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The Hill Museum & Manuscript Library (HMML) photographs, catalogs, & provides access to manuscripts—partnering with more than 1,500 libraries worldwide to preserve & share handwritten history. Learn more: hmml.org
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Celebrate HMML’s 60 years of preserving & sharing manuscripts in the upcoming Winter Lecture Series, held virtually at 11 a.m. (CT) on January 28, February 25, & March 25.
Join HMML staff and curators on a journey of partnerships & preservation. Free and open to the public; RSVP at hmml.org/events.
Join HMML staff and curators on a journey of partnerships & preservation. Free and open to the public; RSVP at hmml.org/events.
The winter issue of HMML Magazine is now available! Read a digital copy or sign up for a free subscription to the print edition: hmml.org/about/publications
Three covers celebrate the online availability (vhmml.org) of all Ethiopian Manuscript Microfilm Library (EMML) microfilms located at HMML .
Three covers celebrate the online availability (vhmml.org) of all Ethiopian Manuscript Microfilm Library (EMML) microfilms located at HMML .
January 2, 2026 at 1:53 PM
The winter issue of HMML Magazine is now available! Read a digital copy or sign up for a free subscription to the print edition: hmml.org/about/publications
Three covers celebrate the online availability (vhmml.org) of all Ethiopian Manuscript Microfilm Library (EMML) microfilms located at HMML .
Three covers celebrate the online availability (vhmml.org) of all Ethiopian Manuscript Microfilm Library (EMML) microfilms located at HMML .
There’s still time!
Celebrate 60 years of preserving and sharing manuscripts—join the $75,000 match. Every first-time or increased gift is matched, up to $25,000 for new donors and up to $50,000 for increases from existing donors.
Make your gift before midnight (December 31): hmml.org/give
Celebrate 60 years of preserving and sharing manuscripts—join the $75,000 match. Every first-time or increased gift is matched, up to $25,000 for new donors and up to $50,000 for increases from existing donors.
Make your gift before midnight (December 31): hmml.org/give
December 31, 2025 at 4:24 PM
There’s still time!
Celebrate 60 years of preserving and sharing manuscripts—join the $75,000 match. Every first-time or increased gift is matched, up to $25,000 for new donors and up to $50,000 for increases from existing donors.
Make your gift before midnight (December 31): hmml.org/give
Celebrate 60 years of preserving and sharing manuscripts—join the $75,000 match. Every first-time or increased gift is matched, up to $25,000 for new donors and up to $50,000 for increases from existing donors.
Make your gift before midnight (December 31): hmml.org/give
Applications are open for HMML’s Introduction to #Arabic Manuscript Studies.
This one-week intensive course will take place virtually, from June 22 to 26, 2026. Deadline is March 6.
Learn more: hmml.org/programs/arabic-mss-studies
This one-week intensive course will take place virtually, from June 22 to 26, 2026. Deadline is March 6.
Learn more: hmml.org/programs/arabic-mss-studies
December 30, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Applications are open for HMML’s Introduction to #Arabic Manuscript Studies.
This one-week intensive course will take place virtually, from June 22 to 26, 2026. Deadline is March 6.
Learn more: hmml.org/programs/arabic-mss-studies
This one-week intensive course will take place virtually, from June 22 to 26, 2026. Deadline is March 6.
Learn more: hmml.org/programs/arabic-mss-studies
The weight of history needs your support.
Your contribution helps ensure every page, every fragment is digitized. Celebrate 60 years of preservation by joining the $75,000 match, protecting stories across cultures and centuries.
Support preservation: hmml.org/give
#HMML60 #PreserveAndShare
Your contribution helps ensure every page, every fragment is digitized. Celebrate 60 years of preservation by joining the $75,000 match, protecting stories across cultures and centuries.
Support preservation: hmml.org/give
#HMML60 #PreserveAndShare
December 29, 2025 at 4:17 PM
The weight of history needs your support.
Your contribution helps ensure every page, every fragment is digitized. Celebrate 60 years of preservation by joining the $75,000 match, protecting stories across cultures and centuries.
Support preservation: hmml.org/give
#HMML60 #PreserveAndShare
Your contribution helps ensure every page, every fragment is digitized. Celebrate 60 years of preservation by joining the $75,000 match, protecting stories across cultures and centuries.
Support preservation: hmml.org/give
#HMML60 #PreserveAndShare
You can help write the next chapter.
