Moses of Mardin
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Moses of Mardin, also called Moses al-Ṣawri, was a Syriac Orthodox cleric, scribe, teacher, and emissary. He is best known for his role in bringing Syriac Christian literature to the attention of Euro
The Syriac Orthodox monastery of Mor Hananyo in Tur Abdin
Santo Stefano degli Abissini, where Moses spent much of his time in the Vatican
Syriac literature
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Syriac literature is the body of writing in Syriac, a literary dialect of Aramaic that developed around Edessa in northern Mesopotamia. In its narrower sense, the term refers to literature in Classica
A late fifth- or early sixth-century Syriac manuscript of Ephrem's Commentary on the Diatessaron, written in Estrangela script.
Page from a Syriac translation of Abba Isaiah's Asceticon, from a 6th-century manuscript in Estrangela script, from the Monastery of St Catherine, Mt Sinai (Schøyen Collection MS 574)
Mor Gabriel Monastery in Tur Abdin, one of the major monastic centers of the Syriac tradition.
A pre-1920 image from Urfa, ancient Edessa, one of the central cities associated with early Syriac Christianity and literature.