A collection of Syriac printed texts available on-line

I have included here links to many on-line printed editions of Syriac and Syriac studies related texts. Use the search facility on your web browser to locate items of interest.

I would like to express my gratitude to all those institutions and individuals who have made these resources freely available to all. These on-line texts are arranged in two tables; The first table lists printed books and collections of books with editions of classical Syriac texts and the second table lists selected books of relevance to Syriac studies, for example; scholarly studies, Syriac grammars and manuscript catalogues.

Books and articles with printed editions of Syriac texts

The following books and articles available on-line all contain editions of Syriac inscriptions and texts imaged from printed materials.

Ancient authors / Genre	Title with links	Descriptions and comments
Most ancient Syriac authors are represented and the collection includes many important early editions of their Syriac texts	The Syriac reference library.	Many valuable, important and difficult to find, out of copyright Syriac books arranged in categories for easy searching and down-loading. This extremely useful site is a production of the CUA and the BYU, (see detailed acknowledgements on the site). The books digitized here have been selected from the library of Prof. Henri Hyvernat (1858-1941) by Dr. David G. K. Taylor.
A large collection of Syriac texts edited from ancient Syriac authors.	Bibliotheca orientalis Clementino-Vaticana, in qua manuscriptos codices Syriacos, Arabicos, Persicos, Turcicos, Hebraicos, Samaritanos, Armenicos, AEthiopicos, Graecos, AEgyptiacos, Ibericos & Malabaricos...	Author: Joseph Simon. Assemani Published: Rome, 1719-28 These four volumes contain not so much a catalogue as a printed library edited from Syriac Mss in the Vatican library. They contain long excerpts and editions of Syriac texts with accompanying Latin translations and comments.
A large collection, including Bar Daisan, Shem`on Bar Sabae, Aphrahat..	Patrologia Orientalis Patrologia Syriaca	With thanks to Roger Pearse for collecting, describing and arranging these downloads; Large multi-volume collections of patristic works, including many important early works in Syriac.
Thomas bishop of Marga	The book of governors [Syriac text with maps] [English translation]	Edited by E. A. Wallis Budge & published in 2 volumes by Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner und Co. London, 1893. NB: The Syriac text in volume 1 is arranged in the oriental fashion and so begins on page 623 (Syriac page 1) and ends on page 215, (Syriac page 407).
Syriac gospels	Lewis codex of the Old Syriac gospels edited from Sinai Syriac Ms 30. The user name and password required to access this site are 'any' and 'any'.	Imaged from the first edition, published by CUL in 1894. An electronic and searchable version of the Old Syriac gospel text can be found on the CAL database, though I am not sure whether the CAL database includes the Lewis Old Syriac codex or the Cureton Old Syriac codex or both.
The whole Syriac bible Ephrem of Nisibis Theodore bishop of Mopsuestia Isho`dad bishop of Merv Jacob bishop of Serug Philoxenus bishop of Mabbug Aphrahat Jacob bishop of Edessa & many more!	Various Syriac source texts edited for the Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon project	Select the desired kind of Syriac font, then 'Text browse' then 'Syriac' and a list of texts will then be provided courtesy of the Hebrew Union College of Cincinnati, USA. Select the text of interest and the chapter to browse the Syriac text.
Addai the Apostle Jacob bishop of Serug & others	Ancient Syriac documents relative to the earliest establishment of Christianity in Edessa	Early Syriac texts edited and printed using an Estrangela font and translated into English by William Cureton. Published by Williams & Norgate, London & Edinburgh, 1864
Hagiography	The acts of Mar Mari the Apostle	By Amir Harrak Note: Includes an edition of the Syriac text.
Barhadbshabba Arbaya	Cause de la fondation des écoles	Edited and translated by Mgr. Addai Scher, Chaldean Archbishop of Séert (+ martyred AD 1915) and published in Turnhout (Belgium) by Brepols, 1981. Physical description: 29 cm (Patrologia orientalis ; t. 4 , fasc. 4 , n ° 18)
Hagiography	The legend of St. Alexis, the man of God	Edited and translated by Arthur Amiaud (1849-1889) and published by E. Bouillon, Paris 1889. The digitization seems to be only partly effective.
