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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
🧵(3) Learn more in this story by Ted Erho, cataloger of Ethiopic Manuscripts at HMML from 2020 to 2023: hmml.org/stories/reversal-of-fates
#WorldDigitalPreservationDay #WDPD2025 #WhyPreserve
#WorldDigitalPreservationDay #WDPD2025 #WhyPreserve
Reversal of Fates: Access Through Photographs can be a Counterbalance
“Cultural losses continue to beset communities around the world, especially in areas subject to armed conflict...”
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November 6, 2025 at 3:12 PM
🧵(3) Learn more in this story by Ted Erho, cataloger of Ethiopic Manuscripts at HMML from 2020 to 2023: hmml.org/stories/reversal-of-fates
#WorldDigitalPreservationDay #WDPD2025 #WhyPreserve
#WorldDigitalPreservationDay #WDPD2025 #WhyPreserve
🧵(2) Sometimes, the long-term impact upon a community’s manuscripts can be mitigated.
A photographic copy of a manuscript can preserve the text if the physical object is impaired. It can provide a record of ownership if the object is removed. And it can provide access if a community is displaced.
A photographic copy of a manuscript can preserve the text if the physical object is impaired. It can provide a record of ownership if the object is removed. And it can provide access if a community is displaced.
November 6, 2025 at 3:12 PM
🧵(2) Sometimes, the long-term impact upon a community’s manuscripts can be mitigated.
A photographic copy of a manuscript can preserve the text if the physical object is impaired. It can provide a record of ownership if the object is removed. And it can provide access if a community is displaced.
A photographic copy of a manuscript can preserve the text if the physical object is impaired. It can provide a record of ownership if the object is removed. And it can provide access if a community is displaced.
🧵(4) Creative photography solutions are key when digitizing such surprises.
Learn more about the manuscripts and artwork digitized by the Malta Study Center: hmml.org/collections/malta
Learn more about the manuscripts and artwork digitized by the Malta Study Center: hmml.org/collections/malta
November 4, 2025 at 3:09 PM
🧵(4) Creative photography solutions are key when digitizing such surprises.
Learn more about the manuscripts and artwork digitized by the Malta Study Center: hmml.org/collections/malta
Learn more about the manuscripts and artwork digitized by the Malta Study Center: hmml.org/collections/malta
🧵(3) On another day, Daniel K. Gullo (director of HMML's Malta Study Center) and field staff were considering how to photograph of a volume of loose papers. They began to unfold a document that did not seem to have an end...and found a remarkable printed genealogy composed of multiple sheets.
November 4, 2025 at 3:08 PM
🧵(3) On another day, Daniel K. Gullo (director of HMML's Malta Study Center) and field staff were considering how to photograph of a volume of loose papers. They began to unfold a document that did not seem to have an end...and found a remarkable printed genealogy composed of multiple sheets.
🧵(2) In the archives of the Priory of Pisa of the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, the 19th-century inventory says "one volume," and when you see it in person, you notice that one becomes many.
November 4, 2025 at 3:07 PM
🧵(2) In the archives of the Priory of Pisa of the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, the 19th-century inventory says "one volume," and when you see it in person, you notice that one becomes many.
🧵(3) The seven collections that comprise the Patriarchate’s manuscript library came from different neighborhoods throughout the city of Istanbul. Learn more in this story from Dr. Ani Shahinian, cataloger of Armenian manuscripts at HMML: hmml.org/stories/witn...
Witnesses of Light: Armenian Manuscripts as Testimony and Digital Memory After Genocide
“The extraordinary manuscripts held at the Armenian Patriarchate of Istanbul are a poignant testament to the survival...”
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October 15, 2025 at 3:09 PM
🧵(3) The seven collections that comprise the Patriarchate’s manuscript library came from different neighborhoods throughout the city of Istanbul. Learn more in this story from Dr. Ani Shahinian, cataloger of Armenian manuscripts at HMML: hmml.org/stories/witn...
🧵(2) In 2004, HMML formed a partnership with the 84th Patriarch of Istanbul, Mesrob II Mutafyan (1956–2019), to preserve and share these manuscripts in digital form. HMML’s digitization studio operated from March 2005 to June 2009, completing the project with photographs of nearly 800 manuscripts.
October 15, 2025 at 3:09 PM
🧵(2) In 2004, HMML formed a partnership with the 84th Patriarch of Istanbul, Mesrob II Mutafyan (1956–2019), to preserve and share these manuscripts in digital form. HMML’s digitization studio operated from March 2005 to June 2009, completing the project with photographs of nearly 800 manuscripts.