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 (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 101; 1/24 (DIYR 00156) 1,756 CE Garshuni
  • Book of Proverbs
  • Wisdom of Solomon
  • Book of Sirach
  • Book of Questions and Answers
Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi (DIYR 00158) 1,800 CE Garshuni
  • Evangelion
Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi 7/7; 11 (DIYR 00165) 1,909 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • Life of Mor Behnam the Martyr
  • Life of Qasis the priest
  • Life of the Penitent Mary
  • On Leavened Bread
  • Commentary of Mor John the Patriarch on the mystery of salt, wine, and oil
  • Apology against disagreement with witnesses of orthodox teachers
  • Questions of the Holy Fathers
  • Short treatises on some episodes of the Old Testament
  • Ignatius Shukr Allah II, Selection from the teaching of metropolitan Shukr Alla on the Cross
  • Athanasius, Patriarch of Jerusalem, Selection from the teaching of the Patriarch of Jerusalem on the Ascension of our Lord
  • Athanasius, Patriarch of Jerusalem, Pentekostarion
  • Selection on the Transfiguration of Our Lord
  • Selection for the feast of John the Baptist
  • Selection on repentance
  • Admonition on the Our Father
  • Selection on prayer
  • Special commandment of vigil
  • Admonitions
  • Life of the Apostle Thomas
  • Prayers on occasions of illness and pain
  • Gospel readings
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 166; 1/14 (DIYR 00175) 1,652 CE Garshuni
  • Wisdom of Jesus ben Sirach
  • Ecclesiastes
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 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

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