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Textile overcover and foredge wrap on a 19th-c. Ethiopian copy of the Meditation on the Crucifixion
Close-up of a red and white textile overcover and foredge wrap on a 19th-c. Ethiopian copy of the Meditation on the Crucifixion

An 18th-c. Ethiopian Synaxarium (collection of saints’ lives used in liturgy) with painting and a cloth pastedown lining the inner board. Tafari Codex 3, Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library.
An 18th-c. Ethiopian Synaxarium manuscript with colourful painting and a cloth pastedown lining the inner board.

Event reception at the Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Toronto, complete with a spread of Ethiopian foods and an Ethiopian coffee ceremony.
Spread of Ethiopian foods and an Ethiopian coffee ceremony on a white tray surrounded by green plants.

Attendees enjoying the reception hosted by the Bikila Award and organised by President Tessema Mulugeta and other community members now living in the Toronto area.
Attendees enjoying the reception hosted by the Bikila Award and organised by President Tessema Mulugeta and other community members in a large room talking and eating.

Eyob Derillo delivering his lecture at the Ethiopic Book Heritage Event.
Eyob Derillo delivering his lecture at the Ethiopic Book Heritage Event at a podium in front of a projector in the Fisher Library

Eyob Derillo delivering his lecture at the Ethiopic Book Heritage Event.
Eyob Derillo delivering his lecture from a podium at the Ethiopic Book Heritage Event at the Fisher Library in front of a projector.

Eyob Derillo delivering his lecture at the Ethiopic Book Heritage Event.
Eyob Derillo delivering his lecture at the podium of the Ethiopic Book Heritage Event, pointing to his slides on the projector.

Eyob Derillo delivering his lecture on “Text and Image: Divination, Handbooks, Scrolls & Magic in the Ethiopic Tradition” at the Ethiopic Book Heritage Event, Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library.
Eyob Derillo delivering his lecture at a podium in the Fisher Rare Book Library.

Ethiopic Book Heritage Event at Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto.
Ethiopic Book Heritage Event attendees in the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library sitting in rows in front of the speaker.

A binding of a small Ethiopian book with wooden covers and folk mends. Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto.
A hand holding a small Ethiopian book with wooden covers and folk mends to show its binding.
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