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Detail of an Ethiopian manuscript in Ge’ez language and script, with a red textiles bookmark sewn into the corner of the page. Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto.
Hand holding the corner of a page showing a detail of an Ethiopian manuscript in Ge’ez language and script, with a red textiles bookmark sewn into the corner of the page.

Hagos Abhra Abay (U. Toronto), Eyob Derillo (British Library), and Gelila Tilahun (Toronto) at the Ethiopic Book Heritage Event, Toronto.
Hagos Abhra Abay, Eyob Derillo, and Gelila Tilahun standing in a circle talking to each other at the Ethiopic Book Heritage Event.

Suzanne Conklin Akbari examines a printed book containing early modern maps of Ethiopia.
Suzanne Conklin Akbari examines a printed book containing early modern maps of Ethiopia while standing behind a table.

Early modern map of Africa in a printed book from 1741, depicting ‘Aethiopica’ and including a Ge’ez syllabary. Gottfried Hensel, Synopsis universae philologiae. Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto.
Early modern map of Africa in colour from a printed book from 1741, depicting ‘Aethiopica’ and including a Ge’ez syllabary.

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.

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.

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.

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 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 Ethiopic Book Heritage Event at a podium in front of a projector in the Fisher Library
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