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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
Borg. sir. 67 1,500 CE Garshuni, Syriac

See note in Scher

  • Binding
  • f. 1r-32 Revelation
  • Binding

Borg. sir. 74 1,400 CE Garshuni, Syriac

See note in Scher

  • Binding
  • f. 1r-9v Table of Lectionary Readings
  • f. 10r-19v Introduction to Gospels
  • f. 20r-99v Matthew
  • f. 100r-152v Mark
  • f. 153r-242v Luke
  • f. 243r-307v John
  • Binding

Vat. sir. 556 1,729 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • Binding
  • f. 1v-2v Dedication
  • f. 2v-253r Gospel Lectionary
  • f. 253r-254v In memory of John of the monastery of Busnaya
  • f. 254v-255r Burial of the deacons
  • f. 255r-255v burial of men and children
  • f. 255v-256r Item for women
  • f. 256r-256v Lists of feasts and circumstances, and references to pericope to read at this occasion
  • f. 256v Note, dated to 1729
  • f. 257 Garshuni, prayer
  • Binding

Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 8 (SMMJ 00008) 1,600 CE Garshuni, Syriac

See entry at CPART and in Macomber (St. Mark's Convent, Jerusalem 1-3; SMC 1-3); Baumstark 1 and Baumstark 1*; Filoksinos Yohanna Dolabany, Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in St. Mark’s Monastery (1994).

  • f. 1v-116v Psalms (Syriac/Garshuni) (Syriac is the Peshitta)
  • f. 116b Our Father in Syriac and Garshuni
  • f. 116v-117r The Creed of the three hundred, i.e. the Nicene Creed (Syriac and Garshuni)
  • f. 117r A special Psalm of David. Psalm 151 (Syriac and Garshuni)

Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 36 (SMMJ 00036) 1,800 CE Garshuni, Syriac

See entry at CPART and in Macomber (Macomber 2-2B) (St. Mark's Convent, Jerusalem 2-2; SMC 2-2)

  • Part A (1800)
    • f. 1v-4r Syrian Orthodox Lections for the feast of the Nativity
      • f. 1v-2r At vespers of the Nativity of our Lord in the flesh. John 1:1-17
      • f. 2r-3r At matins of the Nativity of our Lord in the flesh. Matthew 2:1-12
      • f. 3r-4r The Nativity of our Lord. From the Apostle Paul. Galatians 4:1-18
  • ​Part B (12th Century)
    • f. 1v-273r New Testament Peshitta (unless otherwise indicated)
      • f. 1v-32v Matthew
      • f. 32v-52v Mark
      • f. 52v-87r Luke
      • f. 87r-114r John
      • f. 115r-142v Harklean lections of the Great (i.e. Passion) week
      • f. 142v-178v Acts
      • f. 178v-182r James
      • f. 182r-186r 1 Peter
      • f. 186r-189v 1 John
      • f. 189v-190r 2 John (Harklean)
      • f. 190rv 3 John (Harklean)
      • f. 190v-192v 2 Peter (Harklean)
      • f. 192v-193v Jude (Harklean)
      • f. 193v-207v Romans
      • f. 207v-222r 1 Corinthians
      • f. 222r-232v 2 Corinthians
      • f. 232v-237r Galatians
      • f. 237r-242v Ephesians
      • f. 242v-246r Philippians
      • f. 246r-249r Colossians
      • f. 249r-252r 1 Thessalonians
      • f. 252r-254r 2 Thessalonians
      • f. 254r-258r 1 Timothy
      • f. 258r-260v 2 Timothy
      • f. 260v-262r Titus
      • f. 262rv Philemon
      • f. 262v-273r Hebrews

Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi (DIYR 00079) 1,800 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • Gospel Lectionary (Garshuni), Syriac Rite, Western
  • Liturgical Service (Garshuni, Syriac)
  • Qūrbōnō: Anaphora of James, the brother of our Lord (Syriac)
  • Qūrbōnō: Anaphora of St. John the Evangelist (Garshuni, Syriac)
  • Qūrbōnō: Anaphora of Proclus of Byzantium (Garshuni, Syriac)
  • Qūrbōnō: Collected Anaphora from the Holy Fathers (Garshuni)
  • Qūrbōnō: Anaphora of the Twelve Apostles (Garshuni)
  • Qūrbōnō: Anaphora of Xystus of Rome (Syriac)
  • Qūrbōnō: Anaphora of John of Haran (Syriac)
  • Vespers and Prayers (Garshuni, Syriac)
  • Gospel Lectionary (Garshuni)

Mosul, Iraq, Mar Behnam (Monastery) (MBM 00028) 1,916 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • Qūrbōnō
    • Anaphora of James, the brother of our Lord

Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi (DIYR 00074) 1,711 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • Liturgy: Syriac Rite, Western
    • Fenqīthō
    • New Testament Lectionary
    • Collection of Anaphoras
      • Anaphora of St. James
      • Small anaphora of St. James
      • Anaphora of John the Evangelist
      • Anaphora of the Twelve Apostles
      • Short Anaphora of Simon Peter
      • Anaphora of Mark the Evangelist
      • Anaphora of St. Eustathius
      • Anaphora of Matthew the shepherd
      • Anaphora of Jacob of Edessa
      • Anaphora of Cyril of Alexandria
      • Anaphora of Severus of Antioch
      • Anaphora of Thomas of Harkel
      • Anaphora of John the Patriarch
      • Anaphora of Dionysius of Amida
    • Different prayers for the liturgy

Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi (DIYR 00201) 1,942 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • Table of Contents to Service Book (Garshuni)
  • Gospel readings and prayers recited by a priest on behalf of the injured and wounded (Garshuni, Syriac)

Mosul, Iraq, Mar Behnam (Monastery) (MBM 00015) 1,800 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • Lectionary readings from the Acts of the Apostles and Epistles

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