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
Mardin, Turkey Chaldean Cathedral (CCM 00341) 1,686 CE Syriac

See Scher's note on Diyarbakir 27

  • f. 2r-71v 'Abdisho' bar Brīkā, The Book of the Pearl
  • f. 78v-79r Shlēmōn of Basra, Prayer before meals
  • f. 79v-105v Fables of Aesop
  • f. 109v-161r Gregory bar Hebraeus, Conversation of wisdom
  • f. 161v-168r Summary of Aristotle's Categories in diagrams
  • f. 169r-189v Gregory bar Hebraeus, Book of the pupils of the eye
Borg. sir. 34 1,678 CE Syriac

​Catalog entry here

  • 'Abdisho of Nisibis, Paradise of Eden
  • 'Abdisho of Nisibis, Book of the Pearl
  • 'Abdisho of Nisibis, Catalog of writers
  • 'Abdisho of Nisibis, Discourse on the 12 syllables, on the calendar, addressed to the glorious master, Amin al-Dawla
Vat. sir. 176 1,476 CE Syriac

Catalog entry in Assemani

  • 'Abisho' bar Brīkā, the Book of the Pearl
  • 'Abisho' bar Brīkā, Catalog of all his Ecclesiastical books
  • Solomon of Baṣra, Collection of works
    • Part 1: On things of the Old Testament
    • Part 2: On the Divine dispensation which is in the New Testament
Trichur, India, Chaldean Syrian Church 00009 1,615 CE Syriac
  • fol. 1v-7r 'Abdishō bar Brīkā, The Book of the Pearl
  • fol. 7r-73v Solomon of Basra, The Book of the Bee
  • fol. 74r-212v Hagiographic works and apocrypha
    • Story of Zosimus, fol.74r-87v
    • Acts of Philip according to recension attributed to Philip of Carthage, fol.87v-97r
    • Story of a penitent demon, fol. 97r-99r
    • Story of a disciple who was killed by his teacher, fol. 99v-101v
    • Story of Yohannan Bar Malke, fol. 101v-108r
    • Story of Virgin Mary, fol. 108r-141v
    • Story of John the Baptist, fol. 141v-144r
    • Story of the translation of the head of John the Baptist, fol. 144r-149r
    • Acts of the Apostle Peter, fol. 149v-163v
    • Acts of the Apostle Paul, fol. 163v-168r
    • Acts of the Apostle John, fol. 168r-180v
    • Acts of the Apostles Andrew and Jacob, fol.180v-189
    • Acts of the Apostle Thomas, fol. 189r-212v