Severus Patriarch of Antioch, translated from Greek into Syriac by Paul of Calinicus and revised by Jacob bishop of Edessa	Les homiliae cathedrales de Sévère d'Antioche. Homélies LII à LVII / traduction syriaque inédite de Jacques d'Edesse	Homilies 52 to 58 edited and translated into French by Rubens Duval
Severus Patriarch of Antioch, translated from Greek into Syriac by Paul of Calinicus and revised by Jacob bishop of Edessa	Les "Homiliae cathedrales" de Sévère d'Antioche. Homélies XCIX à CIII / traduction syriaque de Jacques d'Édesse	Homilies 99 to 103 edited and translated into French by Ignazio Guidi
Hagiography	Vie de Jean Bar Aphtonia	Syriac text published and translated by F. Nau
Hagiography	Ammonii Eremitate espistolae	Edited and translated into Latin by Michael Kmosko
Mar Cyriaque	Comment le corps de Jacques Baradée fut enlevé du couvent de Casion par les moines de Phesiltha récit de Mar Cyriaque	Syriac text publ. & trad. by M. A. Kugener.
Nestorius patriarch of Constantinople	Documents pour servir à l'histoire de l'Eglise Nestorienne	Textes syriaques éd. et trad. par F. Nau. Includes texts by Nestorius.
A collection, see opposite	Morceaux choisis de littérature araméenne Volume 1 Volume 2	Author: Jacques Eugene Manna Published: The Dominican Fathers, Mosul, 1901. Description: 2 vols. Comment: Translating the contents tables at the back of each volume; Volume 1: Syriac OT, Aphrahat, Ephrem, Maroutha of Miparkat, Isaac of Antioch, Cyrillona, Liturgy, hymns etc, Narsai, Jacob of Serug, John of Amid. Volume 2: Isaac of Nineveh, Jacob of Edessa, Timothy I, Catholicos,Thomas of Marga, Rabban John Asaya, Antony Rhetor, Eliya of Anbar, Emmanuel Bar Shahare, Philoxenus of Mabbug, Eliya III, Catholicos, The work called, 'The cause of all causes', George Warda, Kamis Bar Qarde, Isho`yabh Hedhaiyabhe Catholicos – Letters, Bar Ma`dani, Bar `Ebroyo, `Abedisho` of Nisibis.
Ahoudemmeh Metropolitan of Tagrit Maroutha Metropolitan of Tagrit & Maphrian of the East	Histoires d'Ahoudemmeh et de Marouta: métropolitains jacobites de Tagrit et de l'Orient (VIe et VIIe siècles). suivies du "Traité d'Ahoudemmeh sur l'homme"	Textes syriaques inédits publ., trad. et annotés par F. Nau Published: Patrologia Orientalis, Brepols, 1905, reprinted 1982
Theodore, bishop of Mopsuestia Barhadbešabba `Arbaïa	La seconde partie de l'histoire de Barhadbešabba `Arbaïa. et "Controverse de Théodore de Mopsueste avec les macédoniens"	Texte syriaque éd. et trad. par F. Nau
Inscriptions	Inscriptions sémitiques de la Syrie, de la Mésopotamie et de la région de Mossoul	By H. Pognon. Many Syriac inscriptions are edited here, some are very early.
Severus Syrian Orthodox patriarch of Antioch	Vie de Sévère par Zacharie le Scholastique	Textes syriaques publ., trad. et annotés par M.-A. Kugener
A large collection	The Internet Archive	Many (not all) of the following texts can be found using this search script.
Philoxenus bishop of Mabbug	Three letters of Philoxenus, Bishop of Mabbôgh (485-519) : being the letter to the monks, the first letter to the monks of Beth-Gaugal and the letter to Emperor Zeno	Vaschalde, A., 1902 Notes: This edition is based upon three Vatican Mss; 138=A, 135=B and 136=C. The three Syriac texts are included from page 127: To the monks; p. 127 To the monks of Beth Gaugal; p. 146 To Zeno; p. 163 For an analysis of the biblical quotations, see p. 183 There is an electronic version of the translation here courtesy of Roger Pearse and an electronic version of the Syriac text can be found on the CAL server courtesy of the Hebrew Union College of Cincinnati, USA.
