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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
This year, HMML’s Systems department completed improvements to the HMML Data Portal (vhmml.org/dataPortal), reducing the runtime from seven hours to 10 minutes.
Use Data Portal to create & download a custom dataset from HMML Reading Room (vhmml.org), for research or digital humanities projects.
Use Data Portal to create & download a custom dataset from HMML Reading Room (vhmml.org), for research or digital humanities projects.
Virtual Hill Museum & Manuscript Library
Resources and Tools for Manuscript Studies
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November 14, 2025 at 4:16 PM
This year, HMML’s Systems department completed improvements to the HMML Data Portal (vhmml.org/dataPortal), reducing the runtime from seven hours to 10 minutes.
Use Data Portal to create & download a custom dataset from HMML Reading Room (vhmml.org), for research or digital humanities projects.
Use Data Portal to create & download a custom dataset from HMML Reading Room (vhmml.org), for research or digital humanities projects.
HMML is seeking applicants for the position of "Advancement Data Manager," a full-time, benefits-eligible position. The location is hybrid, requiring three days per week on-site at HMML in Collegeville, Minnesota.
More information: https://bit.ly/43pTU2o
#NowHiring #LibraryJobs #LISjobs #GLAMjobs
More information: https://bit.ly/43pTU2o
#NowHiring #LibraryJobs #LISjobs #GLAMjobs
November 11, 2025 at 7:55 PM
HMML is seeking applicants for the position of "Advancement Data Manager," a full-time, benefits-eligible position. The location is hybrid, requiring three days per week on-site at HMML in Collegeville, Minnesota.
More information: https://bit.ly/43pTU2o
#NowHiring #LibraryJobs #LISjobs #GLAMjobs
More information: https://bit.ly/43pTU2o
#NowHiring #LibraryJobs #LISjobs #GLAMjobs
HMML is pleased to welcome Whitney Buccicone as our first-ever chief operating officer and to celebrate Dr. Audrey Thorstad's promotion to director of programming.
Learn more: hmml.org/stories/hmml-welcomes-new-coo-congratulates-promoted-director-of-programming/
Learn more: hmml.org/stories/hmml-welcomes-new-coo-congratulates-promoted-director-of-programming/
November 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
HMML is pleased to welcome Whitney Buccicone as our first-ever chief operating officer and to celebrate Dr. Audrey Thorstad's promotion to director of programming.
Learn more: hmml.org/stories/hmml-welcomes-new-coo-congratulates-promoted-director-of-programming/
Learn more: hmml.org/stories/hmml-welcomes-new-coo-congratulates-promoted-director-of-programming/
🧵(1) Why do we preserve photographic images of manuscripts?
Cultural losses continue to beset communities around the world, especially in areas subject to armed conflict. The loss can manifest in multiple ways: destruction and damage, dispossession, the displacement of individuals, and other forms.
Cultural losses continue to beset communities around the world, especially in areas subject to armed conflict. The loss can manifest in multiple ways: destruction and damage, dispossession, the displacement of individuals, and other forms.
November 6, 2025 at 3:12 PM
🧵(1) Why do we preserve photographic images of manuscripts?
Cultural losses continue to beset communities around the world, especially in areas subject to armed conflict. The loss can manifest in multiple ways: destruction and damage, dispossession, the displacement of individuals, and other forms.
Cultural losses continue to beset communities around the world, especially in areas subject to armed conflict. The loss can manifest in multiple ways: destruction and damage, dispossession, the displacement of individuals, and other forms.
🧵(1) It's one thing to read an inventory and another to see the objects in person.
A few surprises were uncovered in a recent site visit to the digitization studio operated by HMML's Malta Study Center at the State Archive of Florence, Italy.
A few surprises were uncovered in a recent site visit to the digitization studio operated by HMML's Malta Study Center at the State Archive of Florence, Italy.
November 4, 2025 at 3:06 PM
🧵(1) It's one thing to read an inventory and another to see the objects in person.
