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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
Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi 265 (DIYR 00265) 1,902 CE Garshuni, Syriac, Turkish
  • Anaphora of Severus of Antioch (Garshuni, Syriac)
  • Canticles and Quqlions (Garshuni, Syriac)
  • Jacob of Sarug, Homily (Syriac)
  • A chant (Syriac)
  • Prayers (Syriac)
  • Readings from the Pauline Epistles (Syriac)
  • Canticle for Nativity (Garshuni, Syriac, Turkish)
  • Canticle for the Presentation of Our Lord (Garshuni)
  • Canticle for Palm Sunday (Garshuni)
  • Liturgical chants (Syriac)
  • Canticles for Great Friday (Garshuni, Syriac, Turkish)
  • Liturgical proclamations (Syriac)
  • Canticles for Easter, etc. (Garshuni, Syriac, Turkish)
Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi 268 (DIYR 00268) 1,865 CE Garshuni, Syriac, Turkish
  • \Table of Contents
  • Reading from the Gospel of Matthew (Turkish)
  • Reading from one of Paul's Epistles to the Corinthians (Turkish)
  • Ephrem Syrus, On the third day after the burial (Garshuni)
  • Jacob of Sarug, On the seventh day after the burial (Garshuni)
  • Jacob of Sarug, On the fortieth day after the burial (Garshuni)
  • Readings from the Gospels and Pauline Epistles (Garshuni)
  • Prooemion (Syriac)
  • Burial rite for laymen (Syriac, Garshuni)
  • Burial rite for women (Garshuni)
  • Burial rite for children (Garshuni)
  • Burial rite for priests and deacons (Garshuni)
  • Readings from the Gospels and Pauline Epistles (Garshuni)
  • Ephrem Syrus, Homily for the dead (Garshuni)
  • Readings from the Gospels and Pauline Epistles (Turkish)
  • Liturgical Chants (Syriac)
Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi (DIYR 00270) 1,931 CE Garshuni, Syriac, Turkish
  • Readings from the Gospels and Pauline Epistles; Sedrē, prooemia (Garshuni, Syriac, Turkish)
  • Short anaphora of James, the Lord's brother (Garshuni, Syriac)
  • Anaphora of Abraham Naḥshirtana (Garshuni, Syriac)
  • Anaphora of the Twelve Apostles (Garshuni, Syriac)
  • Anaphora of Dionysius bar Ṣalībī  (Garshuni, Syriac)
  • Anaphora of Jacob of Ḥarran, Ḥabur and Nisibis (Garshuni, Syriac)
  • Anaphora of Eustathius of Antioch (Garshuni, Syriac)
  • Anaphora of Xystus of Rome (Garshuni, Syriac)
  • Anaphora of John bar Shushan (Garshuni, Syriac)
  • Joint Anaphora (Garshuni, Syriac)
  • Anaphora of Matthew the Pastor (Garshuni, Syriac)
  • Anaphora of Proclus of Byzantium (Garshuni, Syriac)
  • Anaphora of Xystus of Rome (Garshuni, Syriac)
  • Anaphora of Julius of Rome (Garshuni, Syriac)
  • Anaphora of Peter, the head of the Apostles (Garshuni, Syriac)
  • Vigil of the Virgin (Garshuni, Syriac)
  • Readings (Garshuni, Syriac)
  • Anaphora of Julius of Rome (Syriac)
  • Anaphora of Moshe bar Kepha (Syriac)
  • Anaphora of Marutha of Tagrit (Syriac)
  • Anaphora of Lazarus bar Sabta (Syriac)
  • Anaphora of Jacob of Edessa (Syriac)
  • Anaphora of Patriarch bar Wahib (Syriac)
  • Prayers (Garshuni, Syriac)
  • Basil of Caesarea, Commentary on the Liturgy (Garshuni, Syriac)
  • Prayers (Garshuni)
  • Anaphora of Jacob of Sarug (Garshuni, Syriac)
  • Readings (Garshuni, Syriac)
  • Anaphora of Marutha of Tagrit (Garshuni, Syriac)
  • Readings (Garshuni)
  • Anaphora of Philoxenus of Mabbug (Garshuni, Syriac)
  • Readings (Garshuni)
  • Anaphora of Mark the Evangelist (Garshuni, Syriac)
  • Readings; Anaphora of John the Evangelist (Garshuni, Syriac)
  • Readings, Anaphora of Patriarch bar Wahib (Garshuni, Syriac)
Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi (DIYR 00284) 1,942 CE Garshuni, Syriac, Turkish
  • Anaphora (Syriac)
  • Anaphora of Dionysius bar Ṣalibi (Syriac)
