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. 427 1,600 CE Garshuni, Syriac

Catalog entry in Assemani

  • Rite of the blessing of the waters for Epiphany
  • On the Ordination of presbyters and chorbishops
  • On the consecration of an archbishop and bishop
  • Rite of the great Schema of the monks, or cucullus
  • Prayers recited in confession and before the Priest celebrates the mass, with the formula of absolution (Syriac)
  • On the blessing of the cup
  • Office of St. John the Evangelist, with a Garshuni narrative of his life
  • Life of St. Marinus (Syriac)
Vat. sir. 431 1,700 CE Syriac

Catalog entry in Assemani

  • Anaphora of the Twelve Apostles
Vat. sir. 433 1,600 CE Garshuni, Latin, Syriac

Catalog entry in Assemani

  • Elements of logic
  • Deposits of Syriac texts from one person
  • Fragment of Metaphysics
  • On Absolute Knowledge
  • On temporal priests
  • Treatise on unclean spirits
  • Book of the kings of Israel
  • Book of the responses of Ben Sira
  • HIstory of Susanna
  • Isagoge
  • Proverbs of wisdom
Vat. sir. 436 1,623 CE Syriac

Catalog entry in Assemani

  • The Ecumenical Book of all the Nations (also called the Cause of All Causes)
Vat. sir. 443 1,700 CE Syriac

Catalog entry in Assemani

  • Some books of the Old Testament
    • 1 & 2 Kings
    • Judges
    • Ruth
    • Job
    • Proverbs
    • Song of Songs
    • Ecclesiastes
    • Book of Wisdom
    • Joshua
    • Selected Scriptures translated from Syriac into Latin verse
  • On the remission of since and on penitence
  • Recitations before and after confession
Vat. sir. 445 1,564 CE Syriac

Catalog entry in Assemani

  • Gospel lections recited on feast days
Vat. sir. 451 1,800 CE Syriac

Catalog entry in Assemani

  • Psalms of David
  • Magnificat
  • Song of the Three Youths
  • Song of Songs
  • Revelation
Vat. sir. 453 1,715 CE Syriac

Catalog entry in Assemani

  • Works of Thomas à Kempis
Vat. sir. 461 Unknown Syriac
  • Genesis
  • Exodus
  • Leviticus
  • Numbers
  • Deuteronomy
  • Joshua
  • Judges
  • Ruth
  • Samuel the prophet
  • 1 Kings
  • 2 Kings
  • 3 Kings
  • 4 Kings
  • 1 Chronicles
  • 2 Chronicles
  • Ezra
  • Nehemiah
  • Esther
  • Tobit
  • Judith
  • Job
  • Psalms
  • Proverbs
  • Qohelet
  • Song of Songs
  • Wisdom
  • Sirach
  • History of Susanna
  • Isaiah
  • Jeremiah
  • Lamentations
  • 1 Epistle of Baruch
  • 2 Epistle of Baruch
  • Ezekiel
  • Daniel 
  • Hosea
  • Joel
  • Amos
  • Obadiah
  • Jonah
  • Micah
  • Nahum 
  • Habakkuk
  • Zephaniah
  • Haggai
  • Zechariah
  • Malachi
  • 1 Maccabees
  • 2 Maccabees
  • 1 Esdras
  • 3 Esdras
  • 3 Maccabees
  • Matthew
  • Mark
  • Luke
  • John
  • Acts
  • Romans
  • 1 Corinthians
  • Galatians
  • Ephesians
  • Philippians
  • Colossians
  • 1 Thessalonians
  • 2 Thessalonians
  • 1 Timothy
  • 2 Timothy
  • Titus
  • Philemon
  • Hebrews
  • James
  • 1 Peter
  • 2 Peter
  • 1 John
  • 2 John
  • 3 John
  • Jude
  • Apocalypse of John
Vat. sir. 462 Unknown Syriac
  • Uncatalogued liturgical manuscript

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