A few surprises were uncovered in a recent site visit to the digitization studio operated by HMML's Malta Study Center at the State Archive of Florence, Italy.
A few surprises were uncovered in a recent site visit to the digitization studio operated by HMML's Malta Study Center at the State Archive of Florence, Italy.
Detail of an early 14th-century Dominican gradual with music for "Gaudeamus omnes in Domino," an introit for All Saints' Day. Learn more: vhmml.org/readingRoom/view/75505
A contemporary recording of the music can be heard from École grégorienne: youtu.be/LY_mUWD3xsA?si=hB32k0IpdvoqqOPY
A contemporary recording of the music can be heard from École grégorienne: youtu.be/LY_mUWD3xsA?si=hB32k0IpdvoqqOPY
November 1, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Detail of an early 14th-century Dominican gradual with music for "Gaudeamus omnes in Domino," an introit for All Saints' Day. Learn more: vhmml.org/readingRoom/view/75505
A contemporary recording of the music can be heard from École grégorienne: youtu.be/LY_mUWD3xsA?si=hB32k0IpdvoqqOPY
A contemporary recording of the music can be heard from École grégorienne: youtu.be/LY_mUWD3xsA?si=hB32k0IpdvoqqOPY
For National Cat Day in the U.S., we share the enthusiasm of Stanley Morison (pictured), the British typographer, scholar, & historian well known for his design of Times New Roman.
The photographer was Beatrice Warde, a scholar of #typography, teacher, & writer.
(AAP1224): https://bit.ly/3WEyScR
The photographer was Beatrice Warde, a scholar of #typography, teacher, & writer.
(AAP1224): https://bit.ly/3WEyScR
October 29, 2025 at 2:36 PM
For National Cat Day in the U.S., we share the enthusiasm of Stanley Morison (pictured), the British typographer, scholar, & historian well known for his design of Times New Roman.
The photographer was Beatrice Warde, a scholar of #typography, teacher, & writer.
(AAP1224): https://bit.ly/3WEyScR
The photographer was Beatrice Warde, a scholar of #typography, teacher, & writer.
(AAP1224): https://bit.ly/3WEyScR
"Still Life," a #lithograph by Wanda Gág (1893–1946).
Collection of Saint John's University, Collegeville, Minnesota. View this and other works by #Gág in HMML Museum (AAP0715): vhmml.org/museum/view/57
Collection of Saint John's University, Collegeville, Minnesota. View this and other works by #Gág in HMML Museum (AAP0715): vhmml.org/museum/view/57
October 28, 2025 at 2:40 PM
"Still Life," a #lithograph by Wanda Gág (1893–1946).
Collection of Saint John's University, Collegeville, Minnesota. View this and other works by #Gág in HMML Museum (AAP0715): vhmml.org/museum/view/57
Collection of Saint John's University, Collegeville, Minnesota. View this and other works by #Gág in HMML Museum (AAP0715): vhmml.org/museum/view/57
On November 2, Dr. Sheila Barker takes us to Baroque Italy, where Artemisia Gentileschi—one of the most celebrated women painters of 17th-century Europe—measured her genius against the towering legacy of Michelangelo.
This free, in-person lecture will be recorded. RSVP: hmml.org/programs/events
This free, in-person lecture will be recorded. RSVP: hmml.org/programs/events
October 26, 2025 at 1:20 PM
On November 2, Dr. Sheila Barker takes us to Baroque Italy, where Artemisia Gentileschi—one of the most celebrated women painters of 17th-century Europe—measured her genius against the towering legacy of Michelangelo.
This free, in-person lecture will be recorded. RSVP: hmml.org/programs/events
This free, in-person lecture will be recorded. RSVP: hmml.org/programs/events
HMML is seeking applicants for the position of "Advancement Data Manager," a full-time, benefits-eligible position. The location is hybrid, requiring three days per week on-site at HMML in Collegeville, Minnesota.
