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
Qarah Qūsh, Syrian Catholic Archdiocesan Library (DSCQT 00082) 1,700 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • f. 1r-131v Ordo of the Mass and Gospel readings
  • List of Anaphoras
    • Short anaphora of St. James
    • Anaphora of Eustathius
    • Anaphora of John (i.e. Jacob of the monastery of Mar Henania)
    • Anaphora of Abraham Nahshirtana
    • Anaphora of Marutha of Tagrit
    • Anaphora of Dionysius
    • Anaphora of St. John the Evangelist
    • Anaphora of St. Mark the Evangelist
    • Anaphora of John bar Ma'dani
    • Anaphora of Philoxenus of Baghdad
    • Anaphora of Jacob of Edessa
    • Anaphora of Paul the Apostle

Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi (DIYR 00333) 1,732 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • Readings from the Gospels and Pauline Epistles; Sedrē
  • Anaphora of James, the Lord's Brother
  • Anaphora of John the Evangelist
  • Anaphora of the Twelve Apostles
  • Anaphora of Simon, the Head of the Apostles
  • Anaphora of Mark the Evangelist
  • Anaphora of Philoxenus of Mabbug
  • Anaphora of Eustathius of Antioch
  • Anaphora of Marutha of Tagrit
  • Anaphora of Jacob of Sarug
  • Anaphora of Xystus of Rome
  • Anaphora of Dionysius bar Ṣalibi
  • Anaphora of John of Harran, Habur and Nisibis
  • Anaphora of Eustathius of Antioch
  • Dismissal Prayers

Mardin, Turkey Chaldean Cathedral (CCM 00473) 1,721 CE Garshuni,Syriac
  • f. 1v-20v Gospel readings (Syriac Rite, Eastern)
  • f. 23v-54v Hymns for feasts selected from Ḥudrā
  • f. 55v-91r Anaphora of the Apostles
  • f. 92r-105r Anaphora of Theodore of Mopsuestia
  • f. 106r-128v Anaphora celebrated five times per year
  • f. 129r-132r Hymns for Dominical feasts
  • f. 132v-182v 'Abdisho' bar Brīkā, Dismissal hymns for various feasts
  • f. 186r-188r Prayers
  • f. 189r-203v Turgame for feasts and commemorations of the liturgical year
  • f. 204r-209v Hymns for feasts selected from Ḥudrā
  • f. 210r-212r Rite of Veneration
  • f. 212v-223v Epistle to the Hebrews
  • f. 224r-225r Gospel of Matthew

Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi 94 (DIYR 00142) 1,700 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • Anaphora
  • New Testament Lectionary (Syriac Rite, Western)
  • Shorter Anaphora of St. James
  • Anaphora of John the Evangelist
  • Anaphora of the Twelve Apostles
  • Anaphora of St. Peter
  • Anaphora of Mark the Evangelist
  • Anaphora of Ignatius the fiery (disciple of John the Apostle)
  • Anaphora of Philoxenus of Mabbug
  • Anaphora of Marutha the Catholicos of Tagrit
  • Anaphora of St. Eustathius
  • Anaphora of St. John, bishop of Haran Habura and Nisibis
  • Anaphora of Dionysius bar Ṣalibi
  • Anaphora of St. Xystus of Rome
  • Anaphora of Matthew the Shepherd 
  • Anaphora of Jacob of Sarug
  • Anaphora of John bar Wahbun
  • Anaphora of Gregory the Maphrian
  • Anaphora of Joseph (Ignatius) bar Wahib
  • Dismissal Hymns 
  • Prayer for the Altar when it is Defiled by Unbelievers
  • Prayer for the new vessels
  • Prooemion

Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi (DIYR 00154) 1,792 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • Prayers
  • Service before the Liturgy
  • New Testament Lectionary
  • Small Anaphora of St. James, the Lord's brother
  • Anaphora of John of Ḥaran
  • Anaphora of Dionysius bar Ṣalībī
  • Anaphora of John the Evangelist
  • Anaphora of John, viz. Jacob of Nisibis
  • Anaphora of Proclus of Byzantium
  • Dismissal hymns, Sedrē

Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi (DIYR 00169) 1,791 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • Service before the Eucharist
  • Anaphora of James, the Lord's Brother
  • New Testament Lectionary (Syriac Rite, Western)
  • Anaphora of Dionysius bar Ṣalibi
  • New Testament Lectionary (Syriac Rite, Western)
  • Anaphora of Proclus of Byzantium
  • New Testament Lectionary (Syriac Rite, Western)
  • Anaphora selected from the Holy Fathers
  • New Testament Lectionary (Syriac Rite, Western)
  • Anaphora of John, bishop of Ḥarran, Ḥabur, and Nisibis
  • New Testament Lectionary (Syriac Rite, Western)
  • Anaphora of Julius of Rome
  • Anaphora of Patriarch Ignatius bar Wahib
  • Prayer upon the vessels offered for the altar
  • Dismissal Prayers
  • New Testament Lectionary (Syriac Rite, Western)

Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi 312; 8/23 (DIYR 00170) 1,816 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • Service of the celebration of the Eucharist
  • New Testament Lectionary (Syriac Rite, western)
  • Anaphora of James, the Lord's brother
  • Anaphora of John the Evangelist
  • Anaphora of the Twelve Apostles
  • Anaphora of St. Peter, Head of the Apostles
  • Anaphora of Mark the Evangelist
  • Anaphora of Eustathius, patriarch of Antioch
  • Anaphora of Xystus of Rome
  • Anaphora of Dionysius bar Ṣalibi
  • Anaphora of Marutha of Tagrit
  • Dismissal Prayer

Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi 215; 8/19 (DIYR 00177) 1,743 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • Our Lady's Vigil
  • Anaphora of Jacob of Sarug
  • Easter dates
  • Anaphora of John the Evangelist
  • Anaphora of Xystus of Rome
  • Anaphora of Dionysius bar Ṣalibi
  • Dismissal Prayers; Gospel Readings
  • Anaphora of James, the Lord's Brother
  • Chants and Supplications

Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi (DIYR 00198) 1,741 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • Lectionary (Syriac Rite, Western)
  • Anaphora of St. James, the Lord's Brother
  • Anaphora of Simon, the head of the apostles
  • Anaphora of Mushe bar Kepha
  • Anaphora of St. James, the Lord's brother
  • Anaphora of the Twelve Apostles
  • Anaphora of John the Evangelist
  • Anaphora of Mark the Evangelist
  • Anaphora of Patriarch John Aksnoyo
  • Anaphora of Patriarch Eustathius
  • Anaphora of Marutha of Tagrit
  • Anaphora of Matthew the Pastor
  • Dismissal Prayers
  • Prayers

Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi (DIYR 00206) 1,899 CE Garshuni, Syriac, Turkish
  • Canons (Garshuni)
  • Prayer on behalf of the community of St. Mar Musa al-Habashi (Garshuni)
  • Prayers (Garshuni)
  • Spells (Garshuni)
  • Charms against arrows and arms (Syriac)
  • Procession of the Cross (Syriac)
  • Prayers (Syriac)
  • Litany of our Lady Mary (Garshuni)
  • History of Kyprianos (Garshuni)
  • Prayers (Garshuni)
  • History of Solomon, son of David (Garshuni)
  • Psalter (Syriac)
  • Songs of glorification (Syriac)
  • Definition of the faith of the 318 fathers against the doctrine of Arius (Garshuni, Syriac, Turkish)
  • Prayer (Garshuni, Syriac)
  • Ephrem Syrus, Homily on Teaching (Syriac)
  • Dismissal Prayer (Garshuni)
  • Prayer sent by God to Solomon and his reply
  • Psalter  (Garshuni)
  • Prayers (Garshuni)
  • Names of all the angels (Syriac)
  • Prayer of Our Lady (Garshuni)
  • Charms and spells (Garshuni, Syriac)
  • Charms (Turkish)
  • Prayers (Garshuni)
  • Calling of the Apostles (Garshuni)

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