r-134r Gewargis Warda, 'Onyatha on penitence
  • f. 134v-172v Khamis bar Qardahe, 'Onyatha on feasts and commemoration of the liturgical year
  • f. 173r-201v Īsḥāq Shbadnāyā, 'Onyatha
  • f. 202r-205v Gewargis Warda, 'Onitha
Mardin, Turkey Chaldean Cathedral (CCM 00406) 1,483 CE Syriac

See Scher's note on Mardin 43

  • f. 1v-44r Gabriel Qamṣa, 'Onitha on Sabrīshō' of Beth Qoqa
  • f. 44v-129r Gewargis Warda, 'Onyatha for feasts of the liturgical year
Mardin, Turkey Chaldean Cathedral (CCM 00407) 1,565 CE Syriac

See Scher's note on Diyarbakir 78

  • f. 2v-58r Gewargis Warda, 'Onyatha for feasts of the liturgical year
  • f. 58r-117r Gewargis Warda, 'Onyatha on various subjects related to the Rogation of the Ninevites
  • f. 117r-254r Gewargis Warda, 'Onyatha for feasts of the liturgical year
  • f. 254v-269v Gewargis Warda, 'Onyatha for commemorations of the liturgical year
Mardin, Turkey Chaldean Cathedral (CCM 00412) 1,586 CE Syriac

See Scher's note on Mardin 42

  • f. 1v-59r Gewargis Warda, 'Onyatha for feasts of the liturgical year
  • f. 59r-122r Gewargis Warda, 'Onyatha on various subjects related to the Rogation of the Ninevites
  • f. 122r-270r Gewargis Warda, 'Onyatha for feasts of the liturgical year
  • f. 270v-294r Gewargis Warda, 'Onyatha for commemorations of the liturgical year
Mardin, Turkey Chaldean Cathedral (CCM 00413) 1,600 CE Syriac

See Scher's note on Diyarbakir 90

  • Gabriel Qamṣa, 'Onitha on Sabrīshō' of Beth Qoqa
  • Khamis bar Qardahe, 'Onyatha for the Rogation of the Ninevites and on repentance

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