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
Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 233 (SMMJ 00233) 1,860 CE Greek, Syriac

Filoksinos Yohanna Dolabany, Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in St. Mark’s Monastery (1994). Macler 20.

  • fol. 1v-82r Jacob bar Shakkō, Book of Dialogues (Syriac)
  • fol. 82r-84r Differences in verb forms (Syriac)
  • fol. 84v-87v Meanings of Greek words in Syriac (Greek, Syriac)

Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 242 (SMMJ 00242) 1,860 CE Garshuni, Syriac

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

  • Theological Miscellany
    • Includes interpretations of Hebrew names in the Old Testament, fol. 1r-3r; interpretations of Greek words, fol. 3r-4v; unidentified grammatical texts, fol. 17v-19v; selections from Bar Hebraeus’ Lamp of the sanctuary, fol. 20r-24v; theological texts by John Maron, Cyril of Alexandria, Gregory of Nazianzus, and John Chrysostom.

Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 295 (SMMJ 00295) 1,800 CE Garshuni, Syriac

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

  • pages 2-269 Eudoxus of Melitene, Lexicon of obscure words (Garshuni, Syriac)
  • page 269 Egyptian months (Syriac)
  • pages 270-286 Notes on grammar and alphabets (Syriac)

Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 321 (SMMJ 00321) 1,861 CE Greek, Syriac

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

  • pages 1-202 Gregory bar 'Ebrōyō, Metrical grammar
  • pages 213-226 Garshūn, the Stranger, Grammatical and philosophical terms
  • pages 226-232 Interpretation of Greek words in Syriac

Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 332 (SMMJ 00332) 1,863 CE Syriac

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

  • fol. 6v-106v Gregory bar 'Ebrōyō, Metrical grammar

Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 333 (SMMJ 00333) 1,900 CE Garshuni

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

  • fol. 2r-99v Syriac Grammar (Garshuni)

Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 334 (SMMJ 00334) 1,766 CE Garshuni

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

  • fol. 2v-111r Syriac grammar

Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 341 (SMMJ 00341) 1,900 CE Syriac

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

  • Isḥōq ʿAzār, Patriarch of Antioch, Syriac grammar

Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 342 (SMMJ 00342) 1,891 CE Syriac

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

  • fol. 4v-67v Timothy Isaac, Syriac grammar for beginners

Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 343 (SMMJ 00343) 1,919 CE Syriac

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

  • pages 1-163 Timothy Isaac, Syriac grammar for beginners

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