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 00069) 1,700 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • Liturgy, Syriac Rite-Western
    • Šḥīmō: Liturgical Chants (Garshuni)
    • Šḥīmō: Evening Prayer (Garshuni)
    • Šḥīmō: Prayer of Mar Philoxenus (Garshuni)
    • Šḥīmō: Prayer of Aba Serapion (Syriac)
    • Šḥīmō: Prayer (Garshuni)
    • Šḥīmō: Prayers (Garshuni and Syriac)
    • Šḥīmō: Homily on repentance according to the meter of Mar Ephrem (Syriac)
    • Šḥīmō: Some lamentations according to the meter of Mar Jacob (Syriac)

Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi (DIYR 00074) 1,711 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • Liturgy: Syriac Rite, Western
    • Fenqīthō
    • New Testament Lectionary
    • Collection of Anaphoras
      • Anaphora of St. James
      • Small anaphora of St. James
      • Anaphora of John the Evangelist
      • Anaphora of the Twelve Apostles
      • Short Anaphora of Simon Peter
      • Anaphora of Mark the Evangelist
      • Anaphora of St. Eustathius
      • Anaphora of Matthew the shepherd
      • Anaphora of Jacob of Edessa
      • Anaphora of Cyril of Alexandria
      • Anaphora of Severus of Antioch
      • Anaphora of Thomas of Harkel
      • Anaphora of John the Patriarch
      • Anaphora of Dionysius of Amida
    • Different prayers for the liturgy

Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi (DIYR 00086) 1,700 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • Vigil of our Lady Mary (Garshuni)
  • Verse about the Eastern Fathers, so called (Syriac)

Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi (DIYR 00095) 1,869 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • Service before the Eucharist (Syriac)
  • Service before the Eucharist (Syriac and Garshuni)
  • Miracle of Our Lady (Syriac and Garshuni)
  • Lectionary (Syriac Rite, Western)

Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi 134 (DIYR 00125) 1,714 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • Collection of Anaphoras
    • Anaphora of the Holy Fathers
    • Anaphora of St. James, the Lord's Brother
    • Anaphora of Simon, the Head of the Apostles
    • Anaphora of John of Harran, Habor and Nisibis
    • Anaphora of Jacob of the Monastery of Hananya
    • Anaphora of Dionysius bar Salibi
    • Anaphora of Xystus
    • Anaphora of the Twelve Apostles
    • Anaphora of Patriarch John bar Shushan
    • Anaphora of Matthew the Pastor
    • Anaphora of Jacob Baradaeus (Burd'oyo)
    • Anaphora of St. John the Evangelist
    • Anaphora of St. John Chrysostom
    • Anaphora compiled from the anaphoras of the holy fathers
    • Anaphora of Abraham
    • Anaphora of St. Mark the Evangelist
    • Anaphora of Marutha of Tagrit
  • Dismissal Hymn
  • Prayer for the altar when it is defiled by unbelievers
  • Prayer for the new vessels offered by believers
  • Common prayer
  • Prayer

Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi (DIYR 00201) 1,942 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • Table of Contents to Service Book (Garshuni)
  • Gospel readings and prayers recited by a priest on behalf of the injured and wounded (Garshuni, Syriac)

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

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