Digitization & cataloging is complete for the collection of the Armenian Patriarchate of Istanbul, Ortakoy, in Turkey. Highlights of this collection include a copy of the Armenian prayer book known as the Aghōtʻagirkʻ, dated to 1381 CE (APIO 00152). Learn more: hmml.org/collections/...

"Seven Students," an etching and aquatint by Isabel Bishop (1902-1988). View each detail in HMML Museum (AAP0649): vhmml.org/museum/view/3030

Cataloging is complete for 104 codices in the collection of the Landeskirchliches Archiv in Nürnberg, Germany, microfilmed by HMML in 1985. The codices paint a picture of the early organization of Protestant churches in Bavaria, including letters from Martin Luther: hmml.org/collections/...

Why do we find animal creatures all throughout the unfolding narratives and poetry of scripture? Dr. Ani Shahinian, cataloger of Armenian manuscripts at HMML, shares reflections from her experiences cataloging and studying illuminated Armenian manuscripts: hmml.org/stories/seri...

But Ask the Animals, and They Will Teach You

“Animals in scripts as symbols of meaning and the art of communicating a message...”

"Pres du moulin" (Near the windmill), an etching by Alphonse Legros (1837–1911). View this and other works by Legros in HMML Museum (AAP1422): vhmml.org/museum/view/1191

HMML’s largest project in L’viv preserved the personal library of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Metropolitan Andrei Sheptytsky (1865–1944). HMML's digitization partnerships in Ukraine began in 2008 and were completed in 2022. Learn more: hmml.org/stories/where-were-working%E2%80%93l-viv-ukraine-2022

Evangelhos do séc. 19 com iluminura siríaca comemorando uma linha telegráfica!

“This collection is significant not so much because of its age—the oldest seem to be from the 15th century—but because they bear witness to the Syriac region’s rich cultural tradition of producing very fine manuscripts.” 

Learn about the manuscripts of Dayro d-Mor Gabriel: hmml.org/collections/...

An exhibition catalog for "Mediterranean Travel: Peoples, Places, Encounters" is now freely available online. The exhibition was curated by Dr. Daniel K. Gullo of HMML's Malta Study Center, with Dr. Emanuel Buttigieg and Kathrine Blanks. Download the catalog: www.academia.edu/123843013/Me...

"Fantasy in Blue," by Tajima Hiroyuki (1911–1984). Woodblock on wove paper, editioned 11/50, made in 1975. View the full print in HMML Museum (AAP0185): vhmml.org/museum/view/3996