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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

Detail of a manuscript in the Ge’ez language and script.
Detail of a thread bookmark from a Ge'ez manuscript.
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