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

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/

🧵(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.

🧵(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.

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

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

"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

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

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

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

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...

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

🧵(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...

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

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

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/

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

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

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

🧵(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

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

Qué maravilla esta, una lengua romance escrita en otro alfabeto diferente al latino. Me viene de perlas para mis clases de literatura aljamiada.

🧵(1) The manuscripts housed at the Sheptytsky National Museum in L’viv primarily originate from Western Ukraine—a historical crossroads where Slavic cultures (Ukrainian, Polish, and Ruthenian) intersected with diverse religious traditions, including Orthodoxy, Catholicism, and Greek Catholicism.

🧵Statistics from HMML's digital collections & imaging over the past fiscal year (FY2025—which ran from July 1, 2024, to June 30, 2025)...

Back-to-school photos! The HMML team creating a portrait of the 2024 Dumbarton Oaks / HMML Summer School Syriac and Ge’ez classes, at HMML in Collegeville, Minnesota. Learn more about HMML's scholarly programs, including courses on languages, paleography, and archives: hmml.org/programs/#scholarly

HMML’s latest exhibition—“Preserving Pages: 60 Years of Sharing the World’s Handwritten Past”—is live! Online: hmml.org/programs/exhibitions/preserving-pages/ In person: visit HMML in Collegeville, Minnesota. Admission is free and open to the public: hmml.org/programs/exhibitions/#hmml

This manuscript (SAV BMH 36387) contains various ritual practices (in Arabic, fāʼidah-fawāʼid) using parts of animals such as a crocodile paws or fish skins. Thousands of such documents can be found across HMML's collections of manuscripts digitized in Mali: hmml.org/about/global-operations/mali

9 September 1947: The first computer bug was found - a moth caught in a relay in a Harvard Mark II computer at Harvard University. #History

The first 86 volumes of the Libri Conciliorum of the Archives of the Order of Malta at the National Library of Malta are now digitized and available online in HMML Reading Room (vhmml.org). Learn about the collections HMML has photographed at the National Library of Malta: hmml.org/collections/...

In Harar and the surrounding region of eastern #Ethiopia, a particular set of texts has become the standard compilation for communal reading at #Mawlid celebrations. Dr. Josh Mugler shares examples: https://hmml.org/stories/series-celebrations-the-prophet-s-birthday-and-books-for-celebrating-it/

How can HMML support your research? Apply for a fellowship to fund your visit to HMML in Collegeville, Minnesota. Now accepting applications for research residencies to be completed between January 1 and June 30, 2026. Application deadline: October 15 Learn more: hmml.org/research/fellowships

🧵(1) Yeɗi Sanba Ɓooyi was a scholar and poet belonging to the Fulani people in West Africa. He was well known for the art of the five-line (pentastich) poem (in Arabic, Qaṣīdah mukhammasah) and for the enlargement of existing poems to a pentastich form (in Arabic, Takhmīs): hmml.org/stories/yedi...

🧵(1) This manuscript (MF MCL 00001) is in the collection of the Markaz Central Islamic Library in Karanthur, India, and is the first manuscript to be cataloged for HMML's partnership with the Malaibar Foundation for Research and Development in Calicut, India.

This letter, exhibited at the Vatican during the 1925 #Jubilee, was written by Tommaso di San Giuseppe (1599–1651), a French Discalced Carmelite friar and missionary in Syria. Collection of the Discalced Carmelites in Rome, currently being digitized and cataloged by HMML: hmml.org/collections/...

🧵(1) Digitization & cataloging is complete for 2,343 manuscripts in the collection of Bibliothèque des Manuscrits al-Wangari—the library of the Sidi Yahya Mosque (or Jāmiʻ Sīdī Yaḥyá) in #Timbuktu, Mali, which dates to the 15th century. 
 Learn more: hmml.org/collections/...

Meet Dr. Paul Naylor, HMML cataloger of West African manuscripts: https://bit.ly/41PcWyi What does he most enjoy about his work? “The chance to be at the 'front end' of knowledge production in my academic field & spend time with others who are passionate about manuscripts and manuscript studies.”

The binding process will take six years, and work on the first of seven volumes is set to start this fall. More pics and all the details on SCL -> www.stcloudlive.com/news/local/s... @visithmml.bsky.social

Digitization & cataloging is complete for the 35 Ethiopic manuscripts microfilmed at the Austrian National Library in Vienna, including Aethiop. 16 (HMML project number 24994), which is of particular importance to the study of the Ethiopic Bible. Learn more: hmml.org/collections/...

Digitization & cataloging is complete for a subset of manuscripts, mostly in Arabic-script, at the National and University Library of Bosnia and Herzegovina in #Sarajevo. Further cataloging, generally of manuscripts in Cyrillic and Roman scripts, is ongoing. 

 Learn more: hmml.org/collections/...

🧵(1) A new project has launched to digitize the archives of the Discalced Carmelites at the Monastery of Santa Teresa in Cospicua, Malta, in partnership with HMML's Malta Study Center.

This is a huge accomplishment!

🧵(1) Exciting news regarding the Ethiopian Manuscript Microfilm Library (EMML) project, which photographed more than 9,000 manuscripts in Ethiopia from 1973 to 1994 and is the largest repository for scholarly access to texts in Geʻez. hmml.org/collections/...

"The Record of a Gift"...a handmade album, created as a tribute to the 1883 donation of a building and land for Emmanuel Baptist Church in the Bowery, #NYC. Making the album was a labor of love. Dr. Catherine Walsh, director of cataloging at HMML, shares the story: hmml.org/stories/seri...

Digitization & cataloging is complete for 11 palm leaf manuscripts at the Hindu monastery of Vaṭakke Maṭham Brahmasvam in Thrissur (Kerala, India), part of a unique monastic complex that fostered a thriving vernacular tradition dating to the 12th century. Learn more: hmml.org/collections/...

Cataloging is in progress for microfilms of 30+ manuscripts of Enṭoṭṭo Māryām Church, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. In EMML 6555, a seal of the church has crowned letters that represent the first initials of the church's founders, Emperor Menilek II (ም) and Empress Ṭāytu (ጣ): www.vhmml.org/readingRoom/...

Cataloging is complete for 28 manuscripts microfilmed by HMML at Benediktinerinnenabtei St. Walburg in Germany, a Benedictine monastery for #Women. These 14th–17th century #Manuscripts contain range of materials useful for devotional life in a community of religious women: hmml.org/collections/...

HMML is seeking applicants for the position of "Advancement Associate," a full-time, benefits-eligible position to be held on-site at HMML in Collegeville, Minnesota. Learn more: www.schooljobs.com/careers/osb/... #Hiring #JobOpportunity #Libraries #NonprofitJobs #MuseumJobs #LibraryJobs

🧵(1) This month, 10 students from around the world gathered at HMML in Collegeville, Minnesota, to learn Classical Armenian language and paleography. 

 Thanks to @dumbartonoaks.bsky.social and the Zohrab Information Center, Eastern Diocese, for sponsoring the course!