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
Mardin, Turkey Chaldean Cathedral (CCM 00499) 1,700 CE Syriac
  • f. 1r-21v Burial rite for the baptized children
  • f. 22r-24v Madrasha
  • f. 24v-36v Madrasha for all the ecclesiastical degrees
  • f. 37r-40r Readings from Paul's Epistles appropriate for burial rites
  • f. 40r-48r Readings from the Gospels appropriate for burial rites
  • f. 48r-64v Consolatory prayers
  • f. 64v-75r Canonic regulations regarding the dead
  • f. 75r-76r Dismissal prayers
  • f. 76r-78r Rites of the sanctification of water
Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi (DIYR 00220) 1,756 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • Vigil of the Virgin Mary
  • Book of Candles
  • Burial Service for Men
  • Service for the second day after the burial
  • Abridged baptism service by the deceased Maphrian
  • Blessing of bridegroom and bride according to Sunni law
  • Blessing of bridegroom and bride
  • Blessing of the crowns
  • Blessing of the widowers
Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi 6/17; 23 (DIYR 00235) 1,635 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • Burial service for laymen
  • Funeral Rite for women
  • Funeral rite for children
  • Dismissal Prayer
  • Blessing of the rings. First Service
  • Blessing of the rings. Second Service
  • Jacob of Sarug, homily on weakness and the deceased 
Vat. sir. 41 pt. 2 Unknown Syriac

ff. 269-end; See entry in Assemani

  • Expedient baptism of a child near to death
  • Order for the holy festival of the Sunday of Pentecost
  • Order for the ordination of the monastic habit
  • A prayer of the monastic Cucullus
  • A prayer for the tonsure of men and women
  • A prayer for the Great Habit
  • Order of absolution
  • Prayer for an abbess
  • Benediction of the waters according to the Greek rite
  • Order for the blessing of a bride and groom
  • Order for the funeral according to the Greek rite
  • Order of Vespers, of Dominical feasts, and of Sundays
  • Order of Nocturns
  • Order for the liturgy of the sacred oil of the lamps
  • Various benedictions, obligations, and absolutions