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May 29, 2025

Veiled in Ink: Armenian Women in Manuscripts

“When we think of medieval manuscripts in general, we may imagine male monastic scribes...”

Dr. Ani Shahinian

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Anna Roede and the Fight for Sovereignty
February 14, 2025

Anna Roede and the Fight for Sovereignty

“When Martin Luther proclaimed his 95 Theses in 1517, the resulting shockwaves...”

  • Dr. Jennifer Carnell
June 22, 2023

Khalīl Janāwī: Scribe, Collector, and Artist from al-Mīdān of Damascus

“Khalīl ibn Jirjis Janāwī was a scribe, a collector of manuscripts, and an artist who was...”

Dr. Vevian Zaki

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June 8, 2023

A Scribble of Scribes: Men, Women, and Children Copyists Across Mali’s Manuscript Collections

“...each manuscript is an artistic production and requires physical labor performed by a single individual—the scribe...”

Dr. Ali Diakite and Dr. Paul Naylor

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May 25, 2023

Build a Church, Build a Library

“If you want to establish a new church, you’re likely going to need some books...”

Dr. Josh Mugler

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Tracing Scribal Genealogies in Syriac Manuscripts: The Naṣro Family
May 11, 2023

Tracing Scribal Genealogies in Syriac Manuscripts: The Naṣro Family

“The act of hand-copying a manuscript requires specialized skills that...”

  • Dr. James Walters
April 27, 2023

Muḥammad Ṣādiq: A Scribe Between Manuscript and Print Cultures at the Beginning of the 20th Century

“A great opportunity to look at the interaction between manuscript and print cultures can be found in the Middle East...”

Dr. Celeste Gianni

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The Calligrapher Clément Perret
April 13, 2023

The Calligrapher Clément Perret

“In the mid-15th century, the invention of the printing press made books relatively easier to produce and...”

  • Katherine Goertz
Learning to Write: Practical Aspects of Handwriting

Learning to Write: Practical Aspects of Handwriting

“In 1492, the abbot of a Benedictine monastery in Sponheim, Germany, wrote a small paean to scribes and the act of writing...”

Dr. Matthew Z. Heintzelman

March 30, 2023

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