More information: https://bit.ly/43pTU2o
#NowHiring #LibraryJobs #LISjobs #GLAMjobs
More information: https://bit.ly/43pTU2o
#NowHiring #LibraryJobs #LISjobs #GLAMjobs
October 24, 2025 at 1:00 PM
HMML is seeking applicants for the position of "Advancement Data Manager," a full-time, benefits-eligible position. The location is hybrid, requiring three days per week on-site at HMML in Collegeville, Minnesota.
More information: https://bit.ly/43pTU2o
#NowHiring #LibraryJobs #LISjobs #GLAMjobs
More information: https://bit.ly/43pTU2o
#NowHiring #LibraryJobs #LISjobs #GLAMjobs
Dr. Jeremy R. Brown, cataloger of Ethiopic #manuscripts at HMML, generously answered five questions to share insights into his experiences working with #Ethiopian manuscript collections: hmml.org/stories/meet-dr-jeremy-r-brown
October 22, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Dr. Jeremy R. Brown, cataloger of Ethiopic #manuscripts at HMML, generously answered five questions to share insights into his experiences working with #Ethiopian manuscript collections: hmml.org/stories/meet-dr-jeremy-r-brown
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I always loved writing these stories.
Medical texts were transmitted in various forms in #Syriac literature well into the modern period—for example, manuscript DFM 00696, located in Iraq.
Take a closer look with Dr. James Walters, lead cataloger of Eastern Christian collections at HMML from 2020 to 2024: hmml.org/stories/seri...
Take a closer look with Dr. James Walters, lead cataloger of Eastern Christian collections at HMML from 2020 to 2024: hmml.org/stories/seri...
An Anonymous Syriac Medical Compendium
“Many medical works from antiquity were translated into Syriac and transmitted through the...”
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October 21, 2025 at 11:35 PM
I always loved writing these stories.
Medical texts were transmitted in various forms in #Syriac literature well into the modern period—for example, manuscript DFM 00696, located in Iraq.
Take a closer look with Dr. James Walters, lead cataloger of Eastern Christian collections at HMML from 2020 to 2024: hmml.org/stories/seri...
Take a closer look with Dr. James Walters, lead cataloger of Eastern Christian collections at HMML from 2020 to 2024: hmml.org/stories/seri...
An Anonymous Syriac Medical Compendium
“Many medical works from antiquity were translated into Syriac and transmitted through the...”
hmml.org
October 21, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Medical texts were transmitted in various forms in #Syriac literature well into the modern period—for example, manuscript DFM 00696, located in Iraq.
Take a closer look with Dr. James Walters, lead cataloger of Eastern Christian collections at HMML from 2020 to 2024: hmml.org/stories/seri...
Take a closer look with Dr. James Walters, lead cataloger of Eastern Christian collections at HMML from 2020 to 2024: hmml.org/stories/seri...
We're celebrating 60 years since HMML first began partnering with libraries worldwide to preserve endangered, handwritten cultural heritage.
Join us for free events, exhibitions, and stories all year: hmml.org/celebrating-60-years
Join us for free events, exhibitions, and stories all year: hmml.org/celebrating-60-years
Celebrating 60 Years
Learn more about how HMML is celebrating 60 years of work
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October 17, 2025 at 1:26 PM
We're celebrating 60 years since HMML first began partnering with libraries worldwide to preserve endangered, handwritten cultural heritage.
Join us for free events, exhibitions, and stories all year: hmml.org/celebrating-60-years
Join us for free events, exhibitions, and stories all year: hmml.org/celebrating-60-years
🧵(1) The extraordinary manuscripts held at the Armenian Patriarchate of Istanbul are a poignant testament to the survival of Armenian cultural & spiritual heritage in the aftermath of the Genocide in Ottoman Turkey during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Learn more: hmml.org/stories/witn...
Learn more: hmml.org/stories/witn...
October 15, 2025 at 3:08 PM
🧵(1) The extraordinary manuscripts held at the Armenian Patriarchate of Istanbul are a poignant testament to the survival of Armenian cultural & spiritual heritage in the aftermath of the Genocide in Ottoman Turkey during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Learn more: hmml.org/stories/witn...
