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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
Petermann 24; Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin 238 1,883 CE Garshuni, Syriac

See entry for Petermann 24

  • f. 3r-4v Kurdish poetry
  • f. 5r-12v Wedding songs
  • f. 13r-17v David Nūhadraya the blind, A Dūrikthā, a longer poem in Fellīḥī
  • f. 17v-57 The history of Aḥikar the Assyrian (Syriac) 
  • f. 57v-78v Aesop's Fables
  • f. 79-113 History in Fellīḥī

BnF syr. 406 Unknown Syriac

John bar Penkaye, Book of the Main Events of the History of the Temporal World, Vol. 2

BnF syr. 434 1,900 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • f. 1v-63 Collection of Catechetal Questions and Answers
  • f. 64-72 Explanations of words
  • f. 73v-79v The History of Emperor Maurice
  • f. 79v-86r History of Peter the Publican
  • f. 86v-90r The history of the penitent demon
  • f. 90v-97r Vision of Macarius on the soul after death
  • f. 97v-100v Refutation on the causes of corruption 
  • f. 100v-101r On the different readings
  • f. 101v-142v 'Abdišo' the Solitary, Mimra
  • f. 142v-176r Profitable speech 
  • f. 177v-180r Athanasius of Alexandria, Profession of Faith 
  • f. 180r-181r Profession of faith of the Twelve Apostles 
  • f. 181v-186r Rite of marriage crowning
  • f. 186v-187r Some Proverbs of Aḥiqar
  • f. 187v-189r Prayer of confession of the faith
  • f. 189r-190r Prayer for the consecration of impure water 
  • f. 190r-192v Dionysius bar Salibi, Canons
  • f. 192v-199v Canons and precepts 
  • f. 200-201r Fragments in Garshuni
  • f. 201v-205r 'Abdišo' de Gazarta
    • f. 201v-203r Mimra on the monastic life
    • f. 203r-204r Turgama on Mar Quriaqos
    • f. 204r-205r Introduction to the Gospel
  • f. 205v Final Prayer

Mardin, Turkey Chaldean Cathedral (CCM 00359) 1,500 CE Syriac

See Scher's note on Diyarbakir 115

  • f. 5v-14v Chronological calculations
  • f. 14v-16r Mathematical Calculations
  • f. 16r-17r Chronological calculations about Biblical history
  • f. 17r-19v Treatise about seven climates

Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana: Orientali 366 1,579 CE Syriac

See entry for Assemani 118; [Bibliographic Record]; [Data Record]

  • Bar Hebraeus, Ecclesiastical Chronicle
  • Bar Hebraeus, Syriac Chronicle

Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi10/5; 195 (DIYR 00277) 1,200 CE Syriac
  • Hymn tunes related to vigils
  • Hymn tunes related to the celebration of the Cross
  • Jacob of Sarug, Rogations of the Cross
  • Service of glorifications
  • Service fo seblotho hymns 
  • Hymns for offering incense
  • Prayers recited before the Psalms
  • Index of the feasts of the saints
  • Eusebius of Caesarea, Ecclesiastical History (selections)

Borg. sir. 91 1,869 CE Syriac

See catalog entry here

  • Discovery of St. Stephen
  • History of Behnam and Sarah, his sister, martyrs
  • Of Mar Jonah, anchorite
  • Acts of St. Jacob Intercissus
  • Of St. Ignatius of Antioch
  • Of the Himyarite Martyrs
  • History of Beth-Slokh
  • Of Daniel the doctor
  • Of Qardag
  • Of Mahdokhti and his brothers
  • Of Rabban Saba

Vat. sir. 97 1,518 CE Garshuni, Syriac

Catalog entry in Assemani

  • Homilies of John bar Ma'dani
    • On the Nativity of our Lord
    • On the Epiphany of our Lord
    • On the presentation of our Lord in  the Temple
    • On the fast of the Ninevites and Jonah the Prophet
    • On the 40-day Fast
    • On the Feast of Hosannas
    • On the Saturday of the crucifixion
    • On the Saturday of the crucifixion
    • On the Resurrection of our Lord
    • On the Ascension of our Lord
    • On Pentecost
    • On the holy Apostles
    • On the Transfiguration of the Lord
    • On the translation of His Mother
    • On the Holy Cross
    • Paraenetic homilies before whatsoever day
    • Older paraenetic homilies
    • Ten homilies on the end and on humility
  • Elijah ibn al-Hadit, Prayer according to Ma'ari who lived in Nisibis
  • St. Cyril, Homily X on Virginity
  • Syriac epigram
  • On the creation of man
  • Homily on the Saints
  • Syriac song in 7-syllable meter
  • 'Abdisho' of Sobin, Syriac song in 12-syllable meter
  • 'Abdisho' of Sobin, Syriac song in 12-syllable meter
  • Prayer 
  • Benediction of the table
  • Coronation of the betrothed
  • Names of kings which king Mahir-Shapur sent, said to have adored Christ
  • Noah of Lebanon, Syriac Jacobite Patriarch, Brief Chronicle
  • Calendar
  • Homilies by Noah the Patriarch

Vat. sir. 164 1,702 CE Syriac

Catalog in Assemani

  • Bar 'Ebroyo, Chronicon Syriacum

Vat. sir. 166 pt. 1 1,496 CE Syriac

​Catalog entry in Assemani

  • Part 1: Bar 'Ebroyo, Chronicon Syriacum
  • Part 2: Bar 'Ebroyo, Ecclesiastical Chronicle

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