“Under rubble and rain, Gaza women try to save rare books in centuries-old library”

by Ahmed Dremly in Gaza City, occupied Palestine for Middle East Eye

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“Volunteers work to salvage rare manuscripts from Gaza’s Great Omari Mosque library, left in ruins after Israeli bombardment”

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/under-rubble-and-rain-gaza-women-try-save-rare-books-centuries-old-library

#Press #SocialMedia #Palestine #Gaza #Books #Manuscripts #Salvage #OmariMosque #Library #Israel #Bombardment #Volunteers #Women

The Manuscript Institution of #Türkiye will host the first #International #Symposium on #Qurʾānic #Manuscripts in #Istanbul on 12–13 November 2026, bringing together scholars to advance research on Qurʾānic manuscript heritage.

https://www.yek.gov.tr/yazmaesersempozyumu/?en

Guide for Constructing the Letters c and d (ca. 1595) by Joris Hoefnagel.

Source: The Getty

Available to buy as a print.

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/a1d26df5-4405-452c-baf0-1f5f42eede4a

#vases #monkeys #manuscripts #foliage #decorations #art #publicdomain

The Hindu: Preservation of ancient palm-leaf manuscripts launched. “A scientific preservation programme for rare ancient palm-leaf manuscripts was undertaken on Wednesday at the library of P.B. Siddhartha Arts and Science College.”

Death of Judas; Pilate (ca. 1330), from The Holkham Bible Picture Book.

Source: British Library

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/9dedef10-049d-4a83-94da-2982ee0c6ba4

#manuscripts #christianity #bible #art #publicdomain

when #books are a sacred responsibility -

‘I have to protect them’: The man guarding #Mauritania’s rare #Islamic books
https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2026/4/27/the-man-guarding-mauritanias-rare-islamic-texts

#climatechange #ancienthistory #manuscripts #WorldHeritage #UNESCO

🔜 #Handschriftenportal auf der @bibliocon

📍 Di, 19. Mai | 15:00-18:00 Uhr | Stand der Berliner Bibliotheken (E21)
Informationsangebot zum HSP

📍 Do, 21. Mai | 17:30-18:00 Uhr | Raum IV / 4
Algorithmus trifft Linked Open Data: Textanfänge im Handschriftenportal automatisch verknüpfen
Abstract 👉 https://bibliocon2026.abstractserver.com/program/#/details/presentations/434

#handschriften #medievodons #LOD #linkedopendata #bibliocon #histodons #dh #digitalhumanities #manuscripts #bibliocon26