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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.

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Manuscript Name / Shelf Mark / Project Number Approximate Date Language The main body text Link to Digitized Manuscript
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)
Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 248 (SMMJ 00248) 1,475 CE Garshuni, Syriac

See entry at CPART and in Macomber ([Macomber A]; [Macomber B]) (St. Mark's Convent, Jerusalem 2-13; SMC 2-13). Filoksinos Yohanna Dolabany, Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in St. Mark’s Monastery (1994).

  • Part A (20th Century) (Garshuni, Syriac)
    • Syrian Orthodox collection of miscellaneous liturgical pieces
      • f. 1r-2r Rite for the reconciliation of a penitent sinner
      • f. 2v-3v Order of the prayers of the hymns of the canon
      • f. 3v-4v Acrostic alphabetic hymn without title
      • f. 4v-5r A song on drinking; It is sung on the alphabet
  • ​​Part B (1474/5 CE) (Garshuni, Syriac)
    • Syrian Orthodox collection of miscellaneous liturgical pieces
      • f. 1r-42r Miscellaneous Liturgical Pieces
        • f. 1r-9r Shumlaya that the deacon proclaims in the offering of the Eucharist according to the modern revision of Melitene. This is a diaconal for the Mass.
        • f. 9r-10r Communion hymns for the Thursday of the Mysteries
        • f. 1r-23r Prayers, proemia, sedre, 'etre, and huttame that are learned by heart by a new priest when he is ordained.
          • f. 10r-11r Order of the Mother of God
          • f. 11r-12r Order of the Apostles
          • f. 12r-13r Order of the martyrs
          • f. 13r-14r Order of the Patron Saint
          • f. 14r-15r Communion order
          • f. 15r-16r Order of penitance
          • f. 16v-17v Order of the departed
          • f. 17v-19r Oder of the Cross
          • f. 19rv Order of the Resurrection
          • f. 19v-20r Order of Vespers
          • f. 20r-21r Order of Compline
          • f. 21r-22r Order of the night office
          • f. 22r-23r Order of Matins
          • f. 23rv Huttame of the other offices
        • f. 26r-32v Ordinary of the mass
        • f. 32v-33r Prayer for blessing of bread. A table grace.
        • f. 33r-39v Prayers of every kind
          • f. 33r-34r Prayers of vespers
          • f. 34r-35r Prayers of the "hymns of the Greek canon"
          • f. 35r-38v Miscellaneous prayers
          • f. 38v-39v Table prayers (Garshuni)
        • f. 39v-42r Two rhymed homilies for feasts (in Garshuni)
          • f. 39v-40v Homily on the feast of the Nativity
          • f. 40v-42r Homily on the Epiphany
        • f. 42r-45r Two questions of the Fathers
          • f. 42r Question that Bishop Severus asked of Bishop Jacob of Edessa: "How is God above all and below all, inside all and outside all and in all?"
          • f. 42v-45r Bishop John (?), Question concerning the dead after burial while he is doing penance (Garshuni)
        • f. 45v-48v Miracle that our Lady Mary, the Mother of God, worked
        • f. 48v A few epigrams
        • f. 49r-58r Four more rhymed homilies
          • f. 49r-52r Turjām of the blessed Fast
          • f. 52r-54r A pretty homily on the venerable crucifixion
          • f. 54r-56r Turjām of Ninevah and lections (?) of the prophet Jonah. A single rhymed composition
          • f. 56v-58r Turjām on the Resurrection
        • f. 58rv Two prayers: One for the patriarch and one for the sultan
        • f. 59r-61r Another rhymed homily: Turjām on the Dormition of our Lady the Virgin Mary
        • f. 61v-69r
        • f. 69v-73v Homily delivered by St. Jacob which he delivered on the thief of the right hand; read on the Friday of the Crucifixion
        • f. 73v-88v An abridged discouse on the true faith and on the hymns of the spiritual Church.
        • f. 89r-96r The questions of St. Basil and St. Gregory
        • f. 96r-112r Ten questions concerning which a certain disciple asked his master
          • f. 96rv Contents
          • f. 96v-112r Text
        • f. 112r-118r Homily delivered by Bishop Gregory (Pseudo-Gregory Nazianzus), on the destruction of this world and the departure of the soul from the body
    • f. 118v-148r The Apocalypse of Paul (Garshuni)
      • f. 148v Beginning of an unidentified item
Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 184 (SMMJ 00184) 1,600 CE Garshuni, Syriac

See entry at CPART and in Macomber (St. Mark's Convent, Jerusalem 3-6; SMC 3-6). Filoksinos Yohanna Dolabany, Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in St. Mark’s Monastery (1994).

