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
Vat. sir. 278 800 CE Syriac

See entry in Assemani

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  • f. 1r-153v Melkite Old Testament Lectionary
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Vat. sir. 279 1,141 CE Syriac

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  • f. 1r-171r Melkite Gospel Lectionary
  • f. 171r-172v Colophons and Notes
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Vat. sir. 447 1,500 CE Syriac

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  • f. 1r-43r Revelation
  • f. 43v-51v Song of Songs
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Vat. sir. 470 1,100 CE Syriac
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  • f. 1r-2v Fragment of a harmony of the gospel passion accounts (Philoxenian version)
  • f. 3r-35r Acts of the Apostles (Peshitta)
  • f. 35r-45r Catholic Epistles (Peshitta)
    • f. 35r-38v James (Peshitta)
    • f. 38v-41v 1 Peter (Peshitta)
    • f. 41v-45r 1 John (Peshitta)
  • f. 45r-110v Pauline Epistles (Peshitta)
    • f. 45r-57r Romans (Peshitta)
    • f. 57v-69v 1 Corinthians (Peshitta)
    • f. 69v-77v 2 Corinthians (Peshitta) 
    • f. 77v-81v Galatians (Peshitta)
    • f. 81v-85v Ephesians (Peshitta)
    • f. 85v-88r Philippians (Peshitta)
    • f. 88v-91r Colossians (Peshitta)
    • f. 91r-93v 1 Thessalonians (Peshitta)
    • f. 93v-94v 2 Thessalonians (Peshitta)
    • f. 94v-98r 1 Timothy (Peshitta)
    • f. 98r-100r 2 Timothy (Peshitta)
    • f. 100r-101v Titus (Peshitta)
    • f. 101v-102v Philemon (Peshitta)
    • f. 102v-110v Hebrews (to 12:29 Syriac text) (Peshitta)
  • f. Iv, Note of presentation of the ms. to Leo XIII by Abraham Ahmar-Dankno of Mardin
  • f. IIv, table of recent materials in Latin
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Vat. sir. 471 1,224 CE Syriac
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  • f. 2v-276v Peshitta New Testament
    • f. 2v-39v Matthew
    • f. 40r-60v Mark
    • f. 61r-99r Luke
    • f. 99r-130r John
    • f. 130r-174v Acts of the Apostles
    • f. 174v-178v James
    • f. 178v-183v 1 Peter
    • f. 183r-187v 1 John
    • f. 187v-203v Romans
    • f. 203v-220r 1 Corinthians
    • f. 220r-230v 2 Corinthians
    • f. 230v-236r Galatians
    • f. 236r-241v Ephesians
    • f. 241v-245r Philippians
    • f. 245r-249r Colossians
    • f. 249r-252r 1 Thessalonians
    • f. 252r-254r 2 Thessalonians
    • f. 254r-258v 1 Timothy
    • f. 258v-261v 2 Timothy
    • f. 261v-263v Titus
    • f. 263v-264v Philemon
    • f. 264v-276v Hebrews
  • f. 276v-277r Explicit and Colophon
  • f. 277v-278v Decorations
  • f. 279v Note in Armenian
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Vat. sir. 502 1,926 CE Syriac

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  • f.2v-199r Explication of obscure words in the Pentateuch
  • f. 2v-2v Notes
  • f. 4v-53v Genesis
  • f. 53v-92v Exodus
  • f. 92v-117v Leviticus
  • f. 118r-157r Numbers
  • f. 157r-197v Deuteronomy
  • f. 197v-198v Colophon
  • f. 199r Preface
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Vat. sir. 510 1,000 CE Syriac
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  • f. 1r-4r Annotations on the two genealogies of Christ and on the texts of Matthew and Luke which record them
  • f. 4v-5r Table comparing the two genealogies of Christ and remarks attributed to Theodore of Mopsuestia
  • f. 5v-270v Peshitta New Testament
    • f. 5v-43v Matthew
    • f. 43v-67r Mark
    • f. 67r-106v Luke
    • f. 106v-137v John
    • f. 137v-180v Acts of the Apostles
    • f. 180v-185r James
    • f. 185r-189v 1 Peter
    • f. 189v-193v 1 John
    • f. 193v-210r Romans
    • f. 210r-226v 1 Corinthians
    • f. 226v-237r 2 Corinthians
    • f. 237r-242r Galatians
    • f. 242r-247v Ephesians
    • f. 247v-251v Philippians
    • f. 251v-255r Colossians
    • f. 255r-258r 1 Thessalonians
    • f. 258r-260r 2 Thessalonians
    • f. 260r-264r 1 Timothy
    • f. 264r-267r 2 Timothy
    • f. 267r-269r Titus
    • f. 269r-269v Philemon
    • f. 269v-270v Hebrews (ends in the middle of 2:14 Syriac text)
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Vat. sir. 525 600 CE Syriac
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  • f. 1r-82v Gospel Lectionary
    • f. 1r-51r Gospel of Luke (beginning with Luke 4:22)
    • f. 51r-82v Gospel of John (ending at John 14:22)
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Vat. sir. 540 1,500 CE Syriac
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  • f. 1v-8v Table of Liturgical Readings
  • f. 9r-10r Decorative front spaces
  • f. 10v-290r Peshitta Gospels
    • f. 10v-86v Matthew
    • f. 86v-131v Mark
    • f. 132v-222v Luke
    • f. 223v-290r John
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Vat. sir. 556 1,729 CE Garshuni, Syriac
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  • f. 1v-2v Dedication
  • f. 2v-253r Gospel Lectionary
  • f. 253r-254v In memory of John of the monastery of Busnaya
  • f. 254v-255r Burial of the deacons
  • f. 255r-255v burial of men and children
  • f. 255v-256r Item for women
  • f. 256r-256v Lists of feasts and circumstances, and references to pericope to read at this occasion
  • f. 256v Note, dated to 1729
  • f. 257 Garshuni, prayer
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