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
BnF syr. 11 Unknown Arabic, Garshuni, Syriac

See catalog entry here

  • f. 1-117 and 128-187 Books of the Prophets
    • Isaiah
    • Jeremiah
    • Ezekiel
    • Daniel according to the Peshitta (includes a paraphrase of the visions of the four monarchies and the history of Bel and the Dragon)
    • At the end of Daniel is a treatise on astonomy/astrology in Syriac, Garshuni, and Arabic
    • Jeremiah according to the Peshitta
  • f. 188-366 Other biblical texts
    • Esther 
    • Judith
    • Esdras
    • Nehemiah
    • Ecclesiastes
    • 1-3 Maccabees
    • Josephus' account of Eleazar, Shmuna and their sons
    • 3 Esdras
    • Tobit according to the Peshitta
    • 1-2 Baruch
    • Letter of Jeremiah
    • 3 Esdras and the first part of Tobit according to the Syrohexapla

Syriac-Orthodox Archdiocese of Aleppo: The Book of the Interpreter 1,524 CE Arabic, Garshuni, Syriac

Elijah of Nisibis (975-1046), The Book of the Interpreter (A more detailed description can be found here)

Our Lady of Balamand: Kontakion 1,550 CE Arabic, Syriac

Melkite Kontakion (In Arabic, portions in Syriac)

Our Lady of Balamand: Liturgy of John Chrysostom 1,700 CE Arabic, Greek, Syriac

Liturgy of John Chrysostom (directions in Arabic; parallel columns of Greek/Syriac)

Mosul, Iraq, Mar Behnam (Monastery) (MBM 00343) 1,868 CE Arabic, Garshuni, Syriac
  • Collection of letters on diocesan matters

Mosul, Iraq, Mar Behnam (Monastery) (MBM 00464) 1,700 CE Arabic, Garshuni, Syriac
  • Natural and social climate of Iraq; miscellaneous discourses and sermons

Qarah Qūsh, Syrian Catholic Archdiocesan Library (DSCQT 00128) 1,956 CE Arabic, Garshuni, Syriac
  • Register of Baptisms from 1956-1961

Qarah Qūsh, Syrian Catholic Archdiocesan Library (DSCQT 00133) 1,800 CE Arabic, Garshuni, Syriac
  • f. 1r-4v unidentified text

Mosul, Iraq, Mar Behnam (Monastery) (MBM 00462) 1,700 CE Arabic, Garshuni, Syriac, Turkish
  • Miscellany: Prayers and Psalms; Syriac Grammar

Mosul, Iraq, Mar Behnam (Monastery) (MBM 00163) 1,800 CE Arabic, Garshuni, Syriac
  • Psalter

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