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. 24 1,200 CE Syriac

See entry in Assemani

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  • f. 1r-1r Notes
  • f. 1v-153r Old Testament Lectionary
  • f. 153v-153v Notes
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Vat. sir. 26 1,484 CE Syriac

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  • 1v-251v West Syrian Missal
    • Anaphora of St. James
    • Anaphora of Joseph bar Wahib
    • Anaphor of John bar Ma'dani
    • Anaphora of Dioscorus
    • Anaphora of St. Cyril
    • Anaphora of St. Mark the Evangelist
    • Anaphora of St. John the Patriarch (who is Hannanya Xenaya)
    • Anaphora of Ignatius the Fiery
    • Anaphora of St. John Chrysostom
    • Anaphora of Marutha of Tagrit
    • Anaphora of Jacob of Edessa
    • Anaphora of Simon Peter
    • Anaphora of Philoxenus of Mabbug
    • Anaphora of St. Gregory the Great
    • Anaphora of Basil of Baghdad (who is Lazarus bar Sabta)
    • Ḥutāmē
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Vat. sir. 37 1,627 CE Garshuni, Syriac

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  • f. 1v-57r Burial service, Garshuni and Syriac
  • f. 57r-69v Jacob of Edessa, Tractate on the restrictions in marriage (on the different kinds of marriages that are not lawful)
  • f. 69v-106 History of St. Jacob of Egypt, the hermit, and his associates, Garshuni
  • f. 106v-128r History of King Hermianus, and of his wife and sons, Garshuni
  • f. 128r-133v Office of the resurrection of the Lord, for Vespers, Matins and Terce
  • f. 133v-139v Shorter anaphora of St. James, the Lord's brother
  • f. 139v-141r Various canons pertaining to the sacraments of Baptism, Penance, the Eucharist, and Holy Orders, in Garshuni
  • f. 141r-152v Anaphora of the Holy Fathers, by John the Patriarch (Theodore b. Wahbun)
  • f. 152v-153r Copy of a note from a Gospel book
  • f. 153r-155v Life of John, Bishop of Mardin
  • f. 155v-156v Copy of a note from a Gospel book
  • f. 156v-168v Life of St. Abhai, Bishop of Nicea
  • f. 168v-173r Account of the death of Constantine II
  • f. 173r-176r Life of Jacob of Serugh, Bishop of Batnae, Flute of the Holy Spirit and Harp of the Church
  • f. 176r-192r Life of Acha
  • f. 192r Catalog of the works fo Dionysius bar Salibi
  • f. 192r-192v Coptic, Syriac, and Ethiopic calendars
  • f. 192v-201r Festal calendar attributed to Jacob of Edessa
  • f. 201r-201v Catalog of Eastern saints
  • f. 201v-201v Life of Moshe bar Kepha
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Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi, 320 (DIYR 00320) 1,793 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • Anaphora of Xystus of Rome (Qūrbōnō; Garshuni, Syriac)
  • Service before the Mass (Syriac)
  • Readings; Sedrē; Prooemia (Garshuni, Syriac)
  • Anaphora of James, the Lord's Brother (Qūrbōnō; Syriac)
  • Dismissal Prayers (Garshuni, Syriac)
  • Anaphora of Dīonīsīūs bar Ṣalībī (Qūrbōnō; Syriac)
  • Anaphora of John the Evangelist (Qūrbōnō; Garshuni)
  • Anaphora of Proclus of Byzantium (Qūrbōnō; Garshuni, Syriac)
  • Anaphora (Qūrbōnō; Garshuni)
  • Anaphora of the Twelve Apostles (Qūrbōnō; Garshuni, Syriac)
  • Anaphora (Qūrbōnō; Garshuni, Syriac)
Mingana Syriac 124 1,665 CE Syriac

See the catalog entry for Mingana 124

  • f. 1-12r List of lections from the Gospels to be read in the West Syrian Church liturgy
  • f. 12r-13v The letter of Eusebius to Carpianus concerning the Canons of the Gospels and the Ammonian sections
  • f. 14r-18v The list of the Canons of Eusebius
  • f. 19r-261v The four gospels (Harklean version)
    • f.19r-89r Gospel of Matthew (Harklean version)
    • f. 89v-141v Gospel of Mark (Harklean version)
    • f. 142r-220r Gospel of Luke (Harklean version)
    • f. 220v-261v Gospel of John (Harklean version)
Mingana Syriac 42 835 CE Syriac

See catalog entry for Mingana 42

  • f. 1-6r Index of lessons from the New Testament to be recited on some specified festivals
  • f. 6v-7r Additional lessons for the commemoration of the dead from 1 Thessalonians 4:13-23
  • f. 7v A spheric diagram showing the day and month of a given year of the Greeks
  • f. 8r An inscription by an owner
  • f. 8v-52r Matthew (Harklean version)
  • f. 52v-80r Mark (Harklean version)
  • f. 80v-133r Luke (Harklean version)
  • f. 133v-173v John (Harklean version)
  • f. 174r Picture of an unidentified saint
  • f. 174v-178v Epistle of St. James (Harklean version)
  • f. 178v-182r 2 Timothy (Harklean version)
  • f. 182v A quotation from the Epistle of Hebrews (Harklean version)
Vat. sir. 266 600 CE Syriac

See note in Assemani

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  • f. 1r-5v Index of the readings for the year
  • f. 6r-216v Peshitta New Testament
    • f. 6r-34r Matthew
    • f. 34r-53r Mark
    • f. 53r-86r Luke
    • f. 86r-111v John
    • f. 111v-146v Acts of the Apostles
    • f. 146v-150r James
    • f. 150r-154r 1 Peter
    • f. 154r-157v 1 John
    • f. 157v-171r Romans
    • f. 171r-184r 1 Corinthians
    • f. 184r-192v 2 Corinthians
    • f. 193r-197r Galatians
    • f. 197r-201r Ephesians
    • f. 201r-204r Philippians
    • f. 204r-206v Colossians
    • f. 207r-209r 1 Thessalonians
    • f. 209r-210v 2 Thessalonians
    • f. 210v-213v 1 Timothy
    • f. 213v-216v 2 Timothy
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Vat. sir. 278 800 CE Syriac

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  • f. 1r-153v Melkite Old Testament Lectionary
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Vat. sir. 279 1,141 CE Syriac

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  • f. 1r-171r Melkite Gospel Lectionary
  • f. 171r-172v Colophons and Notes
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Vat. sir. 540 1,500 CE Syriac
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  • f. 1v-8v Table of Liturgical Readings
  • f. 9r-10r Decorative front spaces
  • f. 10v-290r Peshitta Gospels
    • f. 10v-86v Matthew
    • f. 86v-131v Mark
    • f. 132v-222v Luke
    • f. 223v-290r John
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