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
Vat. sir. 142 563 CE Syriac

See entry in Assemani

  • Binding
  • f. 1r-123v Severus, Patriarch of Antioch, Cathedral Homilies (nos. 73-100) (CPG 7035)
  • f. 123v-124r Colophon
  • f. 124r-124v Homily by Theophilus of Alexandria
  • Binding
Mingana Syriac 5 1,479 CE Syriac

See the catalog entry for Mingana 5

  • f. 1-18v The Vision of Theophilus, Patriarch of Alexandria, on the flight of our Lord into Egypt and His mode of life in that country.
  • f. 18v-26v The Gospel of the Infancy
  • f. 26v-77r The book of the death of the Virgin
  • f. 77r-101r A supplementary work on the death and Assumption of the Virgin
  • f. 101r-116r Timothy of Gargar, Mimra on the death of the Virgin
Sinai Syr. 10 700 CE Syriac

See entry in Lewis

  • Homilies and extracts of various Fathers
    • Ambrose of Milan, Jacob of Sarug, Theophilus of Alexandria, John Chrysostom, Proclus of Constantinople, Ephrem, Cyril of Alexandria, Anastasius of Antioch, Isaac, Timothy, Epiphanius, Cornelius