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Backlit page of a Qur’an on paper from Harar, Ethiopia. Toronto, Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, MSS 05330.
Backlit page of a Qur’an on paper from Harar, Ethiopia. Toronto, Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, MSS 05330.

Qur’an from Siyu, Kenya. Fowler Museum, UCLA.
Page opening of the Fowler Qur'an with striking red, orange, and black calligraphy at right.

Eyob Derillo's hands holding a book above a traditional wooden bookstand painted with biblical imagery.

Eyob Derillo lecturing to a full room with the stacks of the Fisher Rare Book Library rising behind him.

Amulet scroll on parchment. Toronto, Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, Ethiopic MSS 00001.
Scroll displayed on stand, unrolled to reveal an angel in blue with sword raised overhead.

Textiles pastedown on inner board of Ethiopian Christian manuscript.
Striped red, blue, and white textiles pastedown on inner board of Ethiopian Christian manuscript.

Folk repairs to a broken wooden cover of an Ethiopian Life of Abune Gebre Menfes Qidus.
Folk repairs to a broken wooden cover of an Ethiopian Life of Abune Gebre Menfes Qidus.

Manuscript detail of a figure presenting a small book written in Ge’ez.
Manuscript detail of a small figure presenting a book written in Ge’ez.

Qur’an made in Harar, Ethiopia
Page opening with geometric curling design, calligraphy, and annotations from Harari Qur'an in Princeton, NJ.

Binding of an Ethiopian psalter, with traditional linked-stitch sewing technique.
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