Margarethe von Rodemachern (1426–1490) was a part of three generations of women who promoted female literacy in an era when virtually no European women were producing secular texts. Learn more in this story by Dr. Jennifer Carnell: hmml.org/stories/postscript-a-legacy-of-female-literacy

The most famous #Weather event in Maltese history occurred in the first century CE, when a Mediterranean tempest sundered a ship carrying the Apostle Paul from Lebanon to Rome. The location of the shipwreck has been frequently contested. Learn more in a story by Dr. Daniel K. Gullo: bit.ly/48HtomX

February 23 is the deadline to apply for Intermediate Classical Armenian, a language and paleography course held from July 5–25, 2026, at HMML in Collegeville, Minnesota. All course fees, meals, and lodging are sponsored by @dumbartonoaks.bsky.social. Apply: hmml.org/programs/intermediate-armenian

Dr. Ani Shahinian, cataloger of #Armenian manuscripts at HMML, generously answered five questions to share insights into her experiences working with Armenian manuscript collections. Learn more: hmml.org/stories/meet-dr-ani-shahinian

Manuscripts tell stories of borders, upheaval, and resilience. On February 25 (11am CT), Dr. Josh Mugler shares ways that manuscripts bear witness to the consequences of partition and how we can reconnect what was thought to be lost. RSVP for this free, virtual program: hmml.org/events

Here's the @visithmml.bsky.social webinar from yesterday. It was especially interesting on the process of moving digital images from the field to tagged, backed up, and usable MS facsimiles, and on details of the photographic process in the question period at the end. youtu.be/CXR18p1M1sc?...

We often think of book censorship as denying access to texts. Dr. Matthew Z. Heintzelman consider cases where censorship of information was used as a way to preserve access to books, altered to hide their affiliation with Martin Luther: hmml.org/stories/series-books-sandwiching-a-forbidden-text

Digitization & cataloging is complete for six manuscripts in the collection of the Naqshbandī Sufi lodge of Husni Numanagić (1853–1931) in Visoko, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Learn more: https://bit.ly/4sDva1A #Libraries #Books #Manuscripts #History #BookSky #Reading

March 6 is the deadline to apply for Introduction to #Arabic #Manuscript Studies—a virtual, one-week intensive course held from June 22 to 26, 2026. Apply today: hmml.org/programs/arabic-mss-studies

Free, virtual program happening today at 11am (CT)! Registration: secure.hmml.org/a/winter-lec...

Tomorrow, noon EST, @visithmml.bsky.social: "How do you preserve and share MSS? How do you start with a...physical book, transform it into carefully maintained digital images, and then provide free, round-the-clock access to it for anyone, anywhere in the world?" secure.hmml.org/a/winter-lec...

Digitization & cataloging is complete for one manuscript (CAB 00001) in the collection of the Chaldean Catholic Archdiocese of Baṣrah, Iraq: a book of funeral liturgies in Syriac, copied in 1883 CE. Learn more: https://bit.ly/4hWpyL3

From 1973 to 1994, the Ethiopian Manuscript Microfilm Library (EMML) project photographed 9,000+ manuscripts in Ethiopia. The microfilm copies sent to HMML are now fully available online—digitized over the past 20 years. Wayne Torborg tells the story behind this milestone: https://bit.ly/4bslCAH

How do you transform a fragile book into carefully maintained digital images & provide free, round-the-clock access for anyone, anywhere in the world? On January 28 at 11am (CT), join us for “The Extraordinary, Ordinary Work of Building a Digital Library,” a free, virtual program: hmml.org/events

For those who don't already know, @visithmml.bsky.social has 168 digitized and freely accessible sixteenth-century registers from the Notarial Archives of Malta online! hmml.org/collections/... #earlymodern #skystorians

In most Bambara-speaking regions of West Africa, large-scale conversion to Islam occurred in the 19th century. Pharmacological traditions became fused with the Qur’anic medicine and a new genre of Qur’anic medical writings emerged: hmml.org/stories/series-medicine-medical-texts-from-timbuktu

Opening pages to a text for al-Isrāʼ wa-al-Miʻrāj, on the Prophet Muḥammad's night journey to Jerusalem & ascent into heaven. One of 1,307 manuscripts at Āl Budayrī Library in Jerusalem that are digitized, cataloged, & available in HMML Reading Room (vhmml.org). (ABLJ 00498): https://bit.ly/4aFxBKP

#Armenian manuscripts and #textiles share a visual and material grammar governing pattern and form, as the techniques of craftsmanship in each medium adapt to specific materials, traditions, and trade networks. Learn more with Dr. Ani Shahinian: hmml.org/stories/series-textiles-woven-worlds

If I didn't have an absolutely solid gold reason that means I can't, I would absolutely be applying for this (fully funded!) Introduction to Ge'ez course at the HMML in Minnesota this summer.

Many records of the Priory of England of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem were destroyed during the English Reformation, but several medieval parchments at the Museum of the Order of St. John in London are currently being digitized by HMML's Malta Study Center. Learn more: https://bit.ly/4qf7kHp

February 23 is the deadline to apply for Introduction to Ge’ez, a #language and #paleography course held from July 5–August 1, 2026, at HMML in Collegeville, Minnesota. Course fees, meals, and lodging are generously sponsored by @dumbartonoaks.bsky.social#language#paleography Apply today: hmml.org/programs/intro-ge-ez

174 #Manuscripts in the #Library of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch in Damascus, Syria, are digitized, cataloged, and available online in HMML Reading Room (vhmml.org). Learn more: https://bit.ly/3MESnjD Pictured (MARI 00024): https://bit.ly/4ahAtx9

#BookSky: this year’s Winter Lecture Series begins on January 28 at 11 a.m. (CT). Join HMML staff Wayne Torborg, Dr. Catherine Walsh, and John Meyerhofer as they discuss “The Extraordinary, Ordinary Work of Building a Digital Library.” Register for this free, virtual program 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 .

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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#Language#Paleographyfrom July 5 to August 1, 2026, at HMML in Collegeville, Minnesota. 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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

🎊 Thank you for helping us reach 5,000 Bluesky followers! For anyone new to HMML, this page is a great overview of some of the countries where HMML has partnered with libraries to photograph manuscript collections for free online access: hmml.org/about/global...

A note in a #manuscript transports us to the study sessions of teacher and pupil, meeting face to face, in the cosmopolitan environment of Medina centuries before talk of globalization. Learn more in this story from Dr. Ali Diakite and Dr. Paul Naylor: hmml.org/stories/postscript-a-teaching-license