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
St. Thomas Syrian Catholic Church 67(46) 1,856 CE Garshuni

See entry at CPART

  • Horn of Heaven
St. Thomas Syrian Catholic Church 68(71) 1,600 CE Arabic, Garshuni

See entry at CPART

  • Horn of heaven (book)
Petermann 24; Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin 238 1,883 CE Garshuni, Syriac

See entry for Petermann 24

  • f. 3r-4v Kurdish poetry
  • f. 5r-12v Wedding songs
  • f. 13r-17v David Nūhadraya the blind, A Dūrikthā, a longer poem in Fellīḥī
  • f. 17v-57 The history of Aḥikar the Assyrian (Syriac) 
  • f. 57v-78v Aesop's Fables
  • f. 79-113 History in Fellīḥī
BnF syr. 434 1,900 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • f. 1v-63 Collection of Catechetal Questions and Answers
  • f. 64-72 Explanations of words
  • f. 73v-79v The History of Emperor Maurice
  • f. 79v-86r History of Peter the Publican
  • f. 86v-90r The history of the penitent demon
  • f. 90v-97r Vision of Macarius on the soul after death
  • f. 97v-100v Refutation on the causes of corruption 
  • f. 100v-101r On the different readings
  • f. 101v-142v 'Abdišo' the Solitary, Mimra
  • f. 142v-176r Profitable speech 
  • f. 177v-180r Athanasius of Alexandria, Profession of Faith 
  • f. 180r-181r Profession of faith of the Twelve Apostles 
  • f. 181v-186r Rite of marriage crowning
  • f. 186v-187r Some Proverbs of Aḥiqar
  • f. 187v-189r Prayer of confession of the faith
  • f. 189r-190r Prayer for the consecration of impure water 
  • f. 190r-192v Dionysius bar Salibi, Canons
  • f. 192v-199v Canons and precepts 
  • f. 200-201r Fragments in Garshuni
  • f. 201v-205r 'Abdišo' de Gazarta
    • f. 201v-203r Mimra on the monastic life
    • f. 203r-204r Turgama on Mar Quriaqos
    • f. 204r-205r Introduction to the Gospel
  • f. 205v Final Prayer
USEK The Book of Natures 1,700 CE Garshuni

The Book of Natures (ms belonging to Joseph Simon Assemani)

Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi (DIYR 00052) 1,542 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • Jacobite Life of the Virgin, Book 1
  • Homily on Mary and Joseph
  • Jacobite Life of the Virgin, Book 2
  • Jacobite Life of the Virgin, Book 3
  • Jacobite Life of the Virgin, Book 4
  • Jacobite Life of the Virgin, Book 5
  • Homily on the Assumption of our Lady
Mardin, Turkey Chaldean Cathedral (CCM 00013) 1,719 CE Garshuni, Syriac, Turkish
  • f. 1r Two Short Poems (Syriac)
  • f. 2v-6r Three blessings (Garshuni)
  • f. 7v-75v Arabian Nights, Stories from Thousand and One Nights (Garshuni)
  • f. 76r-81v Poem (Garshuni)
  • f. 83r-103r On Armenians, the Council of Chalcedon, and the doctrine of Leo (Garshuni)
  • f. 104r-108r On the Carmelites, and the scapular that the Virgin bestowed upon the monks (Garshuni)
  • f. 108v-109v On the virtue of humility (Garshuni)
  • f. 110r-120r John Chrysostom, that it is not right to mourn more than is proper for the departed (Garshuni)
  • f. 120v-124v Admonition (Turkish)
  • f. 124v-125r Hymn (Turkish)
Mosul, Iraq, Mar Behnam (Monastery) (MBM 00231) 1,900 CE Garshuni
  • Homilies
Mosul, Iraq, Mar Behnam (Monastery) (MBM 00257) 1,800 CE Garshuni
  • Treatise on Spirituality
Mardin, Turkey Chaldean Cathedral (CCM 00016) 1,600 CE Garshuni
  • f. 1r-20r Letter that fell from heaven
  • f. 20v-42r Coloquy of Moses
  • f. 42v-45v Questions of Basil and Gregory

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