  • Anaphora of John (bishop of Haran Habura and Nisibis) (Syriac)
  • Anaphora of St. John the Evangelist (Syriac) 
  • Anaphora of Matthew the Pastor (Syriac) 
  • Anaphora of Eustathius of Antioch (Syriac) 
  • Anaphora of Julius of Rome (Syriac) 
  • Anaphora of Xystus of Rome (Syriac; Prooemia and Sedrē)
  • Anaphora of James, the Lord's Brother (Garshuni, Syriac, Turkish)
  • Anaphora of John the Evangelist (Garshuni, Syriac, Turkish)
  • Anaphora of Dionysius bar Ṣalibi (Garshuni, Syriac, Turkish)
  • Anaphora of John (bishop of Haran Habura and Nisibis) (Garshuni, Syriac, Turkish)
  • Anaphora of Matthew the Pastor (Garshuni, Syriac, Turkish)
  • Anaphora of the Twelve Apostles  (Garshuni, Syriac, Turkish)
  • Anaphora of Simon Kepha (Garshuni, Syriac, Turkish)
  • Anaphora of Mark the Evangelist (Garshuni, Syriac, Turkish)
  • Anaphora of Philoxenus of Mabbug (Garshuni, Syriac, Turkish)
  • Anaphora of Abraham Naḥshirtana (Garshuni, Syriac, Turkish)
  • Anaphora of John bar Shushan (Syriac)
  • Small anaphora of Peter, head of the Apostles (Syriac)
  • Anaphora of the Twelve Apostles (Garshuni)
  • Service of the signing of a cup of Severus of Antioch
  • Prayers
  • Readings from the Gospels and Epistles (Garshuni, Syriac, Turkish)
  • Anaphora of Mar Jacob (Garshuni, Syriac, Turkish)
  • Anaphora of Abraham Naḥshirtana (Garshuni, Syriac, Turkish)
  • Readings from the Gospels and Epistles (Garshuni, Syriac, Turkish)
  • Anaphora of Peter (Garshuni, Syriac, Turkish)
  • Readings from the Gospels and Epistles (Garshuni, Syriac, Turkish)
  • Anaphora of Dionysius bar Ṣalibi (Garshuni, Syriac, Turkish)
  • Anaphora (Garshuni, Syriac, Turkish)
  • Anaphora (Garshuni, Syriac)
  • Anaphora of Matthew the Pastor (Garshuni, Syriac)
  • Anaphora of John (bishop of Haran Habura and Nisibis) (Garshuni, Syriac)
  • Anaphora of Xystus of Rome (Garshuni, Syriac, Turkish)
  • Husoye; Prayers; Sedrē (Garshuni, Syriac, Turkish)
  • Anaphora of Proclus of Byzantium (Garshuni, Syriac, Turkish)
  • Anaphora of Julius of Rome (Garshuni, Syriac, Turkish)
  • Anaphora of John the Evangelist (Garshuni, Syriac, Turkish)
  • Anaphora of Eustathius of Antioch (Garshuni, Syriac, Turkish)
  • Anaphora of St. Peter (Garshuni, Syriac, Turkish)
  • Anaphora of Philoxenus of Mabbug (Garshuni, Syriac, Turkish)
  • Anaphora of Dionysius (Garshuni, Syriac, Turkish)
  • Anaphora of Xystus of Rome (Garshuni, Syriac, Turkish)
  • Anaphora (Garshuni, Syriac, Turkish)
  • Husoye; Sedrē (Garshuni, Syriac, Turkish)
  • Anaphora of John bar Shushan (Garshuni, Syriac, Turkish)
  • Anaphora of Moshe bar Kepha (Garshuni, Syriac, Turkish)
Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi (DIYR 00291) 1,728 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • Prayers, Prooemia, Sedrē
  • Anaphora of Jacob, the Lord's Brother
  • Selection from a Liturgical Text
  • Readings from the Gospels, prooemia, Sedrē
  • Anaphora of Jacob, the Lord's Brother
  • Anaphora of John the Evangelist
  • Anaphora of Julius of Rome
  • Anaphora of Eustathius of Antioch
  • Anaphora of John of Nisibis
  • Anaphora of Ignatius of Antioch
  • Anaphora of Jacob Burd'oyo
  • Anaphora of Marutha of Tagrit
  • Anaphora of Philoxenus of Mabbug
  • Dismissal Prayers of Mor Jacob
Qarah Qūsh, Iraq, Syrian Catholic Archdiocesan Library (DSCQT 00032) 1,800 CE Arabic, Garshuni, Syriac
  • fol. 2v-149r Liturgical book with prayers and Biblical readings for various occasions
Qarah Qūsh, Iraq, Syrian Catholic Archdiocesan Library (DSCQT 00034) 1,800 CE Arabic, Garshuni
  • f. 1ra-193vb Liturgical book with prayers and Biblical readings for various occasions
Vat. sir. 36 1,597 CE Garshuni, Syriac

