Illustration by Cyprianus, from Clavis Inferni (null).

Source: Wellcome Collection

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Museums + Heritage Advisor: Wellcome Collection ‘sets bar high’ on restitution, returning 2,000 Jain manuscripts. “Wellcome Collection is to return more than 2,000 manuscripts from the ancient Indian Jain religion to its community, after more than a century. The manuscripts will initially be moved to the Dharmanath Network in Jain Studies at the University of Birmingham, which will open the […]

Inside Yale University’s Fascinating Collection of “Magic Books” Making Sense of the Medieval World

By Sage Helene

https://mymodernmet.com/yale-hidden-magic-manuscripts/

1742 Library of Yale at the Beinecke Library
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzR1hWIXtNk&t=19s

Library of Yale at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Library+of+Yale+

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Buddhist rebus-style text from Japan (Early 20th century), from Hymn of Praise to Kannon for the Illiterate (Kannon mekura wasan).

Source: British Library

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“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

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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.

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