General
- The Oriental Fathers
Contains brief introductions to the major literatures of the Christian Orient. - Eastern Church Web Sites (Princeton)
Another good links page, though mostly dealing with the modern churches.
Syriac
- Beth Arke (SyrCOM)
Links to both primary and secondary resources. The Church Fathers page references a good number of Syriac texts. - Syrian and Related Sources (St. Pachomius Library)
A dedicated page with links to many Syriac texts. - Hugoye: Journal of Syriac Studies
An e-journal publishing original, peer-reviewed articles by top scholars. - SyrCOM: The Syriac Computing Institute
Host to Beth Arke and Hugoye. This site provides information on Syriac computing, with a good links page and fonts as well. - Early Church Fathers (Roger Pearse)
See above. Has translations of Ephrem’s Prose Refutations, Philoxenus, the Epistles of Severus of Antioch, the Chronicles of Edessa, Zacharias Rhetor, John of Ephesus, Cureton’s Spicilegium Syriacum, and miscellanea. - Syriac Software Related Homepage
A large links page, a number of which are dead and none annotated, though it is still worth sifting through. - Saint Ephrem the Syrian Library
An excellent site with links to both primary and secondary sources. - Less Commonly Taught Languages (LCTL) Project: Syriac
A list of colleges nationwide that teach Syriac. It is not comprehensive (Notre Dame and The Catholic University of America could be added, at least). - emerald city fontwerks
Free fonts page with a stylized Syriac font I have not seen elsewhere.
Armenian
- Classical Armenian Literature
Information on the Digital Library of Classical Armenian Literature, a CD-ROM containing “more than 150 books, poems, and translations dating from the Fifth to the 18th Centuries . . . It also contains biographical details of the authors and a sophisticated search system for examining the texts” (from an ArmeniaWeek review). - International Association of Armenian Studies
Homepage for the International Association of Armenian Studies/Association Internationale des Etudes Arméniennes. Contains information on the Association and its conferences, publications and membership. Recent newsletters are also available online. - UCLA Armenian Studies Links
An excellent portal to all things Armenian. - Armenian Research Center Homepage
This site is hosted by the UMich-Dearborn Center for Armenian Research and Publication. Information may be found here on the Society for Armenian Studies and its journal, and well as a very useful links page. - St. Nersess Armenian Seminary
Homepage for the seminary, with information on St. Nersess Theological Review. - ARMINCO
A major Armenian ISP and an excellent starting place if you are looking for a particular Armenian site. For a search engine, try the Uniarts Armenian Directory Yellow Pages. - Robert Bedrosian’s Armenian History Workshop Dr. Bedrosian has generously provided online versions of the numerous Armenian historical works he has translated, as well as some of his scholarly articles. These works may also be purchased in softcover from his bookstore.
Georgian
- The Georgian Chronicle
Found at R. Bedrosian’s Armenian History Workshop. “The Chronicle describes the history of Iberia/Georgia, Armenia’s northern neighbor, from legendary times to the 12th century, and is a rich source of unique information on such topics as Caucasian ethnography, ArmenoGeorgian relations, the history of Iran, the history of the Jewish community of Georgia and its role in the Christianization of the country; the birth of Islam,and the coming of the Saljuqs” (from the preface). - The Georgian Language
“An outline grammatical description” by P.J. Hillery, with links to bibliography and fonts.
Coptic
- International Association for Coptic Studies Homepage
Association news, member addresses, newsletters, congress information, and more. - The St. Shenouda the Archimandrite Coptic Society
Website includes the Society’s newsletter, fonts, links, articles, etc. - Encyclopedia Coptica
The main page gives an overview of the Coptic Orthodox Church with hypertext links to many interesting articles. - Coptic Church Review
Publication homepage which includes ordering information, TOCs for past and current issues, as well as offprints of past articles downloadable in PDF format.
Ethiopic
- Library of Ethiopian Texts, Prague
A collection of seven texts, mostly pseudepigrapha, in Classical Ge’ez (transliterated). They are both viewable online and downloadable in PDF format. Only two of theses texts are accompanied by English translations, but the page also contains links to other translations and resources on Ethiopic/Ethiopia.