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. 5 (ASCBN 00005) 1,846 CE Arabic, Syriac
  • Beth Gazō (Syriac Rite, Western)

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. 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. 55 (ASCBN 00055) 1,944 CE Syriac
  • fol. 1r-62r Beth Gazō
  • fol. 62v-71r Collection of prayers and chants

Baghdad, Iraq: Syrian Catholic Archdiocese of Baghdad, N. 82 (ASCBN 00082) 1,900 CE Arabic, Garshuni, Syriac
  • pages 1-14 Preparation for the mass (Garshuni, Syriac)
  • pages 15-31 Anaphora of Saint Eustathius (Garshuni, Syriac)
  • pages 32-37 Readings from the Gospels and Saint Paul Letters (Arabic)
  • pages 38-44 Anaphora of Saint Eustathius (Syriac)

Baghdad, Iraq: Syrian Catholic Archdiocese of Baghdad, N. 90 (ASCBN 00090) 1,888 CE Arabic, Syriac
  • fol. 1r-232r Acts of the Syriac Catholic synod convened in Lebanon in 1888 (Arabic; Syriac)

Baghdad, Iraq: Syrian Catholic Archdiocese of Baghdad, N. 93 (ASCBN 00093) 1,900 CE Arabic, Garshuni, Syriac
  • pages 1-39 Baptismal rite
  • pages 1-26 Marriage rite

Baghdad, Iraq: Syrian Catholic Archdiocese of Baghdad, N. 111 (ASCBN 00111) 1,935 CE Arabic, Syriac
  • fol. 1r-52v Rite of Holy Chrism
  • fol. 53r-55r Rite for anointing of the sick
  • fol. 55v-60r Rite for anointing of the sick

Baghdad, Iraq: Syrian Catholic Archdiocese of Baghdad, N. 115 (ASCBN 00115) 1,900 CE Arabic, Syriac
  • fol. 2v-30v Moshe bar Kephō, Explanation of the Holy Mass
  • fol. 30v-38r Moshe bar Kephō, Commentary on Holy Baptism
  • fol. 38r-45v Commentary on Ordination
  • fol. 45v-47r Collection of sayings
    • Title NS: ܥܠ ܗܘ ܡܕܡ ܕܟܬܒܘ ܝܘܕ̈ܝܐ ܠܥܠ ܡܢ ܙܩܝܦܗ ܕܡܫܝܚܐ (on that which the Jews wrote above the cross of the Messiah)
  • fol. 47r-53r John of Dara, Commentary on the Creed
  • fol. 53r-55r Liturgical miscellany
  • fol. 55r-59v On the Ascension of Jesus Christ
  • fol. 59v-66v On Pentecost
  • fol. 66v-74r Moshe bar Kepha, On the Cross
  • fol. 74r-79v On the vestments of the priesthood
  • fol. 79v-90v On Holy Chrism
  • fol. 91r-106r Church calendar (Arabic, Syriac)

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