Learn more: hmml.org/stories/witn...
This past year, HMML upgraded many of the underlying servers and systems that support HMML’s websites, including Reading Room (vhmml.org), which had a 99.998% “uptime” (online availability) this year.
Learn more about HMML's digital tools for manuscript scholarship: hmml.org/research/digital-tools
Learn more about HMML's digital tools for manuscript scholarship: hmml.org/research/digital-tools
Digital Tools
Online resources for the study of manuscript cultures.
hmml.org
October 14, 2025 at 3:12 PM
This past year, HMML upgraded many of the underlying servers and systems that support HMML’s websites, including Reading Room (vhmml.org), which had a 99.998% “uptime” (online availability) this year.
Learn more about HMML's digital tools for manuscript scholarship: hmml.org/research/digital-tools
Learn more about HMML's digital tools for manuscript scholarship: hmml.org/research/digital-tools
A collection of Urdu poems by Muṣḥafī (1750–1824), including a portrait of the author, is preserved in a manuscript digitized last year in the collection of Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed Research Library, New Delhi, India.
View each page in HMML Reading Room (FAARL 00032): vhmml.org/readingRoom/view/869605
View each page in HMML Reading Room (FAARL 00032): vhmml.org/readingRoom/view/869605
October 12, 2025 at 1:09 PM
A collection of Urdu poems by Muṣḥafī (1750–1824), including a portrait of the author, is preserved in a manuscript digitized last year in the collection of Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed Research Library, New Delhi, India.
View each page in HMML Reading Room (FAARL 00032): vhmml.org/readingRoom/view/869605
View each page in HMML Reading Room (FAARL 00032): vhmml.org/readingRoom/view/869605
Step into the dramatic world of Baroque Italy, where Artemisia Gentileschi—one of the most celebrated women painters of 17th-century Europe—measured her genius against the towering legacy of Michelangelo.
This free, in-person lecture will be recorded. RSVP: https://hmml.org/programs/events/
This free, in-person lecture will be recorded. RSVP: https://hmml.org/programs/events/
October 7, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Step into the dramatic world of Baroque Italy, where Artemisia Gentileschi—one of the most celebrated women painters of 17th-century Europe—measured her genius against the towering legacy of Michelangelo.
This free, in-person lecture will be recorded. RSVP: https://hmml.org/programs/events/
This free, in-person lecture will be recorded. RSVP: https://hmml.org/programs/events/
By October 15, apply for a fellowship to fund your visit to HMML in Collegeville, Minnesota, for research residencies to be completed between January 1 and June 30, 2026.
Learn more: hmml.org/research/fellowships
Application deadline: October 15
Learn more: hmml.org/research/fellowships
Application deadline: October 15
October 5, 2025 at 1:48 PM
By October 15, apply for a fellowship to fund your visit to HMML in Collegeville, Minnesota, for research residencies to be completed between January 1 and June 30, 2026.
Learn more: hmml.org/research/fellowships
Application deadline: October 15
Learn more: hmml.org/research/fellowships
Application deadline: October 15
Did you know that HMML adds information to Wikidata (wikidata.org)? Last year, we added 1,445 HMML IDs to Wikidata from HMML Authority File (haf.vhmml.org), for a total of 11,719 existing Wikidata objects with HMML IDs.
Learn how HMML creates name authorities: hmml.org/stories/the-power-of-a-name
Learn how HMML creates name authorities: hmml.org/stories/the-power-of-a-name
The Power of a Name
NEH grant for cataloging, to create an authority file system database, and work with Library of Congress (LC) and Virtual International Authority File (VIAF)
hmml.org
October 3, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Did you know that HMML adds information to Wikidata (wikidata.org)? Last year, we added 1,445 HMML IDs to Wikidata from HMML Authority File (haf.vhmml.org), for a total of 11,719 existing Wikidata objects with HMML IDs.
Learn how HMML creates name authorities: hmml.org/stories/the-power-of-a-name
Learn how HMML creates name authorities: hmml.org/stories/the-power-of-a-name
In early modern Europe, the election of a new Grand Master of the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem was a momentous occasion.
