Digitized Manuscripts: Sortable Search

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This table allows you to search all collections of Syriac and Garshuni manuscripts that are freely available online by general keywords. It is also sortable by shelf-mark, language, and approximate date. If you would like to group manuscripts by select key terms (language, author, genre), see the faceted table here, and choose the key terms in the menu.

*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 Numbersort descending Language Approximate Date* Contents Link to Digitized Manuscript
Vat. sir. 584 Syriac 1,899 CE
  • Binding
  • f. 1v-56v History of Rabban bar 'Idta by Abraham of Zabe
  • f. 56v Colophon by the copyist Joseph Abuna, son of Thomas, son of fire, the deacon of Sifa, son of priest Peter, residents of Alqos, who finished this transciption the 20th of Adar, 1899, in the eays of Pope Leon (XIII) and of Mar 'Abdiso, catholicos and patriarch of the east
  • f. 60v-64r varia on the Yazidi (the country on Sigar, customs and diverse prohibitions, the messiah)
  • f. 64v-96v Beliefs and customs of the Yazidi, on the form of questions and responses
  • f. 96v the same Joseph finished the manuscript the 6th year of Ayyar 1899
  • Binding

Vat. sir. 586 Syriac 1,300 CE

​Catalog entry

  • Questions and answers on the Categories of Aristotle

Vat. sir. 587 Syriac 1,918 CE
  • Galen (uncatalogued)

Vat. sir. 588 Syriac 1,918 CE
  • Binding
  • f. 1v-6r Narsai, Nativity (N4)
  • f. 6r-11v Narsai, Virgin Mary (N5)
  • f. 12r-17r Narsai, Epiphany (N6)
  • f. 17r-22r Narsai, John the Baptist (N7)
  • f. 22r-27r Narsai, Four Evangelists (N9)
  • f. 27r-32r Narsai, Temptation of Christ (N21)
  • f. 32r-37r Narsai, Week before Palm Sunday (N28)
  • f. 27v-40r Narsai, Palm Sunday (N29)
  • f. 40r-44r Narsai, Passion (N36)
  • f. 44r-47v Narsai, Resurrection (N40)
  • f. 47v-51v Narsai, Ascension (N45)
  • f. 51v-55v Narsai, Dedication of the Church (N56)
  • f. 56r-59v Memra of David the Scholastic
  • f. 60r-60v Blank
  • f. 61r-64r Narsai, For any Saint's Day (N17)
  • f. 64r-69r  Narsai, On the Departed (N18)
  • f. 69v-70r Narsai, For the 6th Sunday of fasting
  • f. 70r-76r Narsai, On washing of feet on Holy Thursday
  • f. 76r-80r Narsai, Ascension (N45)
  • f. 80r-84v Mar Saliba Zakaya, On the Cross
  • f. 85r-85v Blank
  • f. 86r-90r Narsai, On Noah's blessings of his sons (N67)
  • f. 90r-95r Narsai, On the tower of Babel and the division of languages (N68)
  • f. 95v-96v Blank
  • Binding

Vat. sir. 589 Garshuni Unknown
  • Uncatalogued

Vat. sir. 59 Syriac 1,266 CE

Catalog entry in Assemani

  • f. 1v-129r Funeral service for bishops, priests, and deacons
  • f. 134r ff. Funeral service for monks

Vat. sir. 592 Syriac Unknown
  • Isaac of Nineveh, First book
  • Babai of Nisibis
  • Babai of Nisibis
  • Isḥāq Shbadnāyā, 'Onitha
  • Joseph Hazzaye
  • John bar Penkaye

Vat. sir. 593 Syriac Unknown
  • Questions and responses of Mar Abraham of Nathpar
  • Various (uncatalogued)

Vat. sir. 594 Syriac 1,918 CE
  • Binding
  • f. 1v-7r Narsai, On David and Saul
  • f. 7r-10v Narsai, On Solomon
  • f. 10v-14r Narsai, On the parable of the wheat and tares
  • f. 14r-18v Narsai, On the prodigal son
  • f. 18v-23v Narsai, On Perfection
  • f. 23v-29v Narsai, On Enoch and Elijah
  • f. 29r-33v Narsai, On Isaiah's vision of the seraphim
  • f. 33v-38r Narsai, On humility
  • f. 38r-39v Narsai, On the martyrs
  • f. 40r-45r Narsai, On the parable of the wine grower
  • f. 45r-52r Narsai, On the antichrist
  • f. 52r-56r Narsai, On the bronze serpent
  • f. 56r-57r Mar Isho'yahb of Adiabene, On the dedication of the church
  • f. 57v-61v Narsai, On the Canaanite woman
  • f. 61v-66v Narsai, On the flood
  • f. 66v-70r Narsai, On the incarnate Word
  • f. 70r-73r Narsai, For Palm Sunday
  • f. 73r-78r Narsai, On the fast of our Lord
  • f. 78v Colophon
  • f. 79r-80v Blank
  • Binding

Vat. sir. 596 Arabic, Syriac 1,917 CE
  • Binding
  • f. 1r-53v Jacob of Edessa, Commentary on the Old Testament
    • f. 1r-20r Genesis
    • f. 20v-32r Exodus
    • f. 32r-39v Leviticus
    • f. 39v-42v Numbers (f. 41rv lacuna)
    • f. 42v-47r Deuteronomy
    • f. 47v-50v Job
    • f. 51r-52r Joshua
    • f. 52v-53v Judges
  • f. 53v-66r Exlanation of difficult Old Testament passages (Ephrem, Jacob, and others) 
  • f. 66r Colophon
  • f. 66v-79r Explanations of various subjects attributed to different authors
  • f. 79v-81v Teaching of the Twelve Apostles
  • f. 81v-83v The Doctrine of Addai
  • f. 83v-84r Twenty Canons of the Apostles
  • f. 84r-85r Six questions and answers of Jacob of Edessa
  • f. 85v-90r Hypomnemata of our Lord
  • f. 90v-99v Two letters of Theodore bar Wahbun
  • f. 99v-105r Prophecies of pagan philosophers
  • f. 105r-111r Chosen words of philosophers teaching wisdom
  • f. 111r Colophon
  • f. 111v-112v Eulogy of Abraham of Nathpar
  • f. 113r Anecdote of Moses bar Kepha by Mar Sawira
  • f. 113v-115r Profession of Faith by Mar Michael
  • f. 115v-116v Questions and answers on ousia
  • f. 117r-120v Legend of Mar Eli al-Hira in Arabic
  • f. 121r-130r History of Yareth the Alexandrian
  • f. 130r Colophon (other colophons found at 66r and 111r)
  • Binding

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