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. 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
Baghdad, Iraq: Syrian Catholic Archdiocese of Baghdad, N. 42 (ASCBN 00042) 1,800 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • fol. 1v-24r Baptismal rite
  • fol. 24r-26v Engagement rite
  • fol. 26v-51r Marriage rite
  • fol. 51v-56r Prayers and readings from the New Testament
  • fol. 56v-81r Prayers for the dying
Baghdad, Iraq: Syrian Catholic Archdiocese of Baghdad, N. 44 (ASCBN 00044) 1,900 CE Arabic, Garshuni, Syriac
  • Pages 1-35 Preparation for the Mass (Arabic Garshuni, Syriac)
  • Pages 36-67 Anaphora of Pope Sixtus (Syriac)
  • Pages 68-83 Concluding the Holy Mass (Syriac)
  • Pages 85-117 Readings from the New Testament (Arabic Garshuni)
  • Pages 121-123 Phromeon prayers for every day (Arabic Garshuni, Syriac)
  • Pages 125-160 Anaphora of Pope Sixtus (Arabic, Arabic Garshuni, Syriac)
Baghdad, Iraq: Syrian Catholic Archdiocese of Baghdad, N. 59 (ASCBN 00059) 1,843 CE Syriac
  • fol. 2v-116r Psalms
Baghdad, Iraq: Syrian Catholic Archdiocese of Baghdad, N. 144 (ASCBN 00144) 1,871 CE Arabic, Syriac
  • fol. 1r-113v, Evangelion
    • Title: ܐܘܢܓܠܝܘܢ
    • Bishop Athanasius Rufael Jarkhi and Chorbishop Yusef Dawud al-Zabuni are mentioned on fol. 113v