Dr. Daniel K. Gullo shares examples of its celebration: hmml.org/stories/series-celebrations-the-election-the-grand-master-of-the-order-of-saint-john-in-early-modern-europe
Dr. Daniel K. Gullo shares examples of its celebration: hmml.org/stories/series-celebrations-the-election-the-grand-master-of-the-order-of-saint-john-in-early-modern-europe
Celebrating the Election the Grand Master of the Order of Saint John in Early Modern Europe
“In early modern Europe, the election of the Grand Master of the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem was a momentous occasion celebrated...”
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October 1, 2025 at 1:42 PM
In early modern Europe, the election of a new Grand Master of the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem was a momentous occasion.
Dr. Daniel K. Gullo shares examples of its celebration: hmml.org/stories/series-celebrations-the-election-the-grand-master-of-the-order-of-saint-john-in-early-modern-europe
Dr. Daniel K. Gullo shares examples of its celebration: hmml.org/stories/series-celebrations-the-election-the-grand-master-of-the-order-of-saint-john-in-early-modern-europe
🧵(1) The Porphyrian Tree is a logic diagram used to explain Aristotle's "Categories," as outlined in Porphyry's commentary the "Isagoge.” The tree progressively subdivides “Being” into genera and species, ultimately reaching “Man,” with the names of individual people at the roots.
September 29, 2025 at 2:10 PM
🧵(1) The Porphyrian Tree is a logic diagram used to explain Aristotle's "Categories," as outlined in Porphyry's commentary the "Isagoge.” The tree progressively subdivides “Being” into genera and species, ultimately reaching “Man,” with the names of individual people at the roots.
A wrapper for a deck of tarot cards made by Joseph Galler, a maker of playing cards who was active in Brussels in the 17th century. The woodcut image depicts allegorical figures of Youth and Wealth.
Collection of Saint John's University, Collegeville, Minnesota (AAP2372): vhmml.org/museum/view/9597
Collection of Saint John's University, Collegeville, Minnesota (AAP2372): vhmml.org/museum/view/9597
September 27, 2025 at 2:19 PM
A wrapper for a deck of tarot cards made by Joseph Galler, a maker of playing cards who was active in Brussels in the 17th century. The woodcut image depicts allegorical figures of Youth and Wealth.
Collection of Saint John's University, Collegeville, Minnesota (AAP2372): vhmml.org/museum/view/9597
Collection of Saint John's University, Collegeville, Minnesota (AAP2372): vhmml.org/museum/view/9597
A depiction of the inner-workings of HMML Authority File (haf.vhmml.org), showing the node for the city “Valletta (Malta)” and its relationship properties within the database.
Learn about the making of HMML Authority File: hmml.org/stories/sharing-the-past-to-build-toward-future-scholarship
Learn about the making of HMML Authority File: hmml.org/stories/sharing-the-past-to-build-toward-future-scholarship
September 26, 2025 at 3:05 PM
A depiction of the inner-workings of HMML Authority File (haf.vhmml.org), showing the node for the city “Valletta (Malta)” and its relationship properties within the database.
Learn about the making of HMML Authority File: hmml.org/stories/sharing-the-past-to-build-toward-future-scholarship
Learn about the making of HMML Authority File: hmml.org/stories/sharing-the-past-to-build-toward-future-scholarship
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Qué maravilla esta, una lengua romance escrita en otro alfabeto diferente al latino. Me viene de perlas para mis clases de literatura aljamiada.
🧵(4) At the time, Romanian was written in the Cyrillic script (and was until the early 19th century). Today, this may be mistaken for Church Slavonic. However, as in ASNM 00419, a letter can reveal the true identity of the text: ꙟ (/î/), a character unique to the Cyrillic alphabet used for Romanian.
September 25, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Qué maravilla esta, una lengua romance escrita en otro alfabeto diferente al latino. Me viene de perlas para mis clases de literatura aljamiada.