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 00426) 1,805 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • Jacob of Sarug
    • Psalms and prayers
    • Commentary by Jacob of Sarug
Mosul, Iraq, Mar Behnam (Monastery) (MBM 00458) 1,800 CE Garshuni, Syriac

Liturgical rites and prayers: baptism, marriage

Mardin, Turkey Chaldean Cathedral (CCM 00425) 1,569 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • f. 1r-1v Colloquy of Moses on Mount Sinai (Garshuni)
  • f. 2v-8v Treatise on a guardian angel (Garshuni)
  • f. 9r-38r Turgame for feasts and commemorations of the liturgical year (Syriac)
    • On Nativity
    • The Virgin Mary
    • Epiphany
    • John the Baptist
    • Peter and Paul
    • Greek Doctors
    • Rogation of the Ninevites
    • Lazarus
    • Palm Sunday
    • Passover
    • Great Saturday
    • Easter
    • Sunday of the Confessors
    • New Sunday
    • Gregory the Martyr
    • Ascension
    • Pentecost
    • Transfiguration
    • Feast of the Cross
    • Dedication of the Church
    • Some of the Turgame are attributed to Khamis
  • f. 39r-43v Turgame for Weekdays (Syriac)
  • f. 44r-46r Rite of the preparation of the leaven (malka) (Syriac)
  • f. 46r-52v Evening prayers for weekday services (Syriac)
  • f. 53v-56v Dismissal Prayers (Syriac)
  • f. 57r-68v Gewargis Wardā, 'Onyatha on repentance (Syriac)
Mardin, Turkey Chaldean Cathedral (CCM 00128) 1,723 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • f. 2v-23r Service in commemoration of Rabban Hormizd (Syriac, Syriac Rite, Eastern)
  • f. 24r-29r Admonition for a burial (Syriac/Garshuni)
  • f. 29v-35v Psalms (Garshuni)
  • f. 36r-49r Prayers (Garshuni)
  • f. 50v-57r Hymns for the ordinary weekdays of the year (Garshuni, Syriac Rite, Eastern)
  • f. 58v-68r Joseph II, Patriarch of the Chaldeans, Prayers for Sundays and Feast Days (Garshuni)
Mosul, Iraq, Mar Behnam (Monastery) (MBM 00173) 1,700 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • Liturgical Book
Mosul, Iraq, Mar Behnam (Monastery) (MBM 00185) 1,725 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • Catechism for Christian Children
Mosul, Iraq, Mar Behnam (Monastery) (MBM 00205) 1,771 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • Ignatius Ya'qub I, Patriarch of Antioch, Examination and guidance for the priesthood
Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi (DIYR 00321) 1,931 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • Marriage rite (Syriac/Garshuni)
  • Blessing of the rings and crowns (Syriac/Garshuni)
  • Rite for second marriage (Garshuni)
  • Rite of baptism (Garshuni)
  • Funeral rite (Garshuni)
  • Funeral rite (Garshuni)
Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi (DIYR 00333) 1,732 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • Readings from the Gospels and Pauline Epistles; Sedrē
  • Anaphora of James, the Lord's Brother
  • Anaphora of John the Evangelist
  • Anaphora of the Twelve Apostles
  • Anaphora of Simon, the Head of the Apostles
  • Anaphora of Mark the Evangelist
  • Anaphora of Philoxenus of Mabbug
  • Anaphora of Eustathius of Antioch
  • Anaphora of Marutha of Tagrit
  • Anaphora of Jacob of Sarug
  • Anaphora of Xystus of Rome
  • Anaphora of Dionysius bar Ṣalibi
  • Anaphora of John of Harran, Habur and Nisibis
  • Anaphora of Eustathius of Antioch
  • Dismissal Prayers
Qarah Qūsh, Syrian Catholic Archdiocesan Library (DSCQT 00086) 1,700 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • f. 1v-112v Rite of Absolution

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