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
Mosul, Iraq, Syrian Orthodox Archdiocese of Mosul, MS 1 (ASOM 00001) 1,279 CE Syriac
  • fol. 2r-290v Gospel lectionary (Syriac Rite, Western)
    • Title NS: ܦܘܪܫ ܩܪ̈ܝܢܐ ܕܐܘܢܓܠܝܘܢ
Mosul, Iraq, Syrian Orthodox Archdiocese of Mosul (ASOM 00022 025) Unknown Garshuni, Syriac
  • Bible. Psalms
Mosul, Iraq, Syrian Orthodox Archdiocese of Mosul 31 (ASOM 00031) 1,723 CE Syriac
  • fol. 1r-136v Pentateuch
    • Title NS: ܟܬܒܐ ܕܚܡܫܐ ܣܦܪ̈ܐ ܕܐܘܪܝܬܐ
  • fol. 137r-142v Sermon on the ascension of our Lord into heaven
    • Title NS: ܥܠ ܣܘܠܩܐ ܕܡܪܢ ܝܫܘܥ ܠܫܡܝܐ
Mosul, Iraq, Syrian Orthodox Archdiocese of Mosul MS 34 (ASOM 00034) 1,750 CE Syriac
  • fol. 2v-129r Psalms
    • Title NS: ܟܬܒܐ ܕܡܙܡܘܪ̈ܐ ܕܕܘܝܕ
    • Note: Syriac with Arabic Garshuni translation in parallel columns
  • fol. 129v-130r Athanasius, Patriarch of Alexandria, Hymn of the angels at the Nativity
    • Title NS: ܬܫܒܘܚܬܐ ܕܡ̈ܠܐܟܐ ܕܫܒܚܘܗ̇ ܒܝܘܡܐ ܕܡܘܠܕܗ ܕܡܪܢ ܒܒܣܪ
    • Note: Dominical prayer and Nicene Creed in Syriac on fol. 130rv
  • fol. 130v-133v Memre
    • Note: Includes memre by Ephrem of Nisibis, fol. 130v-131r, 132v-133v; also an acrostic memra in the meter of Ephrem of Nisibis, fol. 131r-132r
MOsul, Iraq, Syrian Orthodox Archdiocese of Mosul MS 37 (ASOM 00037) 1,500 CE Syriac
  • fol. 1r-201v Gospels
Mosul, Iraq, Syrian Orthodox Archdiocese of Mosul MS 58 (ASOM 00058) 1,700 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • fol. 4r-5v, Pseudo-Callisthenes, Alexander Romance (Arabic Garshuni)
  • fol. 6r-75v Psalms
  • fol. 76r-85v Poem on the divine wisdom
    • Title NS: ܥܠ ܚܟܡܬܐ ܐܠܗܝܬܐ
  • fol. 86v-88v Memra on the Trinity
  • fol. 89v-92v Prayers
    • Includes prayers attributed to Ephrem of Nisibis and Jacob of Edessa
  • fol. 92v-96v Memre and Sogitha
Mosul, Iraq, Syrian Orthodox Archdiocese of Mosul MS 69 (ASOM 00069) 1,851 CE Syriac
  • fol. 1v-84v Psalms 
    • Title NS: ܟܬܒܐ ܕܡܙܡܘܪ̈ܐ ܕܕܘܝܕ ܡܠܟܐ
Mosul, Iraq, Syrian Orthodox Archdiocese of Mosul MS 71 (ASOM 00071) 1,800 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • fol. 1r-115r Psalms 
    • Parallel columns in Syriac and Arabic Garshuni
Mosul, Iraq, Syrian Orthodox Archdiocese of Mosul MS 90 (ASOM 00090) 1,800 CE Syriac
  • fol. 1r-96v New Testament lectionary
Mosul, Iraq, Syrian Orthodox Archdiocese of Mosul MS 92 (ASOM 00092) 1,900 CE Syriac
  • fol. 3v-53v Ecclesiasticus
  • fol. 53v-104v 1 Maccabees
  • fol. 104v-149v 2 Maccabees
  • fol. 149v-169v 3 Maccabees
  • fol. 169v-199v Memra on Shmuni and her seven martyred sons
  • fol. 200r-228r 1 Esdras
  • fol. 228r-244v Tobit

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