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
Mardin, Turkey Chaldean Cathedral (CCM 00135) 1,700 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • f. 2v-46v Joseph II, Patriarch of the Chaldeans, Chaldean Gazzā (Syriac Rite, Eastern)
    • Feast of the Presentation of Jesus at the Temple
    • Feast of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary
    • Feast of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary
    • Feast of the Circumcision
  • f. 48r-49r Supplication read at the time of confession
  • f. 50r-96r Psalter (Syriac Rite, Eastern)
  • f. 96r-115v Hudra (Syriac Rite, Eastern)
    • Prayers attributed to Ephrem Syrus, Theodore of Mopsuestia, Yazdin, Timothy I, Abraham of Beth Rabban, Thomas of Edessa, Abimalk, John of Beth Rabban, Babai the Great, Babai of Nisibis, George of Nisibis, and others
Mardin, Turkey Chaldean Cathedral (CCM 00340) 1,700 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • f. 3r-26r Basil of Caesarea, Homily on Easter, Good Friday, and on the departure of the soul from the body
  • f. 27r-28r Collection of Proverbs
  • f. 28v-30v Chronological calculations
  • f. 32v-68v Life of St. Gregory
  • f. 68v-74r Story of Susanna
  • f. 74v-80r Miracles of the Virgin Mary
  • f. 80v-81r Ephrem Syrus, Homily 
  • f. 81v-87r John Chrysostom, On Repentance
  • f. 87v-95v Moses' conversation on Mt. Sinai
  • f. 97r-100v Life of Mar Isaac
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
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
Mardin, Turkey Chaldean Cathedral (CCM 00128) 1,723 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • f. 2v-23r Service in commemoration of Rabban Hormizd (Syriac, Syriac Rite, Eastern)
  • f. 24r-29r Admonition for a burial (Syriac/Garshuni)
  • f. 29v-35v Psalms (Garshuni)
  • f. 36r-49r Prayers (Garshuni)
  • f. 50v-57r Hymns for the ordinary weekdays of the year (Garshuni, Syriac Rite, Eastern)
  • f. 58v-68r Joseph II, Patriarch of the Chaldeans, Prayers for Sundays and Feast Days (Garshuni)
Mosul, Iraq, Mar Behnam (Monastery) (MBM 00019) 1,821 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • Four Gospels
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

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