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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
Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 124 (SMMJ 00124) 900 CE Syriac

Filoksinos Yohanna Dolabany, Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in St. Mark’s Monastery (1994).

  • Pages 1-11 Selections from philosophers
  • Pages 11-13 Paul, the Persian (6th century), Letter to Demetrius
  • Pages 13-50 Explanation of difficult words in the writings of Dionysius, Bishop of Athens
  • Pages 51-63 Story of Severus of Antioch
  • Pages 63-106 Commentary on Severus of Antioch's treatise against the impious grammarian

Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 125 (SMMJ 00125) 1,600 CE Garshuni, Syriac

Filoksinos Yohanna Dolabany, Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in St. Mark’s Monastery (1994).

  • fol. 1r Sergius of Resh'ayna, Introduction to the Dionysian corpus
  • fol. 1v-2r List of books at the church of Mary
    • Title NS: ܡܢܝܢܐ ܟܬ̈ܒܐ ܕܥܕܬܐ ܕܝܠܕܬ ܐܠܗܐ ܡܪܝܡ ܕܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ
  • fol. 2v-7v Apology for the Dionysian Corpus (Attributed to George of Scythopolis)
  • fol. 8r-65r Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite, Ecclesiastical hierarchy
    • Title NS: ܡܐܡܪܐ ܕܬܪܝܢ ܠܘܬ ܛܝܡܘܬܐܘܣ ܐܦܝܣ̄ ܕܐܦܣܘܣ ܥܠ ܪܝܫܘܬ ܟܗܢܘܬܐ ܥܕܬܢܝܬܐ ܕܐܝܬ ܒܗ ܩ̈ܦܠܐܐ ܫܒܥܐܐ
  • fol. 65r-87v Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite, Epistles

Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 128 (SMMJ 00128) 1,784 CE Syriac

Filoksinos Yohanna Dolabany, Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in St. Mark’s Monastery (1994). Macler 14.

  • fol. 3v-239v Cause of all causes
    • Title NS: ܟܬܒܐ ܓܘܢܝܐ ܠܟܠ ܥܡ̈ܡܝܢ ܕܬܚܝܬ ܫܡܝܐ ܕܒܗ ܡܠܦ ܥܠ ܝܕܥܬܐ ܕܫܪܪܐ ܕܐܝܟܢ ܡܬܝܕܥܐ
  • fol. 240v-241r Sergius of Ḥāḥ (died 1508), Poem on Jerusalem
    • Title NS: ܦܘܝܛܘܬܐ ܕܥܠ ܡܕܝܢܬ ܩܘܕܫܐ ܐܘܪܫܠܡ

Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 130 (SMMJ 00130) 1,801 CE Garshuni

Filoksinos Yohanna Dolabany, Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in St. Mark’s Monastery (1994).

  • fol. 1v-82v Moshe bar Kiphō, On the Soul
  • fol. 82v-115r Moshe bar Kiphō, On the resurrection of bodies
  • fol. 115v-150r Moshe bar Kiphō, On the creation of angels and on the angelic hierarchy
  • fol. 150v-158r John of Dara, On demons
  • fol. 158r-216r Moshe bar Kiphō, On Paradise

Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 131 (SMMJ 00131) 1,300 CE Garshuni, Syriac

Filoksinos Yohanna Dolabany, Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in St. Mark’s Monastery (1994).

  • fol. 4v-30v Prayers for the penitent (Syriac)
  • fol. 38v-49r Canons of the Apostles (Garshuni)
  • fol. 49r-61r Canons of the Council of Nicea (Garshuni)
  • fol. 64r-101v Commentary on the liturgy (Syriac)

Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 132 (SMMJ 00132) 1,850 CE Garshuni, Syriac

Filoksinos Yohanna Dolabany, Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in St. Mark’s Monastery (1994).

  • fol. 2v-106r Dionysius bar Ṣalibi, Commentary on the liturgy (Garshuni)
  • fol. 106v-109r Homily on receiving the Eucharist (Garshuni)
  • fol. 109v-120r On the Lord's Prayer (Garshuni)
  • fol. 120v-187v Five Homilies (Garshuni)
  • fol. 188r-192r Parable of the apple (Garshuni)
  • fol. 192v David the Phoenician (Dawid Puniqoyo), On Biblical Chronology (Syriac)

Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 134 (SMMJ 00134) 1,880 CE Arabic, Garshuni

Filoksinos Yohanna Dolabany, Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in St. Mark’s Monastery (1994).

  • fol. 1v-56r Dispute between Shubhalisho' and Moses the Jew (Garshuni)
  • fol. 56v-119v Dialogue between the monk al-Sim'ānī and the three Muslim scholars in Aleppo (Garshuni)
  • fol. 121r-144v Letter from Cyprus to Ibn Taymiyya (Garshuni)
  • fol. 145r-165v Dialogue of Abū Qurrah and Al-Ma'mūn (Garshuni)
  • fol. 170v-178v Michael I, Coptic Patriarch of Alexandria (d. 767), Letter to Gregory Patriarch of Armenia (Arabic)
  • fol. 179r-180r Gregory the Illuminator, Response to letter of Michael of Alexandria (Arabic)

Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 135 (SMMJ 00135) 1,590 CE Syriac

Filoksinos Yohanna Dolabany, Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in St. Mark’s Monastery (1994). Macler 4. Baumstark 6*

  • Pages 1-588 Gregory bar 'Ebroyo, The Lamp of the Sanctuary

Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 136 (SMMJ 00136) 1,400 CE Garshuni

Filoksinos Yohanna Dolabany, Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in St. Mark’s Monastery (1994).

  • Daniel ibn al-Khaṭṭāb, On the principles of religion

Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 137 (SMMJ 00137) 1,873 CE Garshuni, Syriac

Filoksinos Yohanna Dolabany, Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in St. Mark’s Monastery (1994).

  • fol. 4r-60v Ignatius bar Wāhib, Treatise on the Syriac alphabet (Syriac)
  • fol. 60v-102r Ignatius bar Wāhib, Treatise on the Syriac alphabet (Garshuni)
  • fol. 103r-112v Ephrem of Nisibis, Memra on Isaiah (Syriac)

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