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
Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 81 (SMMJ 00081) 1,800 CE Syriac

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

  • fol. 1r-65v Beth gazō (Syriac Rite, Western)
Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 88 (SMMJ 00088) 1,838 CE Garshuni, Syriac

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

  • Prayer book for monks
    • Title NS: ܟܬܒܐ ܕܨܠ̈ܘܬܐ ܕܡܨܠܐ ܠܗܝܢ ܐܢܫ ܕܝܪܝܐ ܟܝܬ ܠܗ ܘܠܢܦܫܗ ܒܥܕܢܐ ܕܫ̈ܥܐ ܕܠܠܝܐ ܘܕܐܝܡܡܐ
    • Includes prayer of genuflection by Philoxenus of Mabbug, fol. 42r-52r; prayers to Virgin Mary by Shemʿūn II, Mafrian of Ṭur ʻAbdin, fol. 75r-82v; homilies by Bihnam Hadlōyō and Ephrem of Nisibis, fol. 106v-125r
Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 124 (SMMJ 00124) 900 CE Syriac

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

  • Pages 1-11 Selections from philosophers
  • Pages 11-13 Paul, the Persian (6th century), Letter to Demetrius
  • Pages 13-50 Explanation of difficult words in the writings of Dionysius, Bishop of Athens
  • Pages 51-63 Story of Severus of Antioch
  • Pages 63-106 Commentary on Severus of Antioch's treatise against the impious grammarian
Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 125 (SMMJ 00125) 1,600 CE Garshuni, Syriac

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

  • fol. 1r Sergius of Resh'ayna, Introduction to the Dionysian corpus
  • fol. 1v-2r List of books at the church of Mary
    • Title NS: ܡܢܝܢܐ ܟܬ̈ܒܐ ܕܥܕܬܐ ܕܝܠܕܬ ܐܠܗܐ ܡܪܝܡ ܕܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ
  • fol. 2v-7v Apology for the Dionysian Corpus (Attributed to George of Scythopolis)
  • fol. 8r-65r Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite, Ecclesiastical hierarchy
    • Title NS: ܡܐܡܪܐ ܕܬܪܝܢ ܠܘܬ ܛܝܡܘܬܐܘܣ ܐܦܝܣ̄ ܕܐܦܣܘܣ ܥܠ ܪܝܫܘܬ ܟܗܢܘܬܐ ܥܕܬܢܝܬܐ ܕܐܝܬ ܒܗ ܩ̈ܦܠܐܐ ܫܒܥܐܐ
  • fol. 65r-87v Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite, Epistles
Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 128 (SMMJ 00128) 1,784 CE Syriac

Filoksinos Yohanna Dolabany, Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in St. Mark’s Monastery (1994). Macler 14.

  • fol. 3v-239v Cause of all causes
    • Title NS: ܟܬܒܐ ܓܘܢܝܐ ܠܟܠ ܥܡ̈ܡܝܢ ܕܬܚܝܬ ܫܡܝܐ ܕܒܗ ܡܠܦ ܥܠ ܝܕܥܬܐ ܕܫܪܪܐ ܕܐܝܟܢ ܡܬܝܕܥܐ
  • fol. 240v-241r Sergius of Ḥāḥ (died 1508), Poem on Jerusalem
    • Title NS: ܦܘܝܛܘܬܐ ܕܥܠ ܡܕܝܢܬ ܩܘܕܫܐ ܐܘܪܫܠܡ
Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 131 (SMMJ 00131) 1,300 CE Garshuni, Syriac

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

  • fol. 4v-30v Prayers for the penitent (Syriac)
  • fol. 38v-49r Canons of the Apostles (Garshuni)
  • fol. 49r-61r Canons of the Council of Nicea (Garshuni)
  • fol. 64r-101v Commentary on the liturgy (Syriac)
Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 132 (SMMJ 00132) 1,850 CE Garshuni, Syriac

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

  • fol. 2v-106r Dionysius bar Ṣalibi, Commentary on the liturgy (Garshuni)
  • fol. 106v-109r Homily on receiving the Eucharist (Garshuni)
  • fol. 109v-120r On the Lord's Prayer (Garshuni)
  • fol. 120v-187v Five Homilies (Garshuni)
  • fol. 188r-192r Parable of the apple (Garshuni)
  • fol. 192v David the Phoenician (Dawid Puniqoyo), On Biblical Chronology (Syriac)
Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 135 (SMMJ 00135) 1,590 CE Syriac

Filoksinos Yohanna Dolabany, Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in St. Mark’s Monastery (1994). Macler 4. Baumstark 6*

  • Pages 1-588 Gregory bar 'Ebroyo, The Lamp of the Sanctuary
Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 137 (SMMJ 00137) 1,873 CE Garshuni, Syriac

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

  • fol. 4r-60v Ignatius bar Wāhib, Treatise on the Syriac alphabet (Syriac)
  • fol. 60v-102r Ignatius bar Wāhib, Treatise on the Syriac alphabet (Garshuni)
  • fol. 103r-112v Ephrem of Nisibis, Memra on Isaiah (Syriac)
Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 138 (SMMJ 00138) 1,900 CE Garshuni, Syriac

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

  • fol. 1v-108v Psalter (Garshuni)
  • fol. 109r-110r Soghitha on drinking wine (Syriac)
  • fol. 110v Ḥunayn ibn Isḥāq al-ʻIbādī, Medicine for sins
  • fol. 111r-115v On our father Adam (Garshuni)
  • fol. 115v-166v Ignatius bar Wāhib, Treatise on the letters of the Arabic Alphabet

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