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
Mosul, Iraq, Mar Behnam (Monastery) (MBM 00112) 1,872 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • Beth Gazzō
Mosul, Iraq, Mar Behnam (Monastery) (MBM 00138) 1,700 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • Prayers and Hymns
Qarah Qūsh, Iraq, Syrian Catholic Archdiocesan Library (DSCQT 00121) 1,800 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • f. 1r-93v Register of baptisms accomplished by the priests
Mosul, Iraq, Mar Behnam (Monastery) (MBM 00391) 1,698 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • Severus of Antioch, Liturgical prayers and rites
Mardin, Turkey Chaldean Cathedral (CCM 00012) 1,705 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • f. 1v-10r Trip to Jerusalem of 'Abd al-Aḥad the priest (Garshuni)
  • f. 10v-170v Miracles of the Virgin Mary (Garshuni)
  • f. 170v-171r Letter of the Virgin Mary to Ignatius of Antioch (Garshuni)
  • f. 171r Letter of the Virgin Mary to the people of Messina (Garshuni)
  • f. 171v Letter of the Virgin Mary to the people of Florence (Garshuni)
  • f. 172r-240v Book of the student, in which the teacher answers and explains all he is asked (Garshuni)
  • f. 241v-256r Anecdotes about priests (Garshuni)
  • f. 256r-260r Powers of the garment of Mary and the forgiveness communicated to the brothers Carmelites by its mediation (Garshuni)
  • f. 260r-264r On the Carmelites, and the scapular that the Virgin bestowed on the monks (Garshuni)
  • f. 264v-273r Al-Wardānī prayerbook (Garshuni)
  • f. 273v-289r Life of Patriarch Yawsep I, and what happened to him (Garshuni)
  • f. 289v-291v in praise of Mar Yawsep (Garshuni)
  • f. 291v-292r 'Abdīshō' of Gazarta, poems (Syriac)
  • f. 292v Poems composed in 17th century (Syriac)
Mosul, Iraq, Mar Behnam (Monastery) (MBM 00413) 1,700 CE Garshuni, Syriac

Liturgical rites for the sacrament of marriage and burial services for laity and clergy

Mosul, Iraq, Mar Behnam (Monastery) (MBM 00452) 1,800 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • Liturgical rites: Baptism and marriage
Mardin, Turkey Chaldean Cathedral (CCM 00064) 1,695 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • f. 7v-200r Lectionary, Syriac Rite-Eastern
Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi 79; 88; 43 (DIYR 00024) 1,771 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • Fenqīthō (Syriac Rite, Western)
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

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