Ephrem of Nisibis	S. Ephraim's Prose Refutations of Mani, Marcion, and Bardaisan. Vol. 1: The Discourses Addressed to Hypatius	Author: Mitchell, C.W. (ed.) Published: London, Williams and Norgate, 1912
Ephrem of Nisibis	Fragments of the Commentary of Ephraem Syrus upon the Diatessaron	Author: Harris, J. R. Published: London: C.J. Clay and Sons, 1895
Ephrem of Nisibis	S. Ephraim's quotations from the Gospel	Author: Burkitt, Francis Crawford 1864-1935 Published: CUP 1901
Eusebius bishop of Caesarea	History of the Martyrs in Palestine, by Eusebius, Bishop in Caesarea, Discovered in a Very Ancient Syriac Manuscript	Author: Cureton, W. (ed.) Published: London / Edinburgh: Williams and Norgate / Paris: C. Borrani, 1861
Stephen Bar Sudaili Philoxenus of Mabbug Jacob of Serug	Stephen bar Sudaili the Syrian mystic, and the book of Hierotheos	Author: Frothingham, Arthur Lincoln, 1859-1923. Published: Leyden : E.J. Brill, 1886
John bishop of Ephesus	Extracts from the Ecclesiastical History of John, Bishop of Ephesus	Payne Smith, J. (ed.) Published: Semitic Study Series 13; Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1909 Note: Includes the Syriac text.
George bishop of the Arab Tribes Moshe Bar Kepha bishop of Mosul	Two Commentaries on the Jacobite Liturgy by George Bishop of the Arab Tribes and Moses Bar Kepha: together with the Syriac Anaphora of St. James and a Document Entitled The Book of Life	Connolly, R.H. and Codrington, H.W. (eds.), published London / Oxford: Williams and Norgate, 1913
Hagiography	Legends of Eastern Saints Chiefly from Syriac Sources, [Volume 1] [Volume 2]	Wensinck, A.J. (ed.),. 2 vols. (Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1911, 1913). Note: Both volumes contain some Syriac text.
Hagiography	Les légendes syriaques d'Aaron de Saroug, de Maxime et Domèce, d'Abraham, maître de Barsoma et de l'empereur Maurice	Texte syriaque éd. et trad. par F. Nau.
Isho`dad of Merv, Bishop of Hadatha	The Commentaries of Isho`dad of Merv, Bishop of Hadatha (c. 850 A.D.), in Syriac and English. [Volume 1] [Volume 2] [Volume 3]	Gibson, M.D. (ed.), 3 vols. Horae Semiticae 5, 6, 7; Published by Cambridge University Press, 1911. Notes: These are the gospel commentaries of Isho`dad, East Syrian bishop of Merv. The first volume contains the English translation and volumes 2 and 3 contain a critical edition of the Syriac text.
Inscriptions	The Nestorian Monument in China	Saeki, P.Y., published in London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1916.
Various	Journal Asiatique	This is the general URL for the whole journal. A number of Syriac articles containing editions of Syriac texts have been selected as follows:
Jacob bishop of Edessa	L'Hexaméron de Jacques d'Édesse	M. l'abbé MARTIN, Journal Asiatique, 1888 Jan - June in two parts; pp. 155 ff. and 401 ff. Includes some edited Syriac text from the Hexameron, (=Gk, 'six days' referring to the 'six days' of creation.).
Hagiography	An edition of the Syriac 'Life of Mar Denha I'.	1895 Jan - June pp. 110 ff. Includes the Syriac text of the life of Mar Denha I who was Catholicos of the East in the 13^th century.
The School of Nisibis	L'école de-Nisibe, son histoire, ses statuts.	By M. J.-B. Chabot 1896 July - Dec pp. 43 ff. No edition of the Syriac text is included here, however, the Syriac statutes of the School of Nisibis can be found in electronic format on the CAL website courtesy of the Hebrew Union College of Cincinnati, USA.
