The Hill Museum & Manuscript Library (HMML) preserves & makes accessible the largest & most diverse collection of digitized manuscripts in the world.

Collegeville, MN
Joined February 2013
HMML is an independent nonprofit that preserves & shares the world’s handwritten heritage. Find us at hmml.org &: ➡️ LinkedIn (linkedin.com/company/hill-mu…) ➡️ YouTube (youtube.com/user/HMMLPreserv…) ➡️ Facebook (facebook.com/visitHMML) ➡️ Instagram (instagram.com/hmml_manuscrip…)
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Happy Feast Day of St. Ephrem, 4th-c. hymnographer/theologian, beloved in the #Syrian Orthodox Church #Ephrem appears with his book in ZFRN 89, a 19th-c. Syriac Šḥīmō - next to Jacob of Serugh (right, w censer and staff). In vHMML Reading Room: w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/v…
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Update: the project number is ZFRN 00086. Collection of Dayr Za‘farān in Mardin, Turkey.
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Also... ➡️ Bluesky (bsky.app/profile/visithmml.b…) ➡️ HMML Magazine ➡️ HMML Newsletter & Updates Sign up to receive news directly from HMML, including: · Collection Updates · Quarterly News · Events · Fellowship Opportunities · Digital Magazine More info: hmml.org/about/publications
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"Galloping Horse," by Xu Beihong (1895–1953), ca. 1950s. View this and other works by Xu in HMML Museum (AAP1874): vhmml.org/museum/view/6010
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Digitization & cataloging is complete for the manuscripts in the private library of Saʻīd Shāmāyā in Alqūsh, Iraq. The collection includes drafts of Shāmāyā's poems, short stories, plays, and other works. More information: hmml.org/collections/news/24… Pictured: PLA SSh 00019
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The winter issue of HMML Magazine is now available. Download a digital copy or sign up for a free subscription to the print edition: hmml.org/about/hmml-mag-subs… More info: hmml.org/about/publications
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"Bethlehem," an engraving by Robert Austin (1895-1973), made in 1926. View in HMML Museum (AAP0488): vhmml.org/museum/view/3390
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Cataloging is complete for 1,268 manuscripts microfilmed at Universitätsbibliothek Graz in #Austria. Many of these manuscripts came from monasteries closed during the reforms of Emperor Joseph II in the 18th century. More info: hmml.org/collections/news/me…
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In 1926, a group of artisans and artists, known as the Guild of St. Joseph and St. Dominic, decided to rethink what #Singing meant to them. Dr. Catherine Walsh has this story about their guild, their printing press, and one special book: hmml.org/stories/series-musi…
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"Introduction to Ge’ez" - 2024 Dumbarton Oaks/HMML Summer School. A free 3-week course for students whose research requires knowledge of Ge’ez, 10 seats available. hmml.org/programs/intro-ge-e…
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for those interested in learning syriac, i would highly recommend this fully-funded (except flight to and from MN) summer program. i really enjoyed my time at st. john’s, met really smart and cool people, and learned a lot of syriac! hmml.org/programs/intro-syri…
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Travel with HMML to #Malta & #Italy this spring: April 16–28, 2024. This remarkable journey in the #Mediterranean includes special visits with HMML associates and partners and tours of active digital preservation studios. Save your spot today: hmml.org/programs/hmml-journ…
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Digitization & cataloging is complete for the collection of Dayr Sayyidat al-Bishārah in Zūq Mīkhāʼīl, #Lebanon. Elements of the collection (BCCZ) testify to the specific interests of the women in this #Melkite Greek Catholic convent. Learn more: hmml.org/collections/news/74…
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HMML's field director in Jerusalem reports that our digitization teams moved to southern Gaza weeks ago. The manuscripts remained in the vicinity of the Great Omari Mosque & are currently inaccessible because of the continuing conflict. Collection info: hmml.org/stories/where-were-…
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Phase one of these projects was the digitization of the collection of the Great Omari Mosque itself. This work was completed, and the manuscripts were cataloged by HMML staff and are available online through HMML Reading Room (vhmml.org).
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Phase two, which was underway at the time of the invasion, is with Eyes on Heritage, digitizing the manuscript collection of a scholar closely associated with the Mosque; that work is currently suspended.
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Ready, go, launch! The Princeton Ethiopian, Eritrean, & Egyptian Miracles of Mary (PEMM) website is now live! Visit pemm.princeton.edu?utm_campa… to explore 1000+ miraculous stories and 2500+ paintings about the Virgin Mary found in Africa, from the 1200s to the present. #PEMMaryam
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Donate to HMML in honor of someone and your designee will receive a card of thanks and an issue of HMML Magazine, sharing a view into manuscript digitization that is happening around the world. Make a gift: hmml.org/give
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Training began in #Mauritania this week, as @ColumbaStewart (executive director of HMML) and Walid Mourad (HMML field director) assembled a new team of digitization technicians in #Nouakchott, the country's capital. Learn more: hmml.org/about/global-operat…
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