A crossroads of cultures, the Old City of Jerusalem holds great meaning for Jews, Christians, and Muslims. The three faith traditions have been intertwined throughout the city’s long and complex history—a history that has been handwritten in centuries-old manuscript collections. HMML’s first project in Jerusalem began in 2011, digitizing over 350 manuscripts at Dayro d-Mor Marqos (Saint Mark's Monastery), a Syrian Orthodox monastery located in the Christian Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem. The collection includes a remarkable range of texts from the 7th to 20th centuries. Soon after, HMML began digitizing the private libraries of four prominent families in Jerusalem’s Muslim community: the Āl Budeiry Library, the Khalidi Library, the Issaf Nashashibi Library, and al-Zāwiyah al-Uzbakīyah, all located in or near the heart of the Old City and the al-Aqsa Mosque, one of the holiest sites for Muslims in Jerusalem. The texts cover a wide range of subjects, such as Islamic theology, law, philosophy, poetry, and mathematics. The earliest, from the Khalidi collection