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Preservation Projects stories
March 14, 2024

Let it Fall as Rain

“Few things can impact daily life in quite the way that weather does...”

Dr. Jeremy R. Brown

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January 27, 2023

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...”

Ted Erho

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Ḫeruy Walda Śellāsē’s “History of Ethiopia”
October 27, 2022

Ḫeruy Walda Śellāsē’s “History of Ethiopia”

“Printing reached Ethiopia rather late. In Europe, texts were occasionally printed in Ethiopic characters from...”

  • Ted Erho
A Book You Would Love to Read...
September 29, 2022

A Book You Would Love to Read...

“A book you would love to read is lost, altered, destroyed, buried, hidden, left unpublished, unwritten, banned.”

  • Dr. Catherine Walsh and Margaret Bresnahan
November 11, 2021

Parabiblical Literature in the Horn of Africa

“Biblical narratives often leave the audience wanting to know a bit more.”

Ted Erho

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September 11, 2021

The Emperor’s Manuscript

“Towards the end of Getatchew Haile’s first published catalog of Ethiopic manuscripts...”

Ted Erho

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Medicine, Ritual, and Magic in Ethiopia
May 13, 2021

Medicine, Ritual, and Magic in Ethiopia

“Towards the middle of the 15th century, the Ethiopian Emperor Zar’a Yā‘eqob, a prominent theologian and scholar, faced...”

  • Ted Erho
Early Miniatures of Ethiopians
April 9, 2021

Early Miniatures of Ethiopians

“On this day seventy-five years ago, an early-14th century illuminated gospel book arrived at the...”

  • Ted Erho
Getatchew Haile, Ethiopic scholar
December 13, 2020

Getatchew Haile, Ethiopic scholar

“The work of Dr. Getatchew Haile, long-time curator of the HMML Ethiopia Study Center...”

  • Ted Erho

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