Head of Special Collections, David Fernandez, delivers the introduction to the Ethiopic Book Heritage Event. Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto.

Visitors view manuscripts at the Ethiopic Book Heritage Event.

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.

Event reception at the Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Toronto, complete with a spread of Ethiopian foods and an Ethiopian coffee ceremony.

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.

Eyob Derillo delivering his lecture at the Ethiopic Book Heritage Event.

Eyob Derillo delivering his lecture at the Ethiopic Book Heritage Event.