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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
BnF syr. 25 1,700 CE Syriac

See catalog entry here; Chaldean Liturgical text

  • f. 1-99r Psalms (Peshitta)
  • f. 99v-103r The first song of Moses, the song of Isaiah, and the second and third songs of Moses (Peshitta)
  • f. 103v-217r Order of the Hudra for the days of the week.
  • f. 217v-226r Office for the feast of St. Thomas
  • f. 226v-249r General office for the day of the Commemoration of the venerable Mary, Mother of God
  • f. 249v-250 On the governance of the Holy Church
  • f. 251 On the chastity of priests
  • f. 252-273r Order and canons which one recites on the feast of the Nativity
  • f. 273v-276r Order for the consecration of the scapular of the Carmelites
  • f. 276v-277 Ecclesiastical calendar
  • f. 278 ff. Manual of priests with all the prayers used in ecclesiastical functions

Mardin, Turkey Chaldean Cathedral (CCM 00135) 1,700 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • f. 2v-46v Joseph II, Patriarch of the Chaldeans, Chaldean Gazzā (Syriac Rite, Eastern)
    • Feast of the Presentation of Jesus at the Temple
    • Feast of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary
    • Feast of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary
    • Feast of the Circumcision
  • f. 48r-49r Supplication read at the time of confession
  • f. 50r-96r Psalter (Syriac Rite, Eastern)
  • f. 96r-115v Hudra (Syriac Rite, Eastern)
    • Prayers attributed to Ephrem Syrus, Theodore of Mopsuestia, Yazdin, Timothy I, Abraham of Beth Rabban, Thomas of Edessa, Abimalk, John of Beth Rabban, Babai the Great, Babai of Nisibis, George of Nisibis, and others

Mardin, Turkey Chaldean Cathedral (CCM 00473) 1,721 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • f. 1v-20v Gospel Lectionary (Syriac Rite, Eastern) (Syriac)
  • f. 23v-54v Hymns for feasts selected from the Hudra (Syriac)
  • f. 55v-91r Anaphora of the Apostles (Syriac)
  • f. 92r-105r Anaphora of Theodore of Mopsuestia (Syriac)
  • f. 106r-128v Anaphora celebrated five times a year (Syriac)
  • f. 129r-132r Hymns for Dominical feasts (Syriac)
  • f. 132v-182v 'Abdisho' bar Brika, Dismissal hymns for various feasts (Syriac)
  • f. 186r-188r Prayers (Syriac)
  • f. 189r-203v Turgame for feasts and commemorations of the liturgical year (Syriac)
  • f. 204r-209v Hymns for feasts selected from the Hudra (Syriac)
  • f. 210r-212r Rite of veneration (Syriac)
  • f. 212v-223v Epistle to Hebrews (Syriac)
  • f. 224r-225r Gospel of Matthew (Garshuni)

Mardin, Turkey Chaldean Cathedral (CCM 00127) 1,757 CE Syriac
  • f. 1v-159r Elijah III, Catholicos, Collection of the prayers for the morning office of the liturgical year
  • f. 159v-169r Ḥutāmē for the evening and morning services of Sundays and feast days
  • f. 171r-179r Prayers

Mardin, Turkey Chaldean Cathedral (CCM 00134) 1,800 CE Syriac
  • f. 4v-140v Elijah III, Catholicos, Collection of prayers for the morning office of feasts and prayers for Sundays, commemoration days and Fridays of Lent
  • f. 141r-152v Prayers

Mardin, Turkey Chaldean Cathedral (CCM 00136) 1,830 CE Syriac
  • f. 2r-3r Prayers
  • f. 3v-73r Ḥudrā
  • f. 74r-86r Anaphoras
    • The Twelve Aposltes
    • Mar Addai and Mar Mari
  • f. 86v-87v Qanone for feast days
  • f. 87v-97v Kaškūl

Mardin, Turkey Chaldean Cathedral (CCM 00140) 1,608 CE Syriac

See Scher's note on Diyarbakir 49

  • f. 1r-132v Elijah III, Catholicos, Collection of prayers for the morning office of feasts
  • f. 133r-140r Prayers for the kathismas at the morning offices of Sundays
  • f. 141r-150r Ḥutāmē for the evening and morning services of Sundays and feast days
  • f. 152v-166r Prayers recited before hymns 
  • f. 166v-169v Hymns on a disposition of the months

Mardin, Turkey Chaldean Cathedral (CCM 00473) 1,721 CE Garshuni,Syriac
  • f. 1v-20v Gospel readings (Syriac Rite, Eastern)
  • f. 23v-54v Hymns for feasts selected from Ḥudrā
  • f. 55v-91r Anaphora of the Apostles
  • f. 92r-105r Anaphora of Theodore of Mopsuestia
  • f. 106r-128v Anaphora celebrated five times per year
  • f. 129r-132r Hymns for Dominical feasts
  • f. 132v-182v 'Abdisho' bar Brīkā, Dismissal hymns for various feasts
  • f. 186r-188r Prayers
  • f. 189r-203v Turgame for feasts and commemorations of the liturgical year
  • f. 204r-209v Hymns for feasts selected from Ḥudrā
  • f. 210r-212r Rite of Veneration
  • f. 212v-223v Epistle to the Hebrews
  • f. 224r-225r Gospel of Matthew