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
Harvard Ms Syr 122 1,899 CE Syriac

Catalog entry

  • John of Dara
    • ff. 2v-18v Commentary on ps-Dionysius the Areopagite, on the celestial hierarchy, in 16 chapters
    • ff. 18v-40r Commentary on ps-Dionysius, on the the ecclesiastical hierarchy, in 6 chapters
    • ff. 40r-66v On priesthood, in 4 memre of 8, 18, 2 and 13 chapters
    • ff. 66v-159r On the resurrection of human bodies, in 11, 15, 8 and 24 chapters
    • ff. 159v-182r On the eucharist
    • ff. 182v-183r Biblical scholia, lacking red headings and unfinished
    • ff. 184v Colophon in Karshuni
    • ff. 185r Colophon in Syriac