Dionysius Bar Salibi	Discours de Jacques (Denys) Bar Salibî à l'intronisation du patriarche Michel le Syrien	By M. J.-B. Chabot. 1908 . Janv.-juin (Sér. 10 / T. 11), pp. 87 - 116
Gregory Bar Hebreaus	Bar Hebraeus on Islam	By F. Nau. 1927 July-Dec, see pp. 311~331. Syriac text commences p. 318

Syriac related books and articles, including Syriac manuscript catalogues

The following books and articles contain materials of general interest to Syriac scholars and enthusiasts. A number of important Syriac reference works are here including; grammatical, lexical, historical and literary-historical books, geographical books and manuscript catalogues. The manuscript catalogues are now listed alphabetically by place name.

Ancient authors / Genre	Title / description	Comments
A large collection	The Internet Archive	Many (not all) of the following texts can be found using this search script.
Tatian	A Greek fragment of Tatian's Diatessaron from Dura	Author: Carl Hermann Kraeling, 1897-1966 Published: London : Christophers, c. 1935
Ephrem of Nisibis	A Dissertation on the Gospel Commentary of S. Ephraem the Syrian with a Scriptural Index to his Works	Author: Hill, J.H. Published: Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 1896.
Ephrem of Nisibis	S. Ephraem Syri Opera	Author: Mercati, S. J. Published: Rome 1915
Nestorius, patriarch of Constantinople	Le livre d'Heraclide de Damas	Authors: François Nau, 1864-1931, Paul Bedjan Published: Paris : Letouzy et Ane, 1910 Comments: Contains French translations and some Greek texts of Nestorius' correspondence.
Cyril bishop of Alexandria	A Commentary upon the Gospel according to S. Luke by S. Cyril: [Volume 1] [Volume 2]	Payne Smith, R. (tr.), Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1859 This is only an English translation. There is no edition of the Syriac text here.
`Anan Isho`of Hedhaiyabh	The Paradise or Garden of the Holy Fathers, Being Histories of the Anchorites, Recluses, Monks, Coenobites, and Ascetic Fathers of the Deserts of Egypt between A.D. CCL and A.D. CCCC circiter [Volume 1] [Volume 2]	Budge, E.A.W. (tr.) published London: Chatto & Windus, 1907 The Syriac text is not digitized here.
John bishop of Ephesus	The Third Part of the Ecclesiastical History of John Bishop of Ephesus	Payne Smith, R. (tr.), Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1860 English translation only, no Syriac text.
John the Stylite, of Beth-Mari-Qanun	Select Narratives of Holy Women from the Syro-Antiochene or Sinai Palimpsest as Written above the Old Syriac Gospels by John the Stylite, of Beth-Mari-Qanun in A.D. 778	Lewis, A.S. (tr.), Studia Sinaitica 10, published in London by C.J. Clay and Sons, 1900 Note: There is no Syriac text here, only the English translation.
A large collection	Journal Asiatique	This is the general URL for the whole journal. A number of Syriac related articles have been selected as follows:
The Palmyrene Aramaic dialect	Inscriptions palmyréniennes inédites. [Part 1] [Part 2]	Author: M. DE VOGUÉ Part 1: 1883 Jan - June pp. 231 Part 2: 1883 July - Dec pp. 149 ff.
The Eastern Neo-Aramaic dialect	Inscriptions syriaques [i.e. Neo-Aramaic] de Salamàs, en Perse.	Author: M. RUBENS DUVAL published in the Journal Asiatique,1885 Jan - June pp. 39
Dadisho` Qatraya	Notice sur la vie et les oeuvres de Dadîšô' Qatraya	Author: Mgr Addai Scher, published in the Journal Asiatique, 1906 Janv.-juin (Sér. 10 / T. 7). p. 103
John of Apamea Joseph Hazzaya	Éclaircissements sur quelques points de la littérature syriaque	Author: J-B Chabot. 1906 . Juil.-déc. (Sér. 10 / T. 8), pp. 259 – 294. Note: This article contains some interesting observations about the identities and writings of John of Apamea and of Joseph Hazzaya.