  • f. 1r-4r Patriarch Cyril Ibn Laqlaq, Confession
  • f. 4v-22r St. John Chrysostom, Homily on repentance and on the reception of the divine mysteries
  • f. 22r-34r Mar Jacob of Sarug, Homily on the benefit of the Eucharist for the dead in the next world
  • f. 34r-39v St. John Chrysostom, Homily on the illustrious feastday of Palm Sunday
  • f. 39v-43r St. John Chrysostom, Homily on the Supper of the Mysteries and on the washing of the feet of the disciples
  • f. 43r-50v An exposition of the reason for the fast of Wednesday and Friday, its obligations and its benefit
  • f. 50v-54r Especially concerning the true faith, concerning the Unity and the Trinity, and concerning the [one] interior Church
  • f. 54r-57v
  • f. 57v-62r Sedro for the feast of the Ascension
  • f. 62r-69v Homily of Jacob of Sarug on the dispute of Satan with our Lord
  • f. 69v-75v Mar Jacob of Sarug, Homily the entry of Christ into the Temple on the arm of Simeon, the Old Man
  • f. 75v-78v Mar Ephrem, On the birth of John the Baptist
  • f. 79r-87v Mar Ephrem, On Mary and Joseph and the reproach they received from the Jews (Syriac and Garshuni in parallel columns)
  • f. 87v-92r Mar Jacob of Sarug, Homily on the resurrection of the dead (Syriac and Garshuni)
  • f. 92r-107v The story of Gabriel of the Monastery of Qartmin
  • f. 108r-197v Patriarch Cyrillus Ibn Laqlaq, The book of the master and the disciples, consisting of 22 articles
  • f. 198r-204v Mar Isaac, On the feast of the Annunciation
BnF syr. 73 1,509 CE Garshuni, Syriac

See catalog entry here

  • Syrian Orthodox Liturgical collection
    • f. 1r-7r Prooemia and Sedre
    • f. 7v-33v Order of the offering of the mysteries (ܛܟܣܐ ܕܩܘܪܒ ܪ̈ܐܙܐ)
    • f. 34r-50v Anaphora of St. Xystus, Pope of Rome
    • f. 51r-57r Anaphora of the Twelve Apostles
    • f. 57v-62r Anaphora of St. Dionysius, Metropolitan of Amid
    • f. 62v-69r Anaphora of Matthew the shepherd
    • f. 69v-76r Anaphora of St. Peter
    • f. 76v-85v Anaphora of John the Apostle
    • f. 86r-89r Sedra on the Mother of God in the Meter of Jacob of Sarug
    • f. 89v ff. Anaphora of Mar Marutha of Tagrit
Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi (DIYR 00320) 1,793 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • Anaphora of Xystus of Rome
  • Service before the Mass
  • Readings; Sedrē; Prooemia
  • Anaphora of St. James
  • Dismissal Prayers
  • Anaphora of Dionysius bar Ṣalibi
  • Anaphora of St. John the Evangelist
  • Anaphora of Proclus of Byzantium
  • Anaphora
  • Anaphora of the Twelve Apostles
  • Anaphora
Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi (DIYR 00056) 1,700 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • Sedrē (Syriac Rite, Western)
  • Small Anaphora of James, the brother of our Lord
  • Anaphora of St. John the Evangelist
  • Small Anaphora of Simon, Head of the Apostles
  • Anaphora of Mark the Evangelist
  • Anaphora of the Twelve Apostles
  • Anaphora of Jacob Baradaeus [Burd'oyo]
  • Anaphora of St. Matthew
  • Anaphora of Xystus of Rome
  • Anaphora of Dionysius bar Ṣalibi
  • Anaphora of Marutha of Tagrit
  • Anaphora
  • Anaphora, composed from anaphoras of the Fathers
  • Anaphora of Jacob, the Teacher [Jacob of Sarug?]
  • Prayer for the altar when it is defiled by unbelievers
  • Prayer for the vessels of the altar and of the church
Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi (DIYR 00330) 1,790 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • Readings from the Gospel; Sedrē, Prooemia
  • Anaphora of St. James, the Lord's Brother
  • Anaphora of Dionysius bar Ṣalibi
  • Anaphora of St. John the Evangelist
  • Anaphora of Proclus of Byzantium
  • Anaphora
  • Anaphora of the Twelve Apostles
  • Anaphora of Xystus of Rome
  • Small anapohora of Simon Peter, the head of the Apostles
  • Anaphora of John of Harran, Habur and Nisibis
  • Dismissal Prayers
  • Readings from the Gospels and Epistles
Mosul, Iraq, Mar Behnam (Monastery) (MBM 00028) 1,916 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • Qūrbōnō
    • Anaphora of James, the brother of our Lord
Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi (DIYR 00327) 1,790 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • Service before a Mass (Syriac)
  • Readings; Sedrē; Prooemia (Garshuni/Syriac)
  • Small anaphora of St. James, the Lord's Brother (Syriac)
  • Anaphora of John of Harran (Garshuni)
  • Anaphora of Xystus of Rome (Syriac)
  • Anaphora of Jacob, from the Monastery of Mar Hannanya (Syriac)
  • Anaphora of Julius of Rome (Syriac)
  • Anaphora of Moshe bar Kepha (Syriac)
  • Dismissal Prayer (Garshuni/Syriac)
Qarah Qūsh, Syrian Catholic Archdiocesan Library (DSCQT 00082) 1,700 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • f. 1r-131v Ordo of the Mass and Gospel readings
  • List of Anaphoras
    • Short anaphora of St. James
    • Anaphora of Eustathius
    • Anaphora of John (i.e. Jacob of the monastery of Mar Henania)
    • Anaphora of Abraham Nahshirtana
    • Anaphora of Marutha of Tagrit
    • Anaphora of Dionysius
    • Anaphora of St. John the Evangelist
    • Anaphora of St. Mark the Evangelist
    • Anaphora of John bar Ma'dani
    • Anaphora of Philoxenus of Baghdad
    • Anaphora of Jacob of Edessa
    • Anaphora of Paul the Apostle

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