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
MOsul, Iraq, Syrian Orthodox Archdiocese of Mosul MS 37 (ASOM 00037) 1,500 CE Syriac
  • fol. 1r-201v Gospels
Mosul, Iraq, Syrian Orthodox Archdiocese of Mosul MS 58 (ASOM 00058) 1,700 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • fol. 4r-5v, Pseudo-Callisthenes, Alexander Romance (Arabic Garshuni)
  • fol. 6r-75v Psalms
  • fol. 76r-85v Poem on the divine wisdom
    • Title NS: ܥܠ ܚܟܡܬܐ ܐܠܗܝܬܐ
  • fol. 86v-88v Memra on the Trinity
  • fol. 89v-92v Prayers
    • Includes prayers attributed to Ephrem of Nisibis and Jacob of Edessa
  • fol. 92v-96v Memre and Sogitha
Mosul, Iraq, Syrian Orthodox Archdiocese of Mosul MS 69 (ASOM 00069) 1,851 CE Syriac
  • fol. 1v-84v Psalms 
    • Title NS: ܟܬܒܐ ܕܡܙܡܘܪ̈ܐ ܕܕܘܝܕ ܡܠܟܐ
Mosul, Iraq, Syrian Orthodox Archdiocese of Mosul MS 71 (ASOM 00071) 1,800 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • fol. 1r-115r Psalms 
    • Parallel columns in Syriac and Arabic Garshuni
Mosul, Iraq, Syrian Orthodox Archdiocese of Mosul MS 90 (ASOM 00090) 1,800 CE Syriac
  • fol. 1r-96v New Testament lectionary
Mosul, Iraq, Syrian Orthodox Archdiocese of Mosul MS 92 (ASOM 00092) 1,900 CE Syriac
  • fol. 3v-53v Ecclesiasticus
  • fol. 53v-104v 1 Maccabees
  • fol. 104v-149v 2 Maccabees
  • fol. 149v-169v 3 Maccabees
  • fol. 169v-199v Memra on Shmuni and her seven martyred sons
  • fol. 200r-228r 1 Esdras
  • fol. 228r-244v Tobit
Mosul, Iraq, Syrian Orthodox Archdiocese of Mosul MS 96 (ASOM 00096) 1,653 CE Syriac
  • fol. 2v-138v
    • 1 Kings 
    • 1-2 Chronicles
Mosul, Iraq, Syrian Orthodox Archdiocese of Mosul MS 97 (ASOM 00097) 1,600 CE Syriac
  • fol. 1r-50v Rules and admonitions for monks and ascetics
  • fol. 50v-80r John of the Thebaid, Rules and instructions for spiritual life
  • fol. 80r-104v Prayers of the seven hours
    • Title NS: ܨܠܘ̈ܬܐ ܕܫ̈ܒܥܐ ܥܕ̈ܢܐ
  • fol. 105r-120v Catholic Epistles
    • Epistle of James 
    • Epistle of Peter
    • Epistle of John
  • fol. 121r-134v Mas'ūd (Abba), Spiritual Instructions
  • fol. 135r-144v Isaac of Antioch, Memrē
  • fol. 144v-176r Macarius the Egyptian, Exhortations to candidates for the Monastic Life
Mosul, Iraq, Syrian Orthodox Archdiocese of Mosul MS 108 (ASOM 00108) 1,700 CE Syriac
  • fol. 1r-133v Psalms
Mosul, Iraq, Syrian Orthodox Archdiocese of Mosul MS 110 (ASOM 00110) 1,800 CE Syriac

fol. 1r-105v Psalms

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