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
Vat. sir. 23 1,100 CE Arabic, Syriac

See entry in Assemani

  • Binding
  • f. 1r-142v Pauline Lectionary
  • Binding
BnF arabe 53 1,724 CE Arabic, Georgian, Syriac
  • Syrian Rite, Liturgy; New Testament
  • f. 1r-1v Georgian text
  • f. 2-9v Table of Pericopes
  • f. 10v-65v Gospel of St. Matthew
  • f. 66-102 Gospel of St. Mark
  • f. 103-165v Gospel of St. Luke
  • f. 167-220 Gospel of St. John
Mardin, Turkey Chaldean Cathedral (CCM 00053) 1,300 CE Arabic, Syriac
  • f. 1r-11v Lectionary (Syriac Rite Eastern)
Mardin, Turkey Chaldean Cathedral (CCM 00065) 1,300 CE Arabic, Syriac
  • f. 1r-231v Gospel lectionary, with commentary (Syriac Rite, Eastern)
Mardin, Turkey Chaldean Cathedral (CCM 00068) 1,200 CE Arabic, Syriac
  • f. 1v-70v Gospel Lectionary (Syriac Rite, Eastern)
Mardin, Turkey Chaldean Cathedral (CCM 00102) 1,583 CE Arabic, Syriac
  • Triodion (Byzantine Rite)
    • Begins with Lazarus Saturday and ends with All Saints' Day
Qarah Qūsh, Iraq, Syrian Catholic Archdiocesan Library (DSCQT 00032) 1,800 CE Arabic, Garshuni, Syriac
  • fol. 2v-149r Liturgical book with prayers and Biblical readings for various occasions
Qarah Qūsh, Iraq, Syrian Catholic Archdiocesan Library (DSCQT 00034) 1,800 CE Arabic, Garshuni
  • f. 1ra-193vb Liturgical book with prayers and Biblical readings for various occasions
St. James 1. Evangelion 1,591 CE Arabic, Syriac

Gospel (Bilingual Arabic-Syriac)

Baghdad, Iraq: Syrian Catholic Archdiocese of Baghdad, N. 44 (ASCBN 00044) 1,900 CE Arabic, Garshuni, Syriac
  • Pages 1-35 Preparation for the Mass (Arabic Garshuni, Syriac)
  • Pages 36-67 Anaphora of Pope Sixtus (Syriac)
  • Pages 68-83 Concluding the Holy Mass (Syriac)
  • Pages 85-117 Readings from the New Testament (Arabic Garshuni)
  • Pages 121-123 Phromeon prayers for every day (Arabic Garshuni, Syriac)
  • Pages 125-160 Anaphora of Pope Sixtus (Arabic, Arabic Garshuni, Syriac)

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