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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
Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 247 (SMMJ 00247) 1,700 CE Garshuni, Syriac

Filoksinos Yohanna Dolabany, Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in St. Mark’s Monastery (1994).

  • fol. 1v, 9r Dionysius bar Ṣalibi, Homily on the Eucharist (Garshuni)
  • fol. 9v, 3r Introduction to the Books of Solomon (Garshuni)
  • fol. 3v-9v, 2r-2v, 10r-22v Proverbs (Garshuni)
  • fol. 23r-34r Wisdom of Solomon (Garshuni)
  • fol. 34r-41r Ecclesiastes (Garshuni)
  • fol. 41v-88v Testament of the Lord (Garshuni)
    • Text attributed to Clement of Rome; divided into 8 books
  • fol. 89r-158r Book of the teacher and the disciple (Garshuni)
  • fol. 158v-161v John Chrysostom, Homily on the rich man (Garshuni)
  • fol. 161v-166v John Chrysostom, Homily on mercy and admonition (Garshuni)
  • fol. 166v-184v John Chrysostom, Homily on virginity, repentance, and admonition (Garshuni)
  • fol. 185-188v Teaching of Addai (Syriac)
Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 267 (SMMJ 00267) 1,600 CE Arabic, Garshuni

Filoksinos Yohanna Dolabany, Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in St. Mark’s Monastery (1994).

  • fol. 1r-242v Pentateuch wtih commentary (Arabic, Garshuni)
Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 279 (SMMJ 00279) 1,600 CE Syriac

Filoksinos Yohanna Dolabany, Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in St. Mark’s Monastery (1994).

  • fol. 1v-130v Lectionary
    • Title NS: ܟܬܒܐ ܕܩܪ̈ܝܢܐ ܕܐܘܪܝܬܐ ܡܫܒܚܬܐ ܘܕܢܒ̈ܝܐ ܩܕ̈ܝܫܐ ܘܕܦܪܟܣܝܣ ܘܕܫܚܠܝܚܐ ܐܠܗܝܐ ܦܘܠܠܘܣ
Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 281b (SMMJ 00281b) 1,900 CE Garshuni, Syriac

Filoksinos Yohanna Dolabany, Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in St. Mark’s Monastery (1994).

  • fol. 5v-202v Psalter (Syriac)
  • fol. 203r-204r Names of the seventy-two translators of the Septuagint (Syriac)
  • fol. 204r-209r Conclusion to the Psalter (Syriac)
  • fol. 201r-212v Gregory bar 'Ebrōyō, Ethicon. Selections (Garshuni)
Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 290 (SMMJ 00290) 1,477 CE Garshuni, Syriac

Filoksinos Yohanna Dolabany, Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in St. Mark’s Monastery (1994).

  • fol. 1r-90v Psalter (Syriac Rite, Western; Syriac)
  • fol. 91r-100r Prayers (Syriac)
  • fol. 100r-101v Ephrem of Nisibis, Homily on humility and love of learning (Syriac)
  • fol. 102r-198r Treatises and letters (Syriac)
  • fol. 198r-200r Monastic and ascetic selections (Syriac)
  • fol. 200v-209v Canons (Garshuni)
  • fol. 210r-210v Homily (Garshuni)
  • fol. 211r-220v Homily for Sunday (Garshuni)
  • fol. 221r-235v Dionysius bar Ṣalibi, Letter on the canons (Syriac)
  • fol. 235v-236v Questions and answers between a teacher and student (Syriac)
  • fol. 237r-243v John of Ephesus, Homily on repentance, death and the judgment (Garshuni)
Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 296 (SMMJ 00296) 1,883 CE Syriac

Filoksinos Yohanna Dolabany, Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in St. Mark’s Monastery (1994). Macler 23.

  • fol. 4v-190r Psalter (Syriac Rite, Western)
Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 473 (SMMJ 00473) 1,986 CE Syriac

Filoksinos Yohanna Dolabany, Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in St. Mark’s Monastery (1994).

  • pages 1-405 Psalter
Trichur, India, Chaldean Syrian Church 00007 1,800 CE Syriac
  • fol. 1r-47r Revelation
  • fol. 47r-75v Tobit
  • Notes: The two works seem to be translated from the Latin of the Vulgate
Trichur, India, Chaldean Syrian Church 00009 1,615 CE Syriac
  • fol. 1v-7r 'Abdishō bar Brīkā, The Book of the Pearl
  • fol. 7r-73v Solomon of Basra, The Book of the Bee
  • fol. 74r-212v Hagiographic works and apocrypha
    • Story of Zosimus, fol.74r-87v
    • Acts of Philip according to recension attributed to Philip of Carthage, fol.87v-97r
    • Story of a penitent demon, fol. 97r-99r
    • Story of a disciple who was killed by his teacher, fol. 99v-101v
    • Story of Yohannan Bar Malke, fol. 101v-108r
    • Story of Virgin Mary, fol. 108r-141v
    • Story of John the Baptist, fol. 141v-144r
    • Story of the translation of the head of John the Baptist, fol. 144r-149r
    • Acts of the Apostle Peter, fol. 149v-163v
    • Acts of the Apostle Paul, fol. 163v-168r
    • Acts of the Apostle John, fol. 168r-180v
    • Acts of the Apostles Andrew and Jacob, fol.180v-189
    • Acts of the Apostle Thomas, fol. 189r-212v

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