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Dayr Za‘farān (Monastery)
Large collection of West Syriac, Arabic, and Garshuni manuscripts, including liturgical books, prayer books, homiliaries, and other religious literature.
- Collection
- Eastern Christian
- Country
- Turkey
- City
- Mardin
- Repository
- Dayr Za‘farān (Monastery)
- Project Codes
- ZFRN
- Project Numbers
- ZFRN 00001-00400
- Type
- Digital
- Objects Preserved
- 276
- Active Catalog Records
- 274
- Digital Surrogates
- 276
- Date Preserved
- 2009
- HMML Reading Room (sample record)
- https://www.vhmml.org/readingRoom/view/122545
- HMML Authority File
- https://haf.vhmml.org/organization/726241790250
- Languages
- Arabic, Greek, Syriac, Arabic Garshuni, Turkish Garshuni, Neo-Aramaic, Persian Garshuni, Armenian Garshuni, Turkish (Ottoman)
- Preservation Status
- Complete
- Cataloging Status
- Complete