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 00486) 1,800 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • Rite for the feast of the entry of Jesus into the Temple, and for the ordination of priests

Mardin, Turkey Chaldean Cathedral (CCM 00465) 1,700 CE Garshuni, Syriac

f. 1r-126v Elijah of Nisibis, Book of the Translator

Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi 79; 88; 43 (DIYR 00024) 1,771 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • Fenqīthō (Syriac Rite, Western)

Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi (DIYR 00056) 1,700 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • Sedrē (Syriac Rite, Western)
  • Small Anaphora of James, the brother of our Lord
  • Anaphora of St. John the Evangelist
  • Small Anaphora of Simon, Head of the Apostles
  • Anaphora of Mark the Evangelist
  • Anaphora of the Twelve Apostles
  • Anaphora of Jacob Baradaeus [Burd'oyo]
  • Anaphora of St. Matthew
  • Anaphora of Xystus of Rome
  • Anaphora of Dionysius bar Ṣalibi
  • Anaphora of Marutha of Tagrit
  • Anaphora
  • Anaphora, composed from anaphoras of the Fathers
  • Anaphora of Jacob, the Teacher [Jacob of Sarug?]
  • Prayer for the altar when it is defiled by unbelievers
  • Prayer for the vessels of the altar and of the church

Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi (DIYR 00075) 1,905 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • Beth Gazzō

Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi (DIYR 00328) 1,739 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • The Book of the Candle (Garshuni, Syriac)
  • A Reading from the Epistle to the Ephesians (Garshuni)
  • Fenqīthō (Syriac Rite, Western)

Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi (DIYR 00330) 1,790 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • Readings from the Gospel; Sedrē, Prooemia
  • Anaphora of St. James, the Lord's Brother
  • Anaphora of Dionysius bar Ṣalibi
  • Anaphora of St. John the Evangelist
  • Anaphora of Proclus of Byzantium
  • Anaphora
  • Anaphora of the Twelve Apostles
  • Anaphora of Xystus of Rome
  • Small anapohora of Simon Peter, the head of the Apostles
  • Anaphora of John of Harran, Habur and Nisibis
  • Dismissal Prayers
  • Readings from the Gospels and Epistles

Mardin, Turkey Chaldean Cathedral (CCM 00135) 1,700 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • f. 2v-46v Joseph II, Patriarch of the Chaldeans, Chaldean Gazzā (Syriac Rite, Eastern)
    • Feast of the Presentation of Jesus at the Temple
    • Feast of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary
    • Feast of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary
    • Feast of the Circumcision
  • f. 48r-49r Supplication read at the time of confession
  • f. 50r-96r Psalter (Syriac Rite, Eastern)
  • f. 96r-115v Hudra (Syriac Rite, Eastern)
    • Prayers attributed to Ephrem Syrus, Theodore of Mopsuestia, Yazdin, Timothy I, Abraham of Beth Rabban, Thomas of Edessa, Abimalk, John of Beth Rabban, Babai the Great, Babai of Nisibis, George of Nisibis, and others

Mardin, Turkey Chaldean Cathedral (CCM 00340) 1,700 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • f. 3r-26r Basil of Caesarea, Homily on Easter, Good Friday, and on the departure of the soul from the body
  • f. 27r-28r Collection of Proverbs
  • f. 28v-30v Chronological calculations
  • f. 32v-68v Life of St. Gregory
  • f. 68v-74r Story of Susanna
  • f. 74v-80r Miracles of the Virgin Mary
  • f. 80v-81r Ephrem Syrus, Homily 
  • f. 81v-87r John Chrysostom, On Repentance
  • f. 87v-95v Moses' conversation on Mt. Sinai
  • f. 97r-100v Life of Mar Isaac

Mardin, Turkey Chaldean Cathedral (CCM 00345) 1,678 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • f. 1v-12v Rite of consecration of water on the day of Nativity (Garshuni)
  • f. 13v-23r John Chrysostom, Homily on approaching the Holy Mysteries (Garshuni)
  • f. 23r-34v John Chrysostom, Homily on Judas's betrayal of Christ (Garshuni)
  • f. 34v-44r Epiphanius, Bishop of Constantia in Cyprus, Homily on the Burial of Christ (Garshuni)
  • f. 44r-51r Jacob of Sarug, Homily on the Baptism of Jesus Christ (Garshuni)
  • f. 51r-63r John Chrysostom, Homily on the Lord's dispute with Satan (Garshuni)
  • f. 63r-70r Ephrem Syrus, Homily (Garshuni)
  • f. 70v-73r Ephrem Syrus, Homily on the Cross (Garshuni)
  • f. 73r-78v Ephrem Syrus, Homily on old age and youth (Garshuni)
  • f. 78v-80r Ephrem Syrus, Homily on repentance (Garshuni)
  • f. 80r-83v Ephrem Syrus, Homily on Judas's betrayal of Christ
  • f. 83v-109r Homily for Palm Sunday (Garshuni)
  • f. 109v-117v John Chrysostom, Homily on the commandment of the Great Day (Garshuni)
  • f. 117v-123r Jacob of Sarug, Homily on rejection of a sin and necessity of fasting and almsgiving (Garshuni)
  • f. 123r-130r Ephrem Syrus, Homily on Repentance (Garshuni)
  • f. 130r-134r Ephrem Syrus, Homily on the resurrection and the soul's departure from the body (Garshuni)
  • f. 134r-138r Ephrem Syrus, Homily on Repentance and the Last Judgment (Garshuni)
  • f. 138v-141r Ephrem Syrus, Homily on Love and Repentance (Garshuni)
  • f. 141r-147v Ephrem Syrus, Homily that is recited on the second day of the fifth week of Lent (Garshuni)
  • f. 147v-151v Homily recited on the third day of the fourth week of Lent (Garshuni)
  • f. 151v-157v John Chrysostom, Homily on repentance (Garshuni)
  • f. 157v-162r Homily (Garshuni)
  • f. 162r-166v Homily for the feast of Pentecost (Garshuni)

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