GENERAL
- “Cahiers et signatures dans les manuscrits syriaques. Remarques sur les manuscrits de la Bibliothèque Nationale de France”, in Recherches de codicologie comparée. La composition du codex au Moyen Âge, en Orient et en Occident, Paris: Presses de l’École Normale Supérieure, 1998, pp. 153-169. ,
- “The Art of the Scribe”, in The Hidden Pearl: The Syrian Orthodox Church and its Ancient Aramaic Heritage, vol. 2, 3 vol., Rome: Trans World Film, 2001, pp. 243–262. ,
- “Patrons and Scribes Indicated in Syriac Manuscripts”, Jahrbuch der Österreichischen Byzantinistik, vol. 32, pp. 3-12, 1982. ,
- “The Production of Syriac Manuscripts 400–700 AD”, in Scritture, Libri, et Tesi nelle aree provinciali di Bisanzio, Spoleto: Centro Italiano di Studi sull’Alto Medioevo, 1992, pp. 161-179. ,
CATALOGUES
- Répertoire des bibliothèques et des catalogues de manuscrits syriaques. Paris: Éditions du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 1991. ,
- Cf. “A propos du répertoire des bibliothèques et des catalogues des manuscrits syriaques”, Le Muséon, vol. 105, pp. 283-302, 1992. ,
DATED MANUSCRIPTS
- An Album of Dated Syriac Manuscripts, 2nd seriesnd ed. Boston: American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1946. ,
ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS
- Les manuscrits syriaques à peintures, 2 vol. Paris: Geuthner, 1964. ,
DATING SYSTEMS
- Die Chronologie der syrischen Handschriften. Wiesbaden: F. Steiner, 1971. ,
- Die Chronologie der Syrer, vol. 3. Vienna: H. Böhlau, 1969. ,
- La chronologie. Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, 1958. ,
- “Temps du copiste: notations chronologiques dans les colophons de manuscrits syriaques”, in Proche-Orient ancien, temps vécu, temps pensé : actes de la Table-Ronde du 15 novembre 1997 organisée par l'URA 1062 "Etudes Sémitiques, Paris: Maisonneuve, 1998, pp. 197–210. ,
- “The Use of Hijra Dating in Syriac Manuscripts: A Preliminary Investigation”, in Redefining Christian Identity: Cultural Interaction in the Middle East Since the Rise of Islam, Leuven: Uitgeverij Peeters en Departement Oosterse Studies, 2005, pp. 275–290. ,
SCRIPT
- “The Early History of the Syriac Script: A Reassessment”, Journal of Semitic Studies, vol. 45, pp. 55-67, 2000. ,
DEIR ES-SURYANI
- Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum acquired since the year 1838, vol. 3, 3 vol. London: British Library, 1872., III, Introduction ,
- Monasteries of the Wadi'n Natrun. New York: [Metropolitan Museum of Art], 1932. ,
- “Moise de Nisibe”, in Symposium Syriacum 1972 : célébré dans les jours 26-31 octobre 1972 à l'Institut pontifical oriental de Rome : rapports et communications, vol. 1, 7 vol., Rome: Pontifical Institute of Oriental Studies, 1974, pp. 457–480. ,
- “Moses of Nisibis and the Library of Deir Suriani”, in Studies in the Christian East in memory of Mirrit Boutros Ghali, Washington, D.C.: Society for Coptic Archaeology, 1995, pp. 13–24. ,
SINAI
- The Ladies of Castlebrae. London: Headline, 1987. ,
- Catalogue of Syriac Fragments (New Finds) in the Library of the Monastery of Saint Catherine, Mount Sinai. Athens: Mount Sinai Foundation, 1995. ,
Some terms:
- dappa (ܕܦܐ): page
- kurrasa (ܟܘܪܣܐ): quire, gathering
- nuska (ܢܘܟܣܐ): manuscript
- ptaha (ܦܬܚܐ): opening
- shaha (ܨܚܚܐ) : (1) manuscript
- (2) division of biblical text