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In partnership with the Heritage Council, the #ChesterBeatty is pleased to offer a 12-month internship in book and paper conservation: ow.ly/LJNb50XlIKo #ConservationInternship #BookandPaperConservation #DublinJobs

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A collection of historical bookbinding models made by Anna Embree.

Euchologion (Mich. Ms. 130), Sumela Monastery, Turkey, dated 1553 CE.

A Short but Comprehensive System of the Geography of the World by Nathaniel Dwight, 1808.

Visit the Hatcher Gallery Exhibit Room to see fascinating items from library collections. "Suave Mechanicals: A Celebration of Nine Volumes on the Art and History of Bookbinding" features rare books representing topics from the Suave Mechanicals series. #SpecialCollections https://myumi.ch/3REQz

18.09.2025 19:31 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Khālid and his close followers discussing the preservation of his library. Created by Naser Nassan Agha, 2025.

CBL Ar 3036 lower cover. © Chester Beatty, CBL Ar 3036, CC BY – 4.0.

In 19th-century Damascus, the library of Khālid al-Naqshabandī is a centre for scholarly exchange. Preserving it requires legal ingenuity from his heirs, until it is finally scattered worldwide. In our PhD research series, Joud Nassan Agha tells its story:
uhh.de/csmc-agha

11.08.2025 14:34 — 👍 6    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 1

Ms. 3406, Süleyman Efendi’s endowment deed on folio 1r. Bologna, Biblioteca Universitaria di Bologna, ms. 3406 © 2023 by AMS Historica is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Rawda El-Hajji visiting the Church of Our Lady of Buda Castle, Budapest. © Ashraf Sarip

Once a hub of Ottoman culture, Süleyman Efendi’s library was scattered by conquest. In our PhD Research Series, Rawda El-Hajji traces these manuscripts, showing how they help reconstruct lost intellectual communities and reveal the fate of cultural heritage in times of conflict:
uhh.de/csmc-el-hajji

06.08.2025 13:05 — 👍 29    🔁 9    💬 0    📌 0

Three Islamic Manuscripts at the California State Library - Digital Scriptorium Posted March 27, 2025 by Rose A. McCandless, DS Manuscript Data Curation Graduate Fellow In my descriptive work as the DS Manuscript Data Curation Graduate Fellow, I often come across manuscripts in n...

Evyn Kropf, curator of our Islamic Manuscripts Collection, lent her expertise to describe three manuscripts from the Sutro Collection at the California State Library. Read about them in this @digitalscriptorium.bsky.social blog post: myumi.ch/Z26kP

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“Ed Fabre, a leader in the Black Action Movement (BAM) on the University of Michigan campus, talks with a striker outside Rackham Auditorium where black students demand a 10-per cent black enrollment by 1973 and UM President Robben W. Fleming announced late 3/27 the school will commit its financial resources to achieve at least a 10-per cent black student enrollment by the 1973-74 school year. UPI Telephoto. 1970.”

“Ed Fabre, a leader in the Black Action Movement (BAM) on the University of Michigan campus, talks with a striker outside Rackham Auditorium where black students demand a 10-per cent black enrollment by 1973”
#Labadie Photograph Collection LPF.2036 (27 March 1970)
quod.lib.umich.edu/s/scl/x-lpf....

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California State Library, Sutro Collection, M000120. Image Courtesy of California State Library Sutro Collection

Drawing on the expertise of Dr. Evyn Kropf from our DS Advisory Council, our Graduate Fellow @rosemccandless.bsky.social blogs about new descriptions of three Islamic manuscripts owned by the California State Library soon making their way into the DS Catalog. digital-scriptorium.org/20250327-csl...

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