Textiles pastedown on inner board of Ethiopian Christian manuscript.

Amulet scroll on parchment. Toronto, Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, Ethiopic MSS 00001.

Qur’an from Siyu, Kenya. Fowler Museum, UCLA.

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

Detail of a manuscript in the Ge’ez language and script.

Visitors view manuscripts at the Ethiopic Book Heritage Event, Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto.

Visitors view manuscripts at the Ethiopic Book Heritage Event.

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.