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. 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. 45 (ASCBN 00045) 1,800 CE Syriac
  • Fol. 1r-23r Wisdom of Solomon. Selections

Baghdad, Iraq: Syrian Catholic Archdiocese of Baghdad, N. 48 (ASCBN 00048) 1,851 CE Syriac
  • fol. 2v-162r Psalter (Syriac Rite, Western)

Baghdad, Iraq: Syrian Catholic Archdiocese of Baghdad, N. 49 (ASCBN 00049) 1,902 CE Syriac
  • fol. 2v-17r Preparation for the Mass
  • fol. 17v-38r Anaphora of Saint Jacob
  • fol. 39r-45v Anaphora of the Twelve Apostles
  • fol. 46r-54r Collection of Liturgical Prayers

Baghdad, Iraq: Syrian Catholic Archdiocese of Baghdad, N. 50 (ASCBN 00050) 1,600 CE Syriac
  • fol. 1r-153v Šḥīmō (Syriac Rite, Western)

Baghdad, Iraq: Syrian Catholic Archdiocese of Baghdad, N. 51 (ASCBN 00051) 1,800 CE Syriac
  • fol. 1-36r, Anaphora of St. Jacob
  • fol. 36r-42r Anaphora of Pope Sixtus
  • fol. 43r-50r Anaphora of Saint Dionysius
  • fol. 50r-58r Anaphora of Patriarch Yūḥanōn Yeshū‘ bar Shūshan
  • fol. 58r-71v Anaphora of Basilius La'zar son of Sabto of Baghdad
  • fol. 72r-77r Prooemion of Patriarch Ignatius bar Wāhib Bādir Zakhā
  • fol. 77r-82v Anaphora of Simon Peter, head of the Apostles
  • fol. 83r-93v Anaphra of Pope Julius of Rome
  • fol. 94r-100r Anaphora of Patriarch Yūḥanōn Yeshū‘ bar Shūshan
  • fol. 101v-128v Anaphora of Patriarch Yūḥanōn Yeshū‘
  • fol. 129r-139r Anaphora of St. John the Evangelist
  • fol. 139v-151v Anaphora of Īwānnīs, bishop of Harran

Baghdad, Iraq: Syrian Catholic Archdiocese of Baghdad, N. 52 (ASCBN 00052) 1,542 CE Arabic, Garshuni, Syriac
  • fol. 1r-59r Gospel of Matthew
  • fol. 59v-92r Gospel of Mark
  • fol. 92v-153v Gospel of Luke
  • fol. 154v-201v Gospel of John

Baghdad, Iraq: Syrian Catholic Archdiocese of Baghdad, N. 53 (ASCBN 00053) 1,900 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • pages 1-91 Beth gazō (Syriac Rite, Western)
  • pages 92-167 Hymns

Baghdad, Iraq: Syrian Catholic Archdiocese of Baghdad, N. 54 (ASCBN 00054) 1,500 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • fol. 1v-312v Beth Gazō (Syriac Rite, Western)

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