For more than 60 years, HMML has safeguarded the world’s handwritten history. Your gift today continues that story—and is matched through our $75,000 challenge.
Learn more: hmml.org/give
#HMML60 #PreserveAndShare #CulturalHeritage #YearEndGiving #GlobalAccess
For more than 60 years, HMML has safeguarded the world’s handwritten history. Your gift today continues that story—and is matched through our $75,000 challenge.
Learn more: hmml.org/give
#HMML60 #PreserveAndShare #CulturalHeritage #YearEndGiving #GlobalAccess
December 26, 2025 at 4:12 PM
You can help write the next chapter.
For more than 60 years, HMML has safeguarded the world’s handwritten history. Your gift today continues that story—and is matched through our $75,000 challenge.
Learn more: hmml.org/give
#HMML60 #PreserveAndShare #CulturalHeritage #YearEndGiving #GlobalAccess
For more than 60 years, HMML has safeguarded the world’s handwritten history. Your gift today continues that story—and is matched through our $75,000 challenge.
Learn more: hmml.org/give
#HMML60 #PreserveAndShare #CulturalHeritage #YearEndGiving #GlobalAccess
When cultural memory is in peril, our shared humanity is too.
Columba Stewart, executive director / CEO of HMML, shared his thoughts in a new op-ed published by @startribune.com.
Read the op-ed here: www.startribune.com/israel-pales...
Columba Stewart, executive director / CEO of HMML, shared his thoughts in a new op-ed published by @startribune.com.
Read the op-ed here: www.startribune.com/israel-pales...
Opinion | The quieter toll of Gaza’s devastation: A loss of cultural memory
"When the physical record of a people’s history is obliterated, so is a crucial part of their identity," Columba Andrew Stewart writes.
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December 24, 2025 at 4:17 PM
When cultural memory is in peril, our shared humanity is too.
Columba Stewart, executive director / CEO of HMML, shared his thoughts in a new op-ed published by @startribune.com.
Read the op-ed here: www.startribune.com/israel-pales...
Columba Stewart, executive director / CEO of HMML, shared his thoughts in a new op-ed published by @startribune.com.
Read the op-ed here: www.startribune.com/israel-pales...
West Africa has long been a site of #textile production. In the Sahel region today, dyeing & leatherworking remain important occupations & have heavily influenced #manuscript format, design, & decorative features.
Learn more in this story by Dr. Ali Diakite & Dr. Paul Naylor: https://bit.ly/4pWZbrg
Learn more in this story by Dr. Ali Diakite & Dr. Paul Naylor: https://bit.ly/4pWZbrg
Thread, Pattern Sheets, and Coverings in West African Manuscripts
“West Africa has long been a site of textile production. Cotton has...”
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December 22, 2025 at 2:24 PM
West Africa has long been a site of #textile production. In the Sahel region today, dyeing & leatherworking remain important occupations & have heavily influenced #manuscript format, design, & decorative features.
Learn more in this story by Dr. Ali Diakite & Dr. Paul Naylor: https://bit.ly/4pWZbrg
Learn more in this story by Dr. Ali Diakite & Dr. Paul Naylor: https://bit.ly/4pWZbrg
Digitization & cataloging is complete for 20 manuscripts in the collection of Zavičajni muzej Visoko, a regional history museum in Visoko, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The manuscripts include Islamic theological and devotional material in Arabic, Turkish, and Bosnian.
Learn more: https://bit.ly/441W3BJ
Learn more: https://bit.ly/441W3BJ
December 18, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Digitization & cataloging is complete for 20 manuscripts in the collection of Zavičajni muzej Visoko, a regional history museum in Visoko, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The manuscripts include Islamic theological and devotional material in Arabic, Turkish, and Bosnian.
Learn more: https://bit.ly/441W3BJ
Learn more: https://bit.ly/441W3BJ
Celebrate 60 years of free access.
You’ve enjoyed HMML Reading Room (vhmml.org)—now celebrate what makes it possible. Every new or increased gift is matched through the $75,000 challenge.
Celebrate 60: hmml.org/give
#HMML60 #PreserveAndShare #CulturalHeritage #YearEndGiving #GlobalAccess
You’ve enjoyed HMML Reading Room (vhmml.org)—now celebrate what makes it possible. Every new or increased gift is matched through the $75,000 challenge.
