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. 18 1,481 CE Syriac

See entry in Assemani

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  • f. 1r-109v Gospel of John (Harklean)
  • f. 110r-184v Gospel Lectionary (Harklean)
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Vat. sir. 20. pt. 1 1,215 CE Syriac

Melkite Gospel Lectionary; see entry in Assemani

Vat. sir. 20. pt. 2 1,215 CE Syriac

Melkite Gospel Lectionary; See entry in Assemani

Vat. sir. 21 1,041 CE Syriac

Melkite lectionary for the Acts of the Apostles and Epistles of St. Paul; See entry in Assemani

Vat. sir. 22 1,301 CE Syriac

See note in Assemani

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  • f. 1r-94v Pauline Lectionary
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Vat. sir. 23 1,100 CE Arabic, Syriac

See entry in Assemani

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  • f. 1r-142v Pauline Lectionary
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Vat. sir. 24 1,200 CE Syriac

See entry in Assemani

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  • f. 1r-1r Notes
  • f. 1v-153r Old Testament Lectionary
  • f. 153v-153v Notes
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Vat. sir. 26 1,484 CE Syriac

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  • 1v-251v West Syrian Missal
    • Anaphora of St. James
    • Anaphora of Joseph bar Wahib
    • Anaphor of John bar Ma'dani
    • Anaphora of Dioscorus
    • Anaphora of St. Cyril
    • Anaphora of St. Mark the Evangelist
    • Anaphora of St. John the Patriarch (who is Hannanya Xenaya)
    • Anaphora of Ignatius the Fiery
    • Anaphora of St. John Chrysostom
    • Anaphora of Marutha of Tagrit
    • Anaphora of Jacob of Edessa
    • Anaphora of Simon Peter
    • Anaphora of Philoxenus of Mabbug
    • Anaphora of St. Gregory the Great
    • Anaphora of Basil of Baghdad (who is Lazarus bar Sabta)
    • Ḥutāmē
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Vat. sir. 37 1,627 CE Garshuni, Syriac

See entry in Assemani and the entry completed by CPART

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  • f. 1v-57r Burial service, Garshuni and Syriac
  • f. 57r-69v Jacob of Edessa, Tractate on the restrictions in marriage (on the different kinds of marriages that are not lawful)
  • f. 69v-106 History of St. Jacob of Egypt, the hermit, and his associates, Garshuni
  • f. 106v-128r History of King Hermianus, and of his wife and sons, Garshuni
  • f. 128r-133v Office of the resurrection of the Lord, for Vespers, Matins and Terce
  • f. 133v-139v Shorter anaphora of St. James, the Lord's brother
  • f. 139v-141r Various canons pertaining to the sacraments of Baptism, Penance, the Eucharist, and Holy Orders, in Garshuni
  • f. 141r-152v Anaphora of the Holy Fathers, by John the Patriarch (Theodore b. Wahbun)
  • f. 152v-153r Copy of a note from a Gospel book
  • f. 153r-155v Life of John, Bishop of Mardin
  • f. 155v-156v Copy of a note from a Gospel book
  • f. 156v-168v Life of St. Abhai, Bishop of Nicea
  • f. 168v-173r Account of the death of Constantine II
  • f. 173r-176r Life of Jacob of Serugh, Bishop of Batnae, Flute of the Holy Spirit and Harp of the Church
  • f. 176r-192r Life of Acha
  • f. 192r Catalog of the works fo Dionysius bar Salibi
  • f. 192r-192v Coptic, Syriac, and Ethiopic calendars
  • f. 192v-201r Festal calendar attributed to Jacob of Edessa
  • f. 201r-201v Catalog of Eastern saints
  • f. 201v-201v Life of Moshe bar Kepha
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Vat. sir. 266 600 CE Syriac

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  • f. 1r-5v Index of the readings for the year
  • f. 6r-216v Peshitta New Testament
    • f. 6r-34r Matthew
    • f. 34r-53r Mark
    • f. 53r-86r Luke
    • f. 86r-111v John
    • f. 111v-146v Acts of the Apostles
    • f. 146v-150r James
    • f. 150r-154r 1 Peter
    • f. 154r-157v 1 John
    • f. 157v-171r Romans
    • f. 171r-184r 1 Corinthians
    • f. 184r-192v 2 Corinthians
    • f. 193r-197r Galatians
    • f. 197r-201r Ephesians
    • f. 201r-204r Philippians
    • f. 204r-206v Colossians
    • f. 207r-209r 1 Thessalonians
    • f. 209r-210v 2 Thessalonians
    • f. 210v-213v 1 Timothy
    • f. 213v-216v 2 Timothy
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