Grammar	Compendious Syriac grammar with a table of characters by Julius Euting. Trans. from the 2nd and improved German ed., by James A. Crichton, D.D.	Author1: Theodor Nöldeke Author2: Julius Euting Author3: James A. Crichton Published: Williams & Norgate, London, 1904 Description: 106 MB
Grammar	Lexicon to the Syriac New Testament (Peshitta): with copious references, dictions, names of persons and places and some various readings found in the Curetonian, Sinaitic Palimpsest, Philoxenian & Other Mss	Author: William Jennings Published: Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1926 Description: pp. 244, 50.5 MB
Grammar	Syriac Grammar, 3rd revised edition	Author: Phillips, G. Published: Cambridge: Deighton, Bell & Co and in London: Bell & Daldy, 1866
History	La Littérature Syriaque	Author: Rubens Duval Published: Paris, 1907
History	Geschichte der syrischen Literatur mit Ausschluss der christlich palästinensischen Texte	Author: Anton Baumstark Published: Bonn 1922
History	Das syrisch-monophysitische mönchtum im Tur-Abdin von seinen anfängen bis zur mitte des 12. jahrhunders	Author: Krüger, Paul, 1904-1975 Published: Münster i.W. : H. Greve, 1937 Comments: Text in German. A history of the churches, monasteries and literature produced in the Tur `Abdin Christian region of eastern Turkey.
Geography	Discoveries Among the Ruins of Nineveh and Babylon: with travels in Armenia, Kurdistan, and the...	Author: Austen Henry Layard
Geography	Travels in Africa, Egypt and Syria, from the year 1792 to 1798	Author: Browne, William George (1768-1813)
Syriac Ms catalogue (Alqosh)	Notice sur les manuscrits syriaques conservés dans la bibliothèque du couvent des Chaldéens de Notre-Dame-des-Semences [Part 1] [Part 2]	Author: Mgr Addai Scher Part 1: 1906 . Janv.-juin (Sér. 10 / T. 7). p. 479 Part 2: 1906 . Juil.-déc. (Sér. 10 / T. 8). P. 55
Syriac Ms catalogue (Amid = Diabekir)	Notice sur les manuscrits syriaques et arabes conservés à l'archevêché chaldéen de Diarbékir [Part 1] [Part 2]	Author: Mgr Addai Scher Part 1: 1907 . Juil.-déc. (Sér. 10 / T. 10), p. 331 - 384 Part 2: Ibid. p. 385 - 432
Syriac Ms catalogue (Berlin)	Verzeichniss der syrischen Handschriften der Königlichen Bibliothek zu Berlin	Author: Eduard Sachau Published: Berlin: A. Asher & co, 1899. Description: 2 vols. xvi + viii + 943pp. + 3 pl.
Syriac Ms catalogue (Birmingham)	Catalogue of the Mingana Collection of Manuscripts Copies; [Vol1], [Vol2], [Vol3]	Author: Alphonse Mingana Published: Cambridge: Heffer and Sons Ltd., 1933. Description: 3 Vols; Vol. I - Syriac and Garshuni Manuscripts PDF (296 MB) Vol. II - Christian Arabic and Additional Syriac Manuscripts PDF (78.9 MB) Vol. III - Additional Christian Arabic and Syriac Manuscripts PDF (65.8 MB) Comment: The Mingana manuscripts can now be accessed from the reading room in the Birmingham University main library. Most of them can be consulted there, either directly or using the microfiche edition.
Syriac Ms catalogue (Cambridge)	A Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts preserved in the Library of the University of Cambridge	Author: William Wright, (1830-1889) Published: Cambridge University Press, 2 vols., 1901
Syriac Ms catalogue (Charfet)	Catalogue des manuscrits de Charfet	Author: Mgr. Isaac Armalat Published: Jounieh, Lebanon 1937
Syriac Ms catalogue (Florence)	Bibliothecae Mediceae Laurentianae et Palatinae Codicum MMS. Orientalium catalogus	Author: S. E. Assemani Published: Florence, 1742
Syriac Ms catalogue (Harvard)	Harvard Syriac manuscript on-line catalogue	This is an on-line catalogue of Harvard Syriac manuscripts preserved in the Houghton Library, Harvard University which was prepared by Dr. J. F. Coakley.
