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
Baghdad, Iraq: Syrian Catholic Archdiocese of Baghdad, N. 8 (ASCBN 00008) 1,845 CE Arabic, Syriac
  • Buṭrus ibn Anṭūn Ghazyān al-Ḥazin, Book of logic

Baghdad, Iraq: Syrian Catholic Archdiocese of Baghdad, N. 5 (ASCBN 00005) 1,846 CE Arabic, Syriac
  • Beth Gazō (Syriac Rite, Western)

Baghdad, Iraq: Syrian Catholic Archdiocese of Baghdad, N. 13 (ASCBN 00013) 1,910 CE Arabic, Syriac
  • Treatise on Christian theology and dogma

Baghdad, Iraq: Syrian Catholic Archdiocese of Baghdad, N. 32 (ASCBN 00032) 1,830 CE Syriac
  • Book of Daily Prayers
    • ܫܚܝܡܐ

Baghdad, Iraq: Syrian Catholic Archdiocese of Baghdad, N. 33 (ASCBN 00033) 1,800 CE Arabic, Garshuni, Syriac
  • fol. 1r-35r Book of Hymns (Syriac)
  • fol. 36v-65v Rosary and procession prayers (Arabic)
  • fol. 93v-94r Calendar of church feasts and celebrations (Garshuni)

Baghdad, Iraq: Syrian Catholic Archdiocese of Baghdad, N. 34 (ASCBN 00034) 1,915 CE Arabic, Syriac
  • fol. 1r-33v Syriac Catholic Mass book (Arabic, Syriac)
    • ܩܘܪܒܐ ܐܠܗܝܐ
  • fol. 34r-39v Church songs (Arabic, Syriac)

Baghdad, Iraq: Syrian Catholic Archdiocese of Baghdad, N. 35 (ASCBN 00035) 1,903 CE Syriac
  • pp. 1-295 Beth Gazō (Syriac Rite, Western)
    • Title NS: ܟܬܒܐ ܕܩܝܢ̄ܬܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܬܐ
    • Incipit: ܩܘܡ ܝܡܠܝܟܐ ܥܘܠ ܠܡܕܝܢܬܐ ܙܒܢ ܠܢ ܠܚܡܐ

Baghdad, Iraq: Syrian Catholic Archdiocese of Baghdad, N. 38 (ASCBN 00038) 1,860 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • Fol. 1r-186v Mīḫāyīl ibn Aylō Ṣabāgh, Syriac Grammar (ܐܠܓܪܐܡܛܝܩܝ)
  • Fol. 186v-200v Antoniyūs Nakuzī, Syriac Grammar (ܡܥܐܢܝ ܒܕܘܠ)

Baghdad, Iraq: Syrian Catholic Archdiocese of Baghdad, N. 39 (ASCBN 00039) 1,800 CE Syriac
  • fol. 1-10v Holy Mass (Arabic Garshuni, Syriac)
  • fol. 11v-36r Prayers (Arabic Garshuni, Syriac)
  • fol. 36v-61r Collection of Psalms (Arabic Garshuni, Syriac)
  • fol. 61-69v Yūsef of Antioch, Patriarch, Homily on the Christian people and the Holy Church

baghdad, Iraq: Syrian Catholic Archdiocese of Baghdad, N. 41 (ASCBN 00041) 1,852 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • fol. 1r-15r Holy Mass according to the Syriac Catholic Church (Arabic Garshuni, Syriac)
  • fol. 15v-18v Readings from the Epistles of Saint Paul (Arabic Garshuni, Syriac)
    • Includes: 1 Corinthians 13:4-8; Hebrews 2:14-18; Romans 12:9-20

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