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
BnF syr. 33 500 CE Syriac

See catalog entry here

  • Eusebian Tables
  • Four Gospels
BnF syr. 341 600 CE Syriac

Peshitta Old and portions of the New Testament; See the catalog entry here

 

BnF syr. 431 1,823 CE Syriac

Syriac Peshitta Pentateuch

BnF syr. 54 1,192 CE Syriac

See catalog entry here

  • Four Gospels (Harklean version)
BnF syr. 361 800 CE Syriac

Composite manuscript

  • Peshitta 
    • f. 1-35 Matthew 
    • f. 35-55 Mark
    • f. 55-89 Luke
    • f. 89-101, 103-112, 102, 113-118 John
    • f. 118-169 Acts of the Apostles and Catholic Epistles
    • f. 170-225 Pauline Epistles
BnF arabe 53 1,724 CE Arabic, Georgian, Syriac
  • Syrian Rite, Liturgy; New Testament
  • f. 1r-1v Georgian text
  • f. 2-9v Table of Pericopes
  • f. 10v-65v Gospel of St. Matthew
  • f. 66-102 Gospel of St. Mark
  • f. 103-165v Gospel of St. Luke
  • f. 167-220 Gospel of St. John
BnF arabe 6725 1,000 CE Arabic, Syriac
  • f. 2 Kaoul Yohanna al-Kiddis ibn Zebede habib Yashou' al-Masih, Nashki from the beginning of the 10th century
  • f. 3-4 Shubhalmaran of Karka of Beth Seluk, fragment of the Book of Stages [6-7th century]
  • f. 5-11 Portion of the Acts of the Apostles (Arabic) [9th century]
  • f. 12-21 Portion of the Epistle of St. Paul to the Romans [10th century]
  • f. 22-29 Portion of Acts fo the Apostles [9th century]
BnF syr. 11 Unknown Arabic, Garshuni, Syriac

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  • f. 1-117 and 128-187 Books of the Prophets
    • Isaiah
    • Jeremiah
    • Ezekiel
    • Daniel according to the Peshitta (includes a paraphrase of the visions of the four monarchies and the history of Bel and the Dragon)
    • At the end of Daniel is a treatise on astonomy/astrology in Syriac, Garshuni, and Arabic
    • Jeremiah according to the Peshitta
  • f. 188-366 Other biblical texts
    • Esther 
    • Judith
    • Esdras
    • Nehemiah
    • Ecclesiastes
    • 1-3 Maccabees
    • Josephus' account of Eleazar, Shmuna and their sons
    • 3 Esdras
    • Tobit according to the Peshitta
    • 1-2 Baruch
    • Letter of Jeremiah
    • 3 Esdras and the first part of Tobit according to the Syrohexapla
BnF syr. 342 894 CE Syriac

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  • Peshitta New Testament
    • f. 1r-36r Matthew
    • f. 36r-57v Mark
    • f. 57v-95r Luke
    • f. 95r-122r John
    • f. 122v-158r Acts of the Apostles
    • f. 159r-162v James
    • f. 162v-166v 1 Peter
    • f. 166v-170r 1 John
    • f. 170r-249v Romans-Hebrews
    • f. 250r Reprise of Eusebius of Cesarea
BnF syr. 365 1,223 CE Syriac
  • New Testament (Peshitta)
    • f. 1v-11 and 13-37r Matthew
    • f. 37r-59r Mark
    • f. 59v-98v Luke
    • f. 98v-129v John
    • f. 129r-171v Acts
    • f. 171r-175r James
    • f. 175r-179v 1 Peter
    • f. 179v-183v 1 John
    • f. 183v-263r Romans
    • f. 194v-209v 1 Corinthians
    • f. 209v-219v 2 Corinthians
    • f. 219v-225r Galatians
    • f. 225r-230r Ephesians
    • f. 230v-234r Philippians
    • f. 234r-237v Colossians
    • f. 237v-241r 1 Thessalonians
    • f. 241r-242v 2 Thessalonians
    • f. 242v-246r 1 Timothy
    • f. 246r-249r 2 Timothy
    • f. 249r-250v Titus
    • f. 250v-251v Philemon
    • f. 251v-263r Hebrews

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