Just about the collection of Georgian manuscripts, Stig Frøyshov (2012, 236) wrote:
The ancient collection counts today 86 codices. It was photographed in its entirety in 1950 by an expedition initiated by the American Library of Congress.
A significant number of Georgian manuscripts were found among the fragments discovered at Mt. Sinai in 1975, and the long-awaited catalogue of the New Georgian Finds of Sinai appeared in 2005.
These microfilms of 1950 have now been published at the page of the Library of Congress. I will deliver later descriptions of some manuscripts.
Double page (ff. 1v-2r) of a heirmologion palimpsest with early Coislin notation (Ms. Gr. 929)
Just have have a look at the digitised collection based on the expedition. Here a description:
Collection according to the language
- 1078 Greek manuscripts:
https://www.loc.gov/collections/manuscripts-in-st-catherines-monastery-mount-sinai/?fa=partof%3Amanuscripts+in+st.+catherine%27s+monastery%2C+mount+sinai%3A+microfilm+5010%3A+greek&c=150&st=list - 307 Arabic manuscripts:
https://www.loc.gov/collections/manuscripts-in-st-catherines-monastery-mount-sinai/?fa=partof%3Amanuscripts+in+st.+catherine%27s+monastery%2C+mount+sinai%3A+microfilm+5014%3A+arabic|language%3Aarabic - 156 Syriac manuscripts:
https://www.loc.gov/collections/manuscripts-in-st-catherines-monastery-mount-sinai/?fa=partof%3Amanuscripts+in+st.+catherine%27s+monastery%2C+mount+sinai%3A+microfilm+5012%3A+syriac - 86 Georgian manuscripts (actually one is Armenian, not Georgian):
https://www.loc.gov/search/?fa=partof%3Amanuscripts+in+st.+catherine%27s+monastery%2C+mount+sinai%3A+microfilm+5011%3A+georgian&sp=2 - 44 Slavonic manuscripts:
https://www.loc.gov/collections/manuscripts-in-st-catherines-monastery-mount-sinai/?fa=partof%3Amanuscripts+in+st.+catherine%27s+monastery%2C+mount+sinai%3A+microfilm+5016%3A+slavonic&c=150&st=list - 6 Ethiopic manuscripts:
https://www.loc.gov/collections/manuscripts-in-st-catherines-monastery-mount-sinai/?fa=partof%3Amanuscripts+in+st.+catherine%27s+monastery%2C+mount+sinai%3A+microfilm+5015%3A+ethiopic
Collection according to the classification of the liturgical chant book
Please note that the classification is not trustworty, and that manuscripts should be also classified as Iadgari, Tropligin for Tropologion. Please have a look at the glossary of genres.
- 3 Greek manuscripts classified as tropologion:
https://www.loc.gov/collections/manuscripts-in-st-catherines-monastery-mount-sinai/?q=tropologion - 16 manuscripts classified as oktoechos:
https://www.loc.gov/collections/manuscripts-in-st-catherines-monastery-mount-sinai/?q=oktoechos - 31 manuscripts classified as parakletike:
https://www.loc.gov/collections/manuscripts-in-st-catherines-monastery-mount-sinai/?q=parakletike - 10 manuscripts classified as heirmologion:
https://www.loc.gov/collections/manuscripts-in-st-catherines-monastery-mount-sinai/?q=heirmologion - 42 Greek manuscripts classified as sticherarion:
https://www.loc.gov/collections/manuscripts-in-st-catherines-monastery-mount-sinai/?q=sticherarion&st=list&c=50 - 100 manuscripts classified as menaion:
https://www.loc.gov/collections/manuscripts-in-st-catherines-monastery-mount-sinai/?q=menaion - 5 manuscripts classified as triodion:
https://www.loc.gov/collections/manuscripts-in-st-catherines-monastery-mount-sinai/?q=triod - 3 manuscripts classified as pentekostarion:
https://www.loc.gov/collections/manuscripts-in-st-catherines-monastery-mount-sinai/?q=pentecostarion+pentekostarion - 5 Greek manuscripts classified as kondakarion:
https://www.loc.gov/collections/manuscripts-in-st-catherines-monastery-mount-sinai/?q=kontakion - 2 Greek manuscripts classified as Anoixantarion:
https://www.loc.gov/search/?in=&q=Anoixantarion&new=true - 2 Greek manuscripts classified as Anastasimatarion:
https://www.loc.gov/search/?in=&q=Anastasimatarion&new=true - 1 Akolouthiai (Ms. gr. 1462) with Papadike, fragment of a Hesperinos Anthology, Mathematarion (mainly about the Sticherarion), and a short Anthology for the Liturgies (15th c.)
https://www.loc.gov/item/00279382870-ms/
See also also the project page (in preparation):
Replies
The collection is now systematised according to the description of the manuscripts, but it needs to be checked critically due to wrong or outdated classifications.
Nevertheless, this collection (not up-to-date) is still one of the most important online offers of digitised Byzantine manuscripts. I think, it is worth now to make a general typological list for online manuscripts for the groupe!