Syriac-language manuscripts of the New Testament have come down in several different forms and versions over the centuires. Over 350 Syriac manuscripts of the New Testament have survived into the 21st century. The majority of them represent the Peshitta version. Only a very few manuscripts represent Old Syriac versions. Some manuscripts represent a mixed or eclectic text.

Manuscripts housed at the British Library, Additional Manuscripts #List taken from Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired Since the Year 1838, Part 1 by William WrightDateContents BL Add. 7157 767/768 Pauline epistles † BL Add. 7163 8th/9th Gospels † BL Add. 12137 6th/7th Gospels † BL Add. 12138 BL Add. 12140 6th Gospels † BL Add. 12141 8th Gospels † BL Add. 12177 1189 Gospels BL Add. 14425Le Plus Ancien Manuscrit Biblique Date RB 1911, p. 85. 463/464 Gospels † BL Add. 14445 532 Gospels † BL Add. 14448 13th New Testament BL Add. 14449 6th/7th Gospels † BL Add. 14450 7th Gospels † BL Add. 14451 10th Gospels † BL Add. 14452 8th Gospels † BL Add. 14453 6th Gospels † BL Add. 14454 6th/7th Gospels † BL Add. 14455 6th Gospels † BL Add. 14456 8th Gospels † BL Add. 14457 6th/7th Gospels † BL Add. 14458 6th/7th Gospels † BL Add. 14459 (folios 1-66) 6th Gospels † BL Add. 14459 (fol. 67–169) 6th Gospel of Luke-Gospel of John † BL Add. 14460 600 Gospels BL Add. 14461 6th Gospel of Matthew-Gospel of Mark † BL Add. 14461 (fol. 108–212) 6th Gospel of Luke-Gospel of John † BL Add. 14462 6th Gospel of Matthew-Gospel of Mark BL Add. 14463 823 Gospels † BL Add. 14464 Gospels † BL Add. 14465 12th Gospels † BL Add. 14466 (fol. 11–17) 10th/11th Gospel of Mark Gospel of Luke † BL Add. 14467 10th Gospel of Matthew-Gospel of John † BL Add. 14469 936 Gospels BL Add. 14470 5th/6th New Testament BL Add. 14471 615 Gospels BL Add. 14472 6th/7th Acts, James, 1 Peter, 1 John BL Add. 14473 (fol. 1–139) 6th Acts, James, 1 Peter, 1 John BL Add. 14473 (fol. 140–148) 11th 2 Peter, 2 John, 3 John, Jude BL Add. 14474 11th/12th New Testament (Except Gospels and Revelation) BL Add. 14475 6th Pauline epistles BL Add. 14476 5th/6th Pauline epistles BL Add. 14477 6th/7th Pauline epistles BL Add. 14478 621h/622 Pauline epistles BL Add. 14479 534 Pauline epistles BL Add. 14480 5th/6th Pauline epistles † BL Add. 14481 6th/7th Pauline epistles † BL Add. 14666 (fol. 1–10) 12th Gospel of Matthew 1:1-6:20 BL Add. 14666 (fol. 47) 12th Gospel of Matthew 1:1-11 BL Add. 14666 (fol. 48) 10th Gospel of Matthew 1:1-16 BL Add. 14669 (fol. 26) 12th Gospel of Matthew 1:1-13 BL Add. 14669 (fol. 27–28) 7th Gospel of Matthew 1:12-2:6; 4:4-24 BL Add. 14669 (fol. 29–33) 6th/7th Gospel of Matthew † BL Add. 14669 (fol. 34–36) 6th Gospel of Mark, Gospel of Luke † BL Add. 14669 (fol. 38–56) 9th Gospels † BL MS Add. 14680 12th/13th Acts, Cath., Pauline epistles † BL Add. 14681 12th/13th Acts, Cath., Pauline epistles BL MS Add. 14706 13th Lectionary (Evangelistarion, Apostolarion, Old Testament) BL Add. 14738 (fol. 6–7) 13th Acts 12:20-13:5 BL Add. 17113 6th/7th Gospels BL Add. 17114 6th/7th Gospels † BL Add. 17115 9th/10th New Testament † BL Add. 17116 9th/10th Gospel of Matthew, Gospel of Mark † BL Add. 17117 5th/6th Gospel of Matthew, Gospel of Mark † BL Add. 17118 8th Gospels † BL Add. 17120 6th Acts, Cath., Pauline epistles † BL Add. 17121 6th Acts, Cath., Pauline epistles † BL Add. 17122 6th Pauline epistles BL Add. 17124 1234 New Testament BL Add. 17157 767/768 Pauline epistles BL Add. 17224 13th Gospel of Matthew, Gospel of Mark † BL Add. 17224 (fol. 37–42) 13th Gospel of Matthew 10:16-12:11; 12:44-14:3 BL Add. 17224 (fol. 43–57) 1173 Gospel of Matthew, Gospel of John † BL Add. 17226 13th/14th Catholic epistles † BL Add. 17228 (fol. 38–64) 13th James, 1 Peter, 1 John BL Add. 17922 1222 Gospels BL Add. 17983 1438 Gospels † BL MS Add. 14717 13th Lectionary (Evangelistarion, Apostolarion, Old Testament) BL Add. 18812 6th/7th Acts, James, 1 Peter, 1 John

Manuscripts housed in the Bodleian Library Dawkins 27, Huntington MS 133 — Bodleian Library Huntington MS 587, Bodleian Library Marsh 699, Bodleian Library

Manuscripts housed in the Vatican Library Codex Vaticanus Syriac 12 Codex Vaticanus Syriac 19 Codex Vaticanus Syriac 267 Codex Vaticanus Syriac 268

Manuscripts housed in other collections Egerton MS 704 — Old Testament, 17th century Codex Phillipps 1388 — the four Gospels, 5th/6th century Khaburis Codex — 22 books of the New Testament, 12th century Nestorian Evangelion — life of Jesus in the New Testament, 15th/16th century Rabbula Gospels — the four Gospels, 586 Morgan MS 783 Morgan MS 784 Paris syr. MS 296, Io Schøyen Ms. 2080 — 1 Corinthians-2 Corinthians Schøyen Ms. 2530 Ms. Sinai syr. 3 StL München syr. 8

See also Syriac versions of the Bible Biblical manuscript British Library Syriac Manuscript Collection List of Coptic New Testament manuscripts

References

Further reading William Aldis Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac manuscripts in the British Museum Erwin Nestle, Syrische Übersetzungen Caspar René Gregory, Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, (Leipzig 1902), Vol. 2, pp. 507–528. Julius Assfalg, Syrische Handschriften; syrische karšunische, christlich-palästinische, neusyrische und mandäische Handschriften (Wiesbaden 1963). The Four Gospels in Syriac Transcribed from the Sinaitic Palimpsest Edited by R.L. Bensley, J. Rendel Harris & F.C. Burkitt, (Cambridge 1894)

External links A collection of Syriac manuscripts available on-line The Syrian Orthodox Monastery of St. Mark in Jerusalem