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
Mingana Syriac 42 835 CE Syriac

See catalog entry for Mingana 42

  • f. 1-6r Index of lessons from the New Testament to be recited on some specified festivals
  • f. 6v-7r Additional lessons for the commemoration of the dead from 1 Thessalonians 4:13-23
  • f. 7v A spheric diagram showing the day and month of a given year of the Greeks
  • f. 8r An inscription by an owner
  • f. 8v-52r Matthew (Harklean version)
  • f. 52v-80r Mark (Harklean version)
  • f. 80v-133r Luke (Harklean version)
  • f. 133v-173v John (Harklean version)
  • f. 174r Picture of an unidentified saint
  • f. 174v-178v Epistle of St. James (Harklean version)
  • f. 178v-182r 2 Timothy (Harklean version)
  • f. 182v A quotation from the Epistle of Hebrews (Harklean version)
Mingana Syriac 525 1,898 CE Syriac

See catalog entry for Mingana 525

  • Dionysius Bar Salibi​
    • f. 1v-22v Commentary on Acts
    • f. 23r-27r Commentary on James
    • f. 27r-30v Commentary on 1 Peter (According to the Harklean version)
    • f. 30v-34v Commentary on 2 Peter (According to the Harklean version)
    • f. 32r-34v Commentary on 1 John 
    • f. 34v Commentary on 2 John
    • f. 34v-36r Commentary on Jude
    • f. 36r-146r Commentary on the Pauline Epistles
Mingana Syriac 89 1,700 CE Garshuni, Syriac

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  • f. 1-6v Barhebraeus, Geographical portion of a work entitled ܡܢܪܬ ܩܘ̈ܕܫܐ
  • f. 5 Map of the earth based upon the seven climates of Ptolemy
  • f. 6v-9r Ecclesiastical Calendar
  • f. 9v-10r [blank]
  • f. 10v-18v Dionysius Barsalibi, Commentary on the Apocalypse
  • f. 18v-28v Dionysius Barsalibi, Commentary on Acts
  • f. 29r-38v Dionysius Barsalibi, Treatise against the Jews
  • f. 39r-84v Dionysius Barsalibi, Treatise against the Muhammadans (in 39 Kephalia; the final –f. 76-84– consists entirely of Qur'anic quotations).
  • f. 85r-92v Dionysius Barsalibi, Treatise against Nestorians
  • f. 93r Grammatical note on the seyāmē
Medeltidshandskrift 58 1,204 CE Syriac

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  • ff. 3v-308r Old and New Testament Peshitta (with Massora)
  • ff. 308r-313v Jacob of Edessa, Letter to Giorgios, bishop of Sarug, on Syriac orthography A Letter by Mar Jacob, Bishop of Edessa
  • ff. 313v-318r Jacob of Edessa, Treatise on punctuation A Letter by Mar Jacob, Bishop of Edessa, On Syriac Orthography
  • ff. 318r-320r Deacon Thomas, Two treatises on the Syriac accent 
  • f. 320v Epiphanios On Greek prosody Hebraica, vol IV Gottheil, J. H. (ed.) , 1887-1888, p. 168. .
  • ff. 320v-321r Treatise on the Syriac conjunctions 
  • f. 321r-321v Treatise on the Syriac conjunctions
  • ff. 322r-323v Gregory of Nazianz Orations
  • f. 324r Concordance
  • ff. 324v-326r Calendar
Vat. sir. 203 1,575 CE Syriac

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  • Peshitta
    • f. 1v-45r Romans
    • f. 45r-88r 1 Corinthians
    • f. 88r-114r 2 Corinthians
    • f. 114v-128r Galatians
    • f. 128r-141r Ephesians
    • f. 141r-151r Philippians
    • f. 151r-160r Colossians
    • f. 160r-168r 1 Thessalonians
    • f. 168r-171v 2 Thessalonians
    • f. 172r-183r 1 Timothy
    • f. 183r-190v 2 Timothy
    • f. 190v Copyist notes
    • f. 191r-195b Titus
    • 195v-197v Philemon
    • 198r-229v Hebrews
    • 230r Copyist note
Vat. sir. 266 600 CE Syriac

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  • Binding
  • f. 1r-5v Index of the readings for the year
  • f. 6r-216v Peshitta New Testament
    • f. 6r-34r Matthew
    • f. 34r-53r Mark
    • f. 53r-86r Luke
    • f. 86r-111v John
    • f. 111v-146v Acts of the Apostles
    • f. 146v-150r James
    • f. 150r-154r 1 Peter
    • f. 154r-157v 1 John
    • f. 157v-171r Romans
    • f. 171r-184r 1 Corinthians
    • f. 184r-192v 2 Corinthians
    • f. 193r-197r Galatians
    • f. 197r-201r Ephesians
    • f. 201r-204r Philippians
    • f. 204r-206v Colossians
    • f. 207r-209r 1 Thessalonians
    • f. 209r-210v 2 Thessalonians
    • f. 210v-213v 1 Timothy
    • f. 213v-216v 2 Timothy
  • Binding
Vat. sir. 267 700 CE Syriac

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  • Binding
  • f. 1r-45v Matthew (Harklean version)
  • f. 46r-73v Mark (Harklean version) [ends at Mark 16:3] (f. 74 missing, folio numeration jumps from 73-75)
  • f. 75r-130r Luke (Harklean version)
  • f. 130v-165v John  (Harklean version) [ends 19:8]
  • Binding
Vat. sir. 272 1,487 CE Syriac

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  • Binding
  • f. 5r-76v Matthew (Harklean version)
  • f. 76v-119v Mark (Harklean version)
  • f. 120r-196v Luke (Harklean version)
  • f. 196v-253r John (Harklean version)
  • f. 253r-253v Colophon
  • Binding
Vat. sir. 273 600 CE Syriac

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  • Binding
  • f. 1v-112v Peshitta Gospels
    • f. 1v-31r Matthew
    • f. 31r-50v Mark
    • f. 50v-85v Luke
    • f. 85v-112v John (Manuscript ends at John 21:17)
  • Binding
Vat. sir. 275 1,192 CE Syriac

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  • Binding
  • f. 2r-129r Peshitta New Testament
    • f. 2r-39v Acts of the Apostles
    • f. 39v-43r James
    • f. 43r-47r 1 Peter
    • f. 47r-50v Epistle of John
    • f. 50v-65v Romans
    • 65v-80v 1 Corinthians
    • 80v-90r 2 Corinthians
    • 90r-95r Galatians
    • 95r-99v Philippians
    • 99v-103r Ephesians
    • 103r-106r Colossians
    • 106r-109r 1 Thessalonians
    • 109r-110v 2 Thessalonians
    • 110v-114v 1 Timothy
    • 114v-117r 2 Timothy
    • 117r-118v Titus
    • 118v-119r Philemon
    • 119r-129r Hebrews
  • Scribal Notes
  • Binding

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