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. 85 (ASCBN 00085) 1,900 CE Syriac
  • fol. 1r-2r Sugitho on the niece of Saint Abraham the hermit
  • fol. 2r-5r Gregory bar 'Ebroyo, Poem on wisdom (On the divine love, which is compared with wine)
  • fol. 5v-6v Yusef 'Abyō of al-Qush, Poem on the hermitical life

Baghdad, Iraq: Syrian Catholic Archdiocese of Baghdad, N. 86 (ASCBN 00086) 1,835 CE Garshuni
  • fol. 3v-159r On the importance of confessing sins

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. 92 (ASCBN 00092) 1,900 CE Garshuni
  • pages 1-298 Gregory bar 'Ebroyo, Nomocanon 

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. 95 (ASCBN 00095) 1,886 CE Arabic, Syriac
  • fol. 1-10 Poems
    • Title NS: مجموعة قصائد بالسريانية

Baghdad, Iraq: Syrian Catholic Archdiocese of Baghdad, N. 96 (ASCBN 00096) 1,880 CE Arabic, Syriac
  • pages 1-12 Grammar
  • pages 13-40 Life of Saint Alexius
  • pages 41-68 Anthology of poems

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)

Baghdad, Iraq: Syrian Catholic Archdiocese of Baghdad, N. 129 (ASCBN 00129) 1,800 CE Syriac
  • fol. 1r-14v Grammar

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