Catalog entry from Assemani

  • f. 1-34 Missal (Jacobite Rite)
    • Anaphora of the Twelve Apostles
    • Anaphora of Peter the Apostle
    • Anaphora of St. Eustathius
    • Anaphora of St. John (bishop of Haran Habura and Nisibis)
    • Anaphora of Dionysius bar Ṣalibi
  • Porphyry, Isagoge
  • The way of finding East
  • Bishop Moses, excerpts from Yaḥya ibn 'Adī
    • Against those who affirm that Christ was not truly crucified
    • Against those who maintain the Christian Gospel has been corrupted
    • The world was not from eternity
  • Bishop Moses, Excerpt from an Arabic grammar
  • Jacob of Sarug, a philosophical poem: On being, substance, and accidents
  • Baptismal Rite
  • Gregory bar 'Ebroyo, Syriac Grammar
  • Bishop Moses, Syriac-Arabic Lexicon
  • Catalog of the works of Bar 'Ebroyo
Vat. sir. 44 1,691 CE Garshuni, Syriac

​Catalog entry in Assemani

Liturgy (Chaldean Rite)

  • Order of Holy Baptism 
  • Liturgy of the apostles
  • Gospel lections
Vat. sir. 91 1,551 CE Garshuni, Syriac

Catalog entry in Assemani

  • Elijah III, also known as Abu-Halim, Homilies to be read in the morning
    • On the Nativity of our Lord
    • Another on the Nativity
    • On the commemoration of St. Mary
    • Another on the commemoration of St. Mary
    • On the Epiphany of our Lord
    • Another on the Epiphany
    • Monday of the Rogation, week 1
    • Another Monday of the Rogation, week 1
    • Monday of the rogation, week 2
    • Mar Shallita, Tuesday of the Rogation, week 1
    • George of Arbela, Tuesday of the Rogation
    • Elijah of Nisibis, Tuesday of the Rogation, week 2
    • Another Elijah of Nisibis, Tuesday of the Rogation, week 2
    • Elijah of Nisibis, Wednesday or the Rogation, week 1
    • Another Elijah of Nisibis, Wednesday or the Rogation
    • Elijah of Nisibis, Wednesday of the Rogation, week 2
    • Elijah of Nisibis, On the ablution of Wednesday of Rogation
    • On holy Commemoration
    • Another on the holy Commemoration
    • Friday, on the departed 
    • Sunday of the entrance of the Fast
    • Another on the Sunday of the entrance of the Fast
    • Another on the Sunday of the entrance of the Fast
    • George of Arbela, On the Five Sundays of the Fast
    • Elijah the Patriarch, on the Five Sundays of the Fast
    • On the Festival of Hosannas
    • Another on the Festival of Hosannas
    • On the feast of the Resurrection
    • Another on the feast of the Resurrection
    • On the Monday of Holy Week
    • Another on the Monday of Holy Week
    • On the Feast of the Ascension
    • Another on the feast of the Asension
    • On the Feast of Pentecost
    • Elijah of Anbar, Another on the feast of Pentecost
    • Elijah the Patriarch, On Adoration for the liturgy
    • Elijah the Patriarch, On the Festival of the Transfiguration
    • Elijah the Patriarch, Another on the Festival of the Transfiguration
    • Elijah the Patriarch, On the Feast of the cross
    • Elijah the Patriarch, Another on the Feast of the cross
    • Presbyter Abul 'azziz,  Sunday of the dedication of the Church
    • Presbyter Abul 'azziz,  Another on the Sunday of the dedication of the Church
    • Blessings of the prayers of the morning and evening of Sundays and feasts
    • Benediction of the mystery over the door of the χόγχη
    • Prayers said before the 'Onyatha preceding and following hte feast of the Nativity
    • Various prayers
    • Questions and Answers which our Lord gives through Matthew, Mark, and Luke
    • On the one old Gospel upon the altar of the holy church of the dispersion of the Romans in the city of Baghdad...
    • An older note of Bishop Makika from Baladam
    • A song of Simeon on the Paraclete, for the second day of the deposition of the dead (Garshuni)

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