Celebrate 60: hmml.org/give
#HMML60 #PreserveAndShare #CulturalHeritage #YearEndGiving #GlobalAccess
December 17, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Celebrate 60 years of free access.
You’ve enjoyed HMML Reading Room (vhmml.org)—now celebrate what makes it possible. Every new or increased gift is matched through the $75,000 challenge.
Celebrate 60: hmml.org/give
#HMML60 #PreserveAndShare #CulturalHeritage #YearEndGiving #GlobalAccess
You’ve enjoyed HMML Reading Room (vhmml.org)—now celebrate what makes it possible. Every new or increased gift is matched through the $75,000 challenge.
Celebrate 60: hmml.org/give
#HMML60 #PreserveAndShare #CulturalHeritage #YearEndGiving #GlobalAccess
Make manuscript preservation part of your legacy. As HMML celebrates 60 years of preserving the world's handwritten heritage, your gift can go twice as far. Join us during the $75,000 match and double your impact.
Make history by preserving it: hmml.org/give
#HMML60 #PreserveAndShare
Make history by preserving it: hmml.org/give
#HMML60 #PreserveAndShare
December 15, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Make manuscript preservation part of your legacy. As HMML celebrates 60 years of preserving the world's handwritten heritage, your gift can go twice as far. Join us during the $75,000 match and double your impact.
Make history by preserving it: hmml.org/give
#HMML60 #PreserveAndShare
Make history by preserving it: hmml.org/give
#HMML60 #PreserveAndShare
Happy “Learn a New Language” month! Sign up for Introduction to Ge’ez, a #Language and #Paleography course held in partnership with @dumbartonoaks.bsky.social, from July 5 to August 1, 2026, at HMML in Collegeville, Minnesota.
Deadline is February 23. Learn more: hmml.org/programs/intro-ge-ez
Deadline is February 23. Learn more: hmml.org/programs/intro-ge-ez
December 12, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Happy “Learn a New Language” month! Sign up for Introduction to Ge’ez, a #Language and #Paleography course held in partnership with @dumbartonoaks.bsky.social, from July 5 to August 1, 2026, at HMML in Collegeville, Minnesota.
Deadline is February 23. Learn more: hmml.org/programs/intro-ge-ez
Deadline is February 23. Learn more: hmml.org/programs/intro-ge-ez
Celebrate HMML’s 60 years of preserving & sharing manuscripts in the upcoming Winter Lecture Series, held virtually at 11 a.m. (CT) on January 28, February 25, & March 25.
Join HMML staff and curators on a journey of partnerships & preservation. Free and open to the public; RSVP at hmml.org/events.
Join HMML staff and curators on a journey of partnerships & preservation. Free and open to the public; RSVP at hmml.org/events.
December 9, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Celebrate HMML’s 60 years of preserving & sharing manuscripts in the upcoming Winter Lecture Series, held virtually at 11 a.m. (CT) on January 28, February 25, & March 25.
Join HMML staff and curators on a journey of partnerships & preservation. Free and open to the public; RSVP at hmml.org/events.
Join HMML staff and curators on a journey of partnerships & preservation. Free and open to the public; RSVP at hmml.org/events.
Great news! A generous individual has offered an additional $25,000 match.
This means we now have a $75,000 matching opportunity. Gifts from new donors to HMML will be matched up to $25,000, and increased gifts from existing donors will be matched up to $50,000.
Join the match: hmml.org/give
This means we now have a $75,000 matching opportunity. Gifts from new donors to HMML will be matched up to $25,000, and increased gifts from existing donors will be matched up to $50,000.
Join the match: hmml.org/give
December 8, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Great news! A generous individual has offered an additional $25,000 match.
This means we now have a $75,000 matching opportunity. Gifts from new donors to HMML will be matched up to $25,000, and increased gifts from existing donors will be matched up to $50,000.
Join the match: hmml.org/give
This means we now have a $75,000 matching opportunity. Gifts from new donors to HMML will be matched up to $25,000, and increased gifts from existing donors will be matched up to $50,000.
Join the match: hmml.org/give
Your gift keeps knowledge free.
HMML Reading Room (vhmml.org) gives researchers, students, and communities access to manuscripts across the globe. Celebrate 60 years of HMML by giving today—first-time gifts and gift increases are matched, up to $25,000.
Double your impact: hmml.org/give
HMML Reading Room (vhmml.org) gives researchers, students, and communities access to manuscripts across the globe. Celebrate 60 years of HMML by giving today—first-time gifts and gift increases are matched, up to $25,000.
