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
BnF syr. 283 1,684 CE Syriac

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  • Rite of the Church of the East
    • f. 1r-24r Prayers of Priests
    • f. 24v-47r Liturgy of the 12 Apostles
    • f. 48v-56 Liturgy of Theodore of Mopsuestia
    • f. 57-73 Liturgy of Nestorius
    • f. 74-96 Rite of baptism by Mar Isho'yahb
    • f. 97-102 Rite of absolution by Mar Isho'yahb
    • f. 103v-107 various prayers
    • f. 108-109r Benediction for cleansing defiled water
    • f. 109v-113 Rite of the renewal of the leaven
    • f. 114-115r Benediction of the chalice
    • f. 115v-119 Rite of vows
    • f. 120-135r Consecration of an altar without the use of holy chrism
    • f. 135v-140r Calendar for finding moveable feasts
    • f. 140v-151 Final benedictions which one sings at the door of the choir by 'Abdisho', metropolitan of Nisibis
    • f. 152-158r Other benedictions of 'Abdisho'
    • f. 158v-165r Other benedictions of 'Abdisho', bishop of Gazarta
    • f. 165v ff. Benedictions by the priest, Israel of Alqosh