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 00128) 1,723 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • f. 2v-23r Service in commemoration of Rabban Hormizd (Syriac, Syriac Rite, Eastern)
  • f. 24r-29r Admonition for a burial (Syriac/Garshuni)
  • f. 29v-35v Psalms (Garshuni)
  • f. 36r-49r Prayers (Garshuni)
  • f. 50v-57r Hymns for the ordinary weekdays of the year (Garshuni, Syriac Rite, Eastern)
  • f. 58v-68r Joseph II, Patriarch of the Chaldeans, Prayers for Sundays and Feast Days (Garshuni)
Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi (DIYR 00321) 1,931 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • Marriage rite (Syriac/Garshuni)
  • Blessing of the rings and crowns (Syriac/Garshuni)
  • Rite for second marriage (Garshuni)
  • Rite of baptism (Garshuni)
  • Funeral rite (Garshuni)
  • Funeral rite (Garshuni)
Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi (DIYR 00092) 1,800 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • Funeral service for priests, deacons, and monks (Syriac)
  • Funeral service for laymen (Syriac)
  • Funeral service for women (Syriac)
  • Funeral service for children (Syriac)
  • Liturgical service (Garshuni/Syriac)
Qarah Qūsh, Syrian Catholic Archdiocesan Library (DSCQT 00120) 1,800 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • f. 5va-88rb Funeral Service
Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi 133 (DIYR 00181) 1,700 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • Selection from a service
  • Ephrem Syrus, Service on a third day after burial
  • Jacob of Sarug, Service on the seventh day after the burial
  • Jacob of Sarug, Service on the fortieth day after the burial
  • When a priest or deacon dies
  • Service
  • Selection from Paul's Epistle to the Corinthians 
  • Five burial services for laymen
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 
Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi 268 (DIYR 00268) 1,865 CE Garshuni, Syriac, Turkish
  • \Table of Contents
  • Reading from the Gospel of Matthew (Turkish)
  • Reading from one of Paul's Epistles to the Corinthians (Turkish)
  • Ephrem Syrus, On the third day after the burial (Garshuni)
  • Jacob of Sarug, On the seventh day after the burial (Garshuni)
  • Jacob of Sarug, On the fortieth day after the burial (Garshuni)
  • Readings from the Gospels and Pauline Epistles (Garshuni)
  • Prooemion (Syriac)
  • Burial rite for laymen (Syriac, Garshuni)
  • Burial rite for women (Garshuni)
  • Burial rite for children (Garshuni)
  • Burial rite for priests and deacons (Garshuni)
  • Readings from the Gospels and Pauline Epistles (Garshuni)
  • Ephrem Syrus, Homily for the dead (Garshuni)
  • Readings from the Gospels and Pauline Epistles (Turkish)
  • Liturgical Chants (Syriac)
Baghdad, Iraq: Syrian Catholic Archdiocese of Baghdad, N. 42 (ASCBN 00042) 1,800 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • fol. 1v-24r Baptismal rite
  • fol. 24r-26v Engagement rite
  • fol. 26v-51r Marriage rite
  • fol. 51v-56r Prayers and readings from the New Testament
  • fol. 56v-81r Prayers for the dying
Baghdad, Iraq: Syrian Catholic Archdiocese of Baghdad, N. 58 (ASCBN 00058) 1,900 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • fol. 1r-23r Hymns
  • fol. 23r-41r Marian devotion of the Rosary
  • fol. 41v-53v Yūsef, Patriarch of Antioch, Homily on the Catholic Church
  • fol. 53v-86r Hymns and Psalms
  • fol. 86r-149v Prayers of funeral
  • fol. 149v-160v Hymns and supplications

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