Syriac Ms catalogue (Jerusalem)	Notice sur les manuscrits syriaques conservés dans la bibliothèque du patriarcat orthodoxe de Jérusalem.	Author: J-B Chabot.1894 Jan - June Description: pp. 92 ff.
Syriac Ms catalogue (London)	Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum orientalium qui in Museo Britannico asservantur. Pars prima, codices syriacos et carshunicos amplectens	Authors: F. Rosen & J. Forshall Published: London, 1838
Syriac Ms catalogue (London)	Catalogue of Syriac manuscripts in the British museum acquired since the year 1838: Copy 1; [Vol1], [Vol2], [Vol3] Copy 2; [Vol1], [Vol2], [Vol3]	Author: William Wright, (1830-1889) Published: London, British Museum. Dept. of Oriental Printed Books and Manuscripts, 1870-1872. (Two digital copies of this catalogue are now extant.)
Syriac Ms catalogue (London)	Descriptive list of Syriac and Karshuni manuscripts in the British Museum acquired since 1873.	Author: George Margoliouth Published: London, British Museum, 1899
Syriac Ms catalogue (Oxford)	Catalogi codicum manuscriptorum bibliothecae Bodleianae, pars VIta, Codices Syriacos, Carshunicos, Mandaeos, complectens	Author: Payne-Smith, R. Published: Oxford 1864.
Syriac Ms catalogue (Paris)	Catalogues des manuscrits Syriaque et Sabéens (Mandaïtes) de la Bibliothèque Nationale	Author: H. Zotenberg Published: Paris 1874.
Syriac Ms catalogue (Paris)	Notice sur les manuscrits syriaques de la Bibliothèque nationale acquis depuis 1874.	Author: J-B Chabot. 1896 July - Dec pp. 234 ff.
Syriac Ms catalogue (Paris)	Corrections to Zotenberg's catalogue of the Syriac Mss in the BNF, Paris.	Author: F. Nau. 1915 Jan - June p. 487 Some Paris Syriac Mss added to the BNF later, have also been described by F. Nau, see his, 'Notice des manuscrits syriaques, éthiopiens et mandéens, entrés à la Bibliothèque Nationale depuis l'édition des catalogues (syriaque 289-355)', Revue de l'Orient chrétien 2e série, tome VI (XVI), 1911, p. 271-310.
Syriac Ms catalogue (Rome)	Bibliothecae Apostolicae Vaticanae codicum manuscriptorum catalogus, in tres partes distributus	Author: S. E. Assemani & Joseph Simon Assemani Reprinted: Paris, 1926 This catalogue contains Latin and Syriac descriptions of manuscripts Vat. Syr. 1 ~ 256.
Syriac Ms catalogue (Rome)	Scriptorum veterum nova collectio e Vaticanis codicibus edita ab Angelo Maio, vol. 5	Author: A. Mai Published: Rome 1831 Description: pp.1-82, 243-248. This catalogue contains Latin descriptions of manuscripts Vat. Syr. 258 ~ 459.
Syriac Ms catalogue (Rome)	Notice sur les manuscrits syriaques du Musée Borgia aujourd'hui à la Bibliothèque vaticane	Author: Mgr Addai Scher, 1909 . Janv.-juin (Sér. 10 / T. 13), p. 249. Note: All these manuscripts were moved to the Vatican library in AD 1902.
Syriac Ms Catalogue (Sinai)	Catalogue of the Syriac Mss. in the Convent of S. Catherine on Mount Sinai. (Studia Sinaitica 1)	Author: Agnes Smith Lewis Published: London 1894. Comment: Many Sinai Syriac Mss were microfilmed in the 1950's by a team from the Library of Congress, Washington DC. Copies of this microfilm collection exist there and in other major libraries around the world.
Syriac Ms catalogue (Yale)	Catalogue of the Yale library Syriac manuscripts	Catalogue of the Syriac Ms in the Yale library, courtesy of George Kiraz and the Hugoye on-line Syriac studies website.

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