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
Vat. sir. 41 pt. 1 Unknown Syriac

ff. 1-269; See entry in Assemani

  • Liturgicon with Euchologion, translated from Greek into Syriac (Melkite rite)
    • Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom
    • Liturgy of St. Basil the Great
    • Pre-sanctified liturgy
    • Lections from the Gospels and Apostles
    • Readings for common days
    • Lections of Gospels and Apostles for the 40-day fast according to the Greek rite
    • Lections from the Acts of the Apostles and Gospels
  • Imposition of hands for the ordination of the priesthood
  • Prayer for a subdeacon
  • Service for the ordination of a deacon
  • The ordination of a presbyter
  • Prayer for an 8-day-old child
  • Presentation of children in the temple
  • Order of Baptism according Bishop Basil the Great, translated from Greek into Syriac
  • Prayer of the blessing of a baptismal crown after seven days