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
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)
Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi (DIYR 00334) 1,706 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • Readings from the Gospels and Pauline Epistles (Syriac)
  • Short Anaphora of St. James, the Lord's Brother (Syriac)
  • Anaphora of St. John the Evangelist (Syriac)
  • Short anaphora of Simon Peter (Syriac)
  • Anaphora of the Twelve Apostles (Syriac)
  • Anaphora of Philoxenus of Mabbug (Syriac)
  • Anaphora of Jacob of Sarug (Syriac)
  • Anaphora of Jacob Baradaeus [Burd'oyo]  (Syriac)
  • Anaphora of Thomas of Germanikeia (Syriac)
  • Anaphora of Matthew the Pastor (Garshuni/Syriac)
  • Anaphora of John bar Shushan (Garshuni/Syriac)
  • Anaphora of Dionysius bar Salibi (Garshuni/Syriac)
  • Anaphora of Marutha of Tagrit (Garshuni/Syriac)
  • Anaphora of Xystus of Rome
  • Dismissal Prayer (Syriac)
Mardin, Turkey Chaldean Cathedral (CCM 00112) 1,702 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • f. 4v-140v Joseph II, Patriarch of the Chaldeans, Gazzā (Syriac Rite, Eastern)
    • ​Feast of the Circumcision
    • Presentation of Jesus at the Temple
    • The Annunciation
    • Commemoration of St. Pethion
    • The Assumption of the Virgin Mary
    • The Nativity of the Virgin Mary
    • The Entombment of Christ
    • Washing of the Feet
Mosul, Iraq, Mar Behnam (Monastery) (MBM 00015) 1,800 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • Lectionary readings from the Acts of the Apostles and Epistles
Mosul, Iraq, Mar Behnam (Monastery) (MBM 00034) 1,700 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • Ṭeksō
Mosul, Iraq, Mar Behnam (Monastery) (MBM 00102) 1,826 CE Garshuni, Syriac

Rite of ordination of bishops and priests

Mosul, Iraq, Mar Behnam (Monastery) (MBM 00174) 1,700 CE Garshuni, Syriac

Rites of consecration

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
Qarah Qūsh, Syrian Catholic Archdiocesan Library (DSCQT 00123) 1,921 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • f. 1r-85v Register of baptisms from 1921-1926
Mardin, Turkey Chaldean Cathedral (CCM 00078) 1,700 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • f. 1r-215v Commentary on the Gospel Lectionary
  • f. 216v-217r Short lexical text: Greek, Syriac, Arabic
  • f. 217v-221v Calendrical text

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