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 00338) 1,700 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • f. 3v-126r Comprehension of salvation and a way for achievement of eternal life (Garshuni)
  • f. 129v-208v Jacob bar Shakkō, Book of the Dialogues (Syriac)
Vat. sir. 159 1,628 CE Syriac

Catalog entry in Assemani

  • Jacob bar Shakkō, Book of Treasures
    • Part 1: On the Triune God
    • Part 2: On the incarnation of the Word
    • Part 3: On Divine Providence
    • Part 4: On the Creation of the world (This includes a large selection with various works, homilies, and epistles on many theological topics)
Mosul, Iraq, Syrian Orthodox Archdiocese of Mosul MS 56 (ASOM 00056) 1,718 CE Syriac
  • fol. 3v-195r, Jacob bar Shakkō, Book of treasures
    • Title NS: ܟܬܒܐ ܕܣܝ̈ܡܬܐ
Mosul, Iraq, Syrian Orthodox Archdiocese of Mosul MS 91 (ASOM 00091) 1,910 CE Syriac
  • fol. 3v-304r Jacob bar Shakkō, Book of Dialogues, book 1.
Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 233 (SMMJ 00233) 1,860 CE Greek, Syriac

Filoksinos Yohanna Dolabany, Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in St. Mark’s Monastery (1994). Macler 20.

  • fol. 1v-82r Jacob bar Shakkō, Book of Dialogues (Syriac)
  • fol. 82r-84r Differences in verb forms (Syriac)
  • fol. 84v-87v Meanings of Greek words in Syriac (Greek, Syriac)