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*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
Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi (DIYR 00327) 1,790 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • Service before a Mass (Syriac)
  • Readings; Sedrē; Prooemia (Garshuni/Syriac)
  • Small anaphora of St. James, the Lord's Brother (Syriac)
  • Anaphora of John of Harran (Garshuni)
  • Anaphora of Xystus of Rome (Syriac)
  • Anaphora of Jacob, from the Monastery of Mar Hannanya (Syriac)
  • Anaphora of Julius of Rome (Syriac)
  • Anaphora of Moshe bar Kepha (Syriac)
  • Dismissal Prayer (Garshuni/Syriac)

Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi (DIYR 00334) 1,706 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • Readings from the Gospels and Pauline Epistles (Syriac)
  • Short Anaphora of St. James, the Lord's Brother (Syriac)
  • Anaphora of St. John the Evangelist (Syriac)
  • Short anaphora of Simon Peter (Syriac)
  • Anaphora of the Twelve Apostles (Syriac)
  • Anaphora of Philoxenus of Mabbug (Syriac)
  • Anaphora of Jacob of Sarug (Syriac)
  • Anaphora of Jacob Baradaeus [Burd'oyo]  (Syriac)
  • Anaphora of Thomas of Germanikeia (Syriac)
  • Anaphora of Matthew the Pastor (Garshuni/Syriac)
  • Anaphora of John bar Shushan (Garshuni/Syriac)
  • Anaphora of Dionysius bar Salibi (Garshuni/Syriac)
  • Anaphora of Marutha of Tagrit (Garshuni/Syriac)
  • Anaphora of Xystus of Rome
  • Dismissal Prayer (Syriac)

Qarah Qūsh, Syrian Catholic Archdiocesan Library (DSCQT 00082) 1,700 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • f. 1r-131v Ordo of the Mass and Gospel readings
  • List of Anaphoras
    • Short anaphora of St. James
    • Anaphora of Eustathius
    • Anaphora of John (i.e. Jacob of the monastery of Mar Henania)
    • Anaphora of Abraham Nahshirtana
    • Anaphora of Marutha of Tagrit
    • Anaphora of Dionysius
    • Anaphora of St. John the Evangelist
    • Anaphora of St. Mark the Evangelist
    • Anaphora of John bar Ma'dani
    • Anaphora of Philoxenus of Baghdad
    • Anaphora of Jacob of Edessa
    • Anaphora of Paul the Apostle

Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi (DIYR 00333) 1,732 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • Readings from the Gospels and Pauline Epistles; Sedrē
  • Anaphora of James, the Lord's Brother
  • Anaphora of John the Evangelist
  • Anaphora of the Twelve Apostles
  • Anaphora of Simon, the Head of the Apostles
  • Anaphora of Mark the Evangelist
  • Anaphora of Philoxenus of Mabbug
  • Anaphora of Eustathius of Antioch
  • Anaphora of Marutha of Tagrit
  • Anaphora of Jacob of Sarug
  • Anaphora of Xystus of Rome
  • Anaphora of Dionysius bar Ṣalibi
  • Anaphora of John of Harran, Habur and Nisibis
  • Anaphora of Eustathius of Antioch
  • Dismissal Prayers

Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi 8/3 (DIYR 00042) 1,583 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • Readings and Hymns
  • Anaphora of St. James, the brother of our Lord
  • Anaphora of Simon Peter, the Head of the Apostles
  • Anaphora of St. Mark the Evangelist
  • Anaphora of St. John the Evangelist
  • Anaphora of St. Ignatius of Antioch
  • Anaphora of the Twelve Apostles
  • Anaphora of Eustathius of Antioch
  • Anaphora of La'zar bar Sabtho, Bishop of Baghdad
  • Anaphora of Julius, bishop of Rome
  • Anaphora of Matthew the Shepherd
  • Anaphora of Xystus, Patriarch of Rome
  • Anaphora of Dionysius bar Salibi
  • Anaphora of Dionysius, bishop of Athens
  • Anaphora of Philoxenus of Mabbug
  • Small anaphora of James, the Brother of our Lord
  • Anaphora of Marutha of Tagrit
  • Huttame: prayers of final blessing

Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi 8/8 (DIYR 00054) 1,791 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • Epistle Lectionary (Syriac Rite, Western)
  • Small anaphora of James, the Brother of our Lord
  • Anaphora of St. John the Evangelist
  • Anaphora of the Twelve Apostles
  • Small anaphora of Simon, Head of the Apostles
  • Anaphora of Mark the Evangelist
  • Anaphora of Philoxenus of Mabbug
  • Anaphora of Eustathius, Patriarch of Antioch
  • Anaphora of Marutha of Tagrit
  • Anaphora of Jacob of Sarug
  • Anaphora of Xystus of Rome
  • Anaphora of Dionysius bar Salibi
  • Anaphora of John, Bishop of Harran and Habur
  • Anaphora of Eustathius, Patriarch of Antioch

Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi 8/25 (DIYR 00033) 1,550 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • Anaphora of Mark the Evangelist
  • Anaphora of the Twelve Apostles
  • Small anaphora of Simon, the Head of the Apostles
  • Anaphora of John the Evangelist
  • Anaphora of Bishop Mar John
  • Anaphora of Dionysius bar Ṣalibi
  • Anaphora of John bar Ma'dani
  • Anaphora of Jacob Baradaeus [Burd'oyo]
  • Anaphora of Ignatius bar Wahib
  • Anaphora of Philoxenus of Mabbug
  • Anaphora of John bar Shushan
  • Huttame: Prayers of final blessing
  • Anaphora of Xystus
  • Anaphora of Dionysius bar Salibi

Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi (DIYR 00319) 1,790 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • Service before the mass (Syriac)
  • Readings; Prooemia; Sedrē
  • Anaphora of St. James, the Lord's Brother
  • Anaphora of John of Harran, Habur, and Nisibis
  • Anaphora of Dionysius bar Salibi
  • Anaphora of John the Evangelist
  • Anaphora of John of Nisibis
  • Anaphora of Proclus of Byzantium
  • Anaphora of Xystus of Rome

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)

Mosul, Iraq, Mar Behnam (Monastery) (MBM 00029) 1,800 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • Qūrbōnō
  • Anaphoras
    • Anaphora of Xystus of Rome
    • Shorter anaphora of John Chrysostom

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