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
Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi 133 (DIYR 00181) 1,700 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • Selection from a service
  • Ephrem Syrus, Service on a third day after burial
  • Jacob of Sarug, Service on the seventh day after the burial
  • Jacob of Sarug, Service on the fortieth day after the burial
  • When a priest or deacon dies
  • Service
  • Selection from Paul's Epistle to the Corinthians 
  • Five burial services for laymen

Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi 113; 8/26 (DIYR 00184) 1,800 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • New Testament Lectionary (Syriac Rite, Western)
  • Anaphora of Xystus of Rome
  • Anaphora of John Chrysostom
  • Anaphora of John the Evangelist
  • Anaphora of James, the Lord's Brother
  • Anaphora of John the Evangelist
  • Anaphora of John Chrysostom
  • Short Anaphora of James

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 124; 1/17 (DIYR 00209) 1,586 CE Garshuni
  • Epistles of the Apostle Paul

Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi 8/13; 96 (DIYR 00221) 1,800 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • Prayers
  • Anaphora of St. James, the Lord's brother
  • Anaphora of Simon-Peter, head of the apostles
  • Anaphora of Mark the Evangelist
  • Anaphora of Xystus
  • Anaphora of the Twelve
  • Anaphora of Proclus of Byzantium
  • Prefatory of the Mass
  • Part of the Order of the Mass to be memorized by priests
  • Readings from the Pauline Epistles
  • Readings from the Gospels
  • Prefatory of the Mass
  • Prayers
  • Anaphora of James, the Lord's Brother
  • Anaphora of James, the Lord's Brother
  • Anaphora collected from different anaphoras
  • Anaphora of John the Evangelist
  • Anaphora of John (called Aksnaya)
  • Anaphora of John bar Ma'dani
  • Anaphora of Julius of Rome
  • Anaphora of Jacob Burd'oyo
  • Anaphora of the Twelve Apostles
  • Small Anaphora of Philoxenus of Mabbug
  • Anaphora of Matthew the Pastor
  • Anaphora of Dionysius bar Ṣalībī
  • Anaphroa of John of Ḥarran, Ḥabur and Nisibis
  • Anaphroa of the Apostle Thomas
  • Anaphroa of Eustathius of Antioch
  • Anaphroa of Xystus of Rome
  • Anaphroa of the Twelve Apostles
  • Anaphroa of Moshe bar Kepha
  • Anaphroa of John the Evangelist
  • Dismissal Prayers
  • Anaphroa of Marutha of Tagrit
  • Anaphroa of Dioscorus of Alexandria
  • Anaphroa of Severus of Antioch
  • Anaphroa of Bar 'Ebroyo
  • Anaphroa of Abraham the Soldier

Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi 78 (DIYR 00228) 1,789 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • Epistles of Paul (Selections)
  • Prayers
  • Readings
  • Anaphora of James, the Lord's Brother
  • Anaphora of John the Evangelist
  • Small Anaphora of Simon-Peter
  • Anaphora of the Twelve Apostles
  • Anaphora of Mark the Evangelist
  • Anaphora of Jacob Burd'oyo
  • Anaphora of Eustathius of Antioch
  • Anaphora of Julius of Rome
  • Anaphora of John the Evangelist
  • Anaphora of the Twelve Apostles
  • Anaphora of Mark the Evangelist
  • Dismissal Prayer
  • Prayer for the altar when it is defiled by unbelievers
  • Prayer for the new vessels
  • Dismissal prayers
  • Prayers

Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi 125; 11/6; 118 (DIYR 00233) 1,754 CE Garshuni
  • Prayers for the sick
  • Gospel readings for the sick
  • Liturgical Calendar

Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi 10/15; 222; 108 (DIYR 00234) 1,849 CE Garshuni, Syriac, Turkish
  • Calendar (Garshuni)
  • Liturgical Calendar (Garshuni, Syriac)
  • On Divine Providence (Garshuni, Syriac)
  • Beth Gazō (Syriac Rite, Western; Syriac)
  • Book of Steps, selections (Syriac)
  • Hymn Tunes (Syriac)
  • Hymns (Syriac)
  • Hymns (Syriac)
  • Service for Deacons (Garshuni)
  • Magic Rituals (Garshuni)
  • Service for Deacons (Garshuni)
  • Treatment for various eye diseases (Garshuni)
  • Hymns (Garshuni)
  • Pauline Epistles (Turkish)
  • Prayer of Mor Philoxenus (Garshuni)
  • Hymn tunes (Syriac)
  • List of Apostles (Garshuni)

Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi 304 (DIYR 00239) 1,936 CE Garshuni, Turkish
  • Ephrem Syrus, On a third day after the burial 
  • Jacob of Sarug, On the sevent day after the burial 
  • Jacob of Sarug, On the fortieth day after the burial 
  • Readings from the gospels and Pauline epistles
  • Burial service for a layman
  • Burial service for women
  • Burial service for children
  • Burial service for priests, deacons, and monks
  • Homily for a deceased (Turkish)
  • Readings from the Gospels and Pauline Epistles (Turkish)

Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi 135; 241 (DIYR 00241) 1,907 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • Readings from the Gospels and Pauline Epistles
  • Jacob of Sarug, on the Destruction of Amid
  • The Life of Ephrem
  • Book of the Fox
  • Summary of the Garden of the Monks
  • Testimonies on behalf of the old Syrians concerning the faith in Christ

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