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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
Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 163 (SMMJ 00163) 1,830 CE Garshuni, Syriac

Filoksinos Yohanna Dolabany, Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in St. Mark’s Monastery (1994).

  • Homilies and poems
    • Includes homilies and poems by Jacob ʿUrdansaya, Jacob of Serugh, Ephrem of Nisibis, Shemʿūn II Mafrian of Ṭur ʻAbdin, and Ignatius Marcus Bar Qīqī
Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 164 (SMMJ 00164) 1,621 CE Garshuni, Syriac

Filoksinos Yohanna Dolabany, Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in St. Mark’s Monastery (1994).

  • fol. 1r-130v Book of Commemoration
    • Title NS: ܟܬܐܒ ܐܠܫܡܠܐܝܬ ܠܣܪܝܐܢܝ ܘܐܠܓܪܫܘܢܝ
Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 165 (SMMJ 00165) 1,800 CE Garshuni, Syriac

Filoksinos Yohanna Dolabany, Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in St. Mark’s Monastery (1994). Baumstark 17.

  • Homilies and Poems
    • Includes homilies by Ephrem of Nisibis, Dawīd Pūnīqōyō, Jacob of Serugh, Ignatius Marcus Bar Qīqī, and Ishaʿya of Beth Sbirina, and poems by Nūh the Lebanese
Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 169 (SMMJ 00169) 1,781 CE Garshuni, Syriac

Filoksinos Yohanna Dolabany, Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in St. Mark’s Monastery (1994).

  • fol. 1r-135v Homilies (Syriac, Garshuni)
    • Includes homilies by Michael the Syrian, John Chrysostom, Ephrem of Nisibis, Jacob of Serugh, Gregory of Nyssa, Basil of Caesarea, and Epiphanius of Constantia in Cyprus
  • fol. 136v-145r Story of Saint Michael in Dayr al-Samaka at the gate of Mardin (Garshuni)
Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 170 (SMMJ 00170) 1,596 CE Garshuni, Syriac

Filoksinos Yohanna Dolabany, Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in St. Mark’s Monastery (1994).

  • Includes texts by Isaac of Nineveh, Ephrem of Nisibis, Basil of Caesarea, John Chrysostom, Jacob of Serugh, Athanasius of Alexandria, Gregory of Nyssa, Cyril of Alexandria, Epiphanius of Constantia, and Bar Hebraeus. Narratives in the collection include story of a penitent demon and some monks, fol. 189v-192r; story of the merchant and his wife, fol. 235v-236v
Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 172 (SMMJ 00172) 1,905 CE Garshuni, Syriac

Filoksinos Yohanna Dolabany, Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in St. Mark’s Monastery (1994).

  • fol. 6r-8r Priest's homilies. Chapter 16 (Garshuni)
  • fol. 8v-73r Shukr Allah of Aleppo, Maphrian of Malabar, Homilies (Syriac, Garshuni)
  • fol. 73-78v Abba Macarius, Discovery of how the soul departs from the body (Garshuni)
  • fol. 78v-82v John Chrysostom, Homily (Garshuni)
  • fol. 82v-103 John Chrysostom, Homily on repentance and receiving the divine mysteries (Garshuni)
  • fol. 103v-105v Story of the merchant and his wife (Garshuni)
  • fol. 105v-107r Parables to be read in the Church (Garshuni)
  • fol. 107r-112r Commentary on the Lord's Prayer (Garshuni)
  • fol. 112v-124r Readings on the Sufferings of the Lord (Garshuni)
  • fol. 124r-132r Homily on a widower (Garshuni)
  • fol. 132r-134v On the Jewel (Garshuni)
Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 177 (SMMJ 00177) 1,861 CE Garshuni, Syriac

Filoksinos Yohanna Dolabany, Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in St. Mark’s Monastery (1994).

  • fol. 6v-196v Homilies for Sundays and the dominical feasts (Garshuni, Syriac)
  • fol. 201r-210v Liturgical proclamation for Ascension (Syriac)
  • fol. 210v-215v Story of Peter the Apostle (Garshuni)
  • fol. 226v-260r Shem'ūn II, commentary on the Lord's Prayer (Garshuni)
  • fol. 260r-262v Homily on Love (Garshuni)
Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 189 (SMMJ 00189) 1,883 CE Garshuni, Syriac

Filoksinos Yohanna Dolabany, Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in St. Mark’s Monastery (1994).

  • fol. 1v-273r Gregory bar 'Ebroyo, Ethicon (Garshuni)
  • fol. 274r-301v Gregory bar 'Ebroyo, Book of the Dove (Garshuni)
  • fol. 302r-304v Sayings of the wise (Garshuni)
  • fol. 305r-306r Explanation of the nine ranks of priesthood (Syriac)
  • fol. 312r-325r Treatise on celestial bodies (Garshuni)
  • fol. 325v-344r Explanation of the courses of the celestial bodies (Garshuni)
Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 195 (SMMJ 00195) 1,593 CE Garshuni, Syriac

Filoksinos Yohanna Dolabany, Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in St. Mark’s Monastery (1994).

  • fol. 2r-3v Verses (Garshuni, Syriac)
  • fol. 3v-187v Paradise of monks (Garshuni)
Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 196 (SMMJ 00196) 1,600 CE Garshuni, Syriac

Filoksinos Yohanna Dolabany, Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in St. Mark’s Monastery (1994).

  • fol. 3v-34r Apocalypes of Paul (Syriac)
  • fol. 34r-56v Questions to the holy elders (Syriac)
  • fol. 56v-60r Letter on solitaries (Syriac)
  • fol. 60r-66v Proclamations before the Gospel (Syriac)
  • fol. 66v- 166v Gregory bar 'Ebroyo, Book of the Dove (Garshuni, Syriac)

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