Double your impact: hmml.org/give
December 7, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Your gift keeps knowledge free.
HMML Reading Room (vhmml.org) gives researchers, students, and communities access to manuscripts across the globe. Celebrate 60 years of HMML by giving today—first-time gifts and gift increases are matched, up to $25,000.
Double your impact: hmml.org/give
HMML Reading Room (vhmml.org) gives researchers, students, and communities access to manuscripts across the globe. Celebrate 60 years of HMML by giving today—first-time gifts and gift increases are matched, up to $25,000.
Double your impact: hmml.org/give
Now accepting applications for Intermediate Classical #Armenian, a language and #paleography course held from July 5–25, 2026, at HMML in Collegeville, Minnesota.
Application deadline: February 23, 2026
Learn more: hmml.org/programs/intermediate-armenian
Application deadline: February 23, 2026
Learn more: hmml.org/programs/intermediate-armenian
December 5, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Now accepting applications for Intermediate Classical #Armenian, a language and #paleography course held from July 5–25, 2026, at HMML in Collegeville, Minnesota.
Application deadline: February 23, 2026
Learn more: hmml.org/programs/intermediate-armenian
Application deadline: February 23, 2026
Learn more: hmml.org/programs/intermediate-armenian
Dr. Josh Mugler, curator of Eastern Christian & Islamic manuscripts at HMML, presented in October at the Workshop in the History of Material Texts, at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Listen to Josh's presentation here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sn2U572QzEU&t=254s
Listen to Josh's presentation here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sn2U572QzEU&t=254s
Fall 2025: Josh Mugler (HMML), "Manuscripts and Violence in Modern Mesopotamia"
In much of Southwest Asia, manuscript culture remained active and prolific long after it was mostly replaced by print in Western Europe and North America. Manuscript production among Christian communities in remote parts of Mesopotamia continued well in...
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December 4, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Dr. Josh Mugler, curator of Eastern Christian & Islamic manuscripts at HMML, presented in October at the Workshop in the History of Material Texts, at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Listen to Josh's presentation here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sn2U572QzEU&t=254s
Listen to Josh's presentation here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sn2U572QzEU&t=254s
Thank you.
We are immensely grateful for the partnerships, friendships, supporters, colleagues, mentors, readers, and scholars who are champions of HMML and of manuscript preservation and access. Thank you for your dedication and kindness. We are so glad to work alongside you.
We are immensely grateful for the partnerships, friendships, supporters, colleagues, mentors, readers, and scholars who are champions of HMML and of manuscript preservation and access. Thank you for your dedication and kindness. We are so glad to work alongside you.
December 3, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Thank you.
We are immensely grateful for the partnerships, friendships, supporters, colleagues, mentors, readers, and scholars who are champions of HMML and of manuscript preservation and access. Thank you for your dedication and kindness. We are so glad to work alongside you.
We are immensely grateful for the partnerships, friendships, supporters, colleagues, mentors, readers, and scholars who are champions of HMML and of manuscript preservation and access. Thank you for your dedication and kindness. We are so glad to work alongside you.
Fragile, at-risk manuscripts can be safely viewed online in HMML Reading Room (vhmml.org). Celebrate HMML’s 60th by supporting the $25,000 match—and help preserve knowledge for generations to come.
Preserve the past: hmml.org/give
Preserve the past: hmml.org/give
December 2, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Fragile, at-risk manuscripts can be safely viewed online in HMML Reading Room (vhmml.org). Celebrate HMML’s 60th by supporting the $25,000 match—and help preserve knowledge for generations to come.
Preserve the past: hmml.org/give
Preserve the past: hmml.org/give
In Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Europe, and North America, HMML partners worldwide are safeguarding humanity’s handwritten heritage.
Celebrate 60 years of global preservation—and double your impact through the $25,000 match.
Join the match: hmml.org/give
Celebrate 60 years of global preservation—and double your impact through the $25,000 match.
Join the match: hmml.org/give
December 1, 2025 at 4:06 PM
In Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Europe, and North America, HMML partners worldwide are safeguarding humanity’s handwritten heritage.
Celebrate 60 years of global preservation—and double your impact through the $25,000 match.
Join the match: hmml.org/give
Celebrate 60 years of global preservation—and double your impact through the $25,000 match.
Join the match: hmml.org/give
Dr. Daniel K. Gullo, director of HMML's Malta Study Center, presented recently at a Disaster Management and Climate Change in Archives workshop sponsored by The National Archives of Malta, co-financed by the EU.
Learn more about the Malta collections photographed by HMML: hmml.org/collections/malta
Learn more about the Malta collections photographed by HMML: hmml.org/collections/malta
November 30, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Dr. Daniel K. Gullo, director of HMML's Malta Study Center, presented recently at a Disaster Management and Climate Change in Archives workshop sponsored by The National Archives of Malta, co-financed by the EU.
Learn more about the Malta collections photographed by HMML: hmml.org/collections/malta
Learn more about the Malta collections photographed by HMML: hmml.org/collections/malta
HMML Reading Room (vhmml.org) is free because others gave.
Celebrate HMML’s 60th by joining the $25,000 match—your first or increased gift will be matched. Help keep knowledge open to the world.
Make it count: hmml.org/give
Celebrate HMML’s 60th by joining the $25,000 match—your first or increased gift will be matched. Help keep knowledge open to the world.
Make it count: hmml.org/give
November 28, 2025 at 4:15 PM
HMML Reading Room (vhmml.org) is free because others gave.
Celebrate HMML’s 60th by joining the $25,000 match—your first or increased gift will be matched. Help keep knowledge open to the world.
Make it count: hmml.org/give
Celebrate HMML’s 60th by joining the $25,000 match—your first or increased gift will be matched. Help keep knowledge open to the world.
Make it count: hmml.org/give
Textiles play a vibrant role in the churches of Ethiopia and Eritrea, and Ethiopic literature often refers to the varied uses. Dr. Jeremy R. Brown, cataloger of Ethiopic manuscripts at HMML, shares some examples: hmml.org/stories/series-textiles-veiling-the-holy-textiles-in-ethiopic-manuscripts
Veiling the Holy: Textiles in Ethiopic Manuscripts
“Textiles play a vibrant role in the churches of Ethiopia and Eritrea...”
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November 25, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Textiles play a vibrant role in the churches of Ethiopia and Eritrea, and Ethiopic literature often refers to the varied uses. Dr. Jeremy R. Brown, cataloger of Ethiopic manuscripts at HMML, shares some examples: hmml.org/stories/series-textiles-veiling-the-holy-textiles-in-ethiopic-manuscripts
Dr. Jeremy R. Brown, cataloger of Ethiopic manuscripts at HMML, will be presenting at the Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts, on Monday, November 24, 9:30-10:00am.
#AARSBL25 #EthiopicBible #Ethiopic #Manuscripts #Presentations #History #Literature #Bibles
#AARSBL25 #EthiopicBible #Ethiopic #Manuscripts #Presentations #History #Literature #Bibles
November 24, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Dr. Jeremy R. Brown, cataloger of Ethiopic manuscripts at HMML, will be presenting at the Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts, on Monday, November 24, 9:30-10:00am.
#AARSBL25 #EthiopicBible #Ethiopic #Manuscripts #Presentations #History #Literature #Bibles
#AARSBL25 #EthiopicBible #Ethiopic #Manuscripts #Presentations #History #Literature #Bibles
Digitization & cataloging is complete for the manuscript collection of the #Armenian Catholicossate of Great House of Cilicia in Anṭilyās, #Lebanon. These 239 books form a comprehensive record of Armenian intellectual, artistic, & liturgical life from the 9th–19th centuries: https://bit.ly/4hSzPrA
November 21, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Digitization & cataloging is complete for the manuscript collection of the #Armenian Catholicossate of Great House of Cilicia in Anṭilyās, #Lebanon. These 239 books form a comprehensive record of Armenian intellectual, artistic, & liturgical life from the 9th–19th centuries: https://bit.ly/4hSzPrA
For 60 years, HMML has protected the world’s handwritten memory and made it freely accessible to all. Celebrate this milestone by joining HMML's 60th giving match: new donations and the increased portion of renewed gifts will be matched—up to $25,000.
Make a gift today: hmml.org/give
Make a gift today: hmml.org/give
November 20, 2025 at 4:55 PM
For 60 years, HMML has protected the world’s handwritten memory and made it freely accessible to all. Celebrate this milestone by joining HMML's 60th giving match: new donations and the increased portion of renewed gifts will be matched—up to $25,000.
Make a gift today: hmml.org/give
Make a gift today: hmml.org/give