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The Hill Museum & Manuscript Library (HMML) photographs, catalogs, & provides access to manuscripts—partnering with more than 1,500 libraries worldwide to preserve & share handwritten history. Learn more: hmml.org
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November 25, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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November 25, 2025 at 2:08 PM
🧵(3) Learn more in this story by Ted Erho, cataloger of Ethiopic Manuscripts at HMML from 2020 to 2023: hmml.org/stories/reversal-of-fates
#WorldDigitalPreservationDay #WDPD2025 #WhyPreserve
#WorldDigitalPreservationDay #WDPD2025 #WhyPreserve
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...”
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November 6, 2025 at 3:12 PM
🧵(3) Learn more in this story by Ted Erho, cataloger of Ethiopic Manuscripts at HMML from 2020 to 2023: hmml.org/stories/reversal-of-fates
#WorldDigitalPreservationDay #WDPD2025 #WhyPreserve
#WorldDigitalPreservationDay #WDPD2025 #WhyPreserve
🧵(2) Sometimes, the long-term impact upon a community’s manuscripts can be mitigated.
A photographic copy of a manuscript can preserve the text if the physical object is impaired. It can provide a record of ownership if the object is removed. And it can provide access if a community is displaced.
A photographic copy of a manuscript can preserve the text if the physical object is impaired. It can provide a record of ownership if the object is removed. And it can provide access if a community is displaced.
November 6, 2025 at 3:12 PM
🧵(2) Sometimes, the long-term impact upon a community’s manuscripts can be mitigated.
A photographic copy of a manuscript can preserve the text if the physical object is impaired. It can provide a record of ownership if the object is removed. And it can provide access if a community is displaced.
A photographic copy of a manuscript can preserve the text if the physical object is impaired. It can provide a record of ownership if the object is removed. And it can provide access if a community is displaced.
🧵(4) Creative photography solutions are key when digitizing such surprises.
Learn more about the manuscripts and artwork digitized by the Malta Study Center: hmml.org/collections/malta
Learn more about the manuscripts and artwork digitized by the Malta Study Center: hmml.org/collections/malta
November 4, 2025 at 3:09 PM
🧵(4) Creative photography solutions are key when digitizing such surprises.
Learn more about the manuscripts and artwork digitized by the Malta Study Center: hmml.org/collections/malta
Learn more about the manuscripts and artwork digitized by the Malta Study Center: hmml.org/collections/malta
🧵(3) On another day, Daniel K. Gullo (director of HMML's Malta Study Center) and field staff were considering how to photograph of a volume of loose papers. They began to unfold a document that did not seem to have an end...and found a remarkable printed genealogy composed of multiple sheets.
November 4, 2025 at 3:08 PM
🧵(3) On another day, Daniel K. Gullo (director of HMML's Malta Study Center) and field staff were considering how to photograph of a volume of loose papers. They began to unfold a document that did not seem to have an end...and found a remarkable printed genealogy composed of multiple sheets.
🧵(2) In the archives of the Priory of Pisa of the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, the 19th-century inventory says "one volume," and when you see it in person, you notice that one becomes many.
November 4, 2025 at 3:07 PM
🧵(2) In the archives of the Priory of Pisa of the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, the 19th-century inventory says "one volume," and when you see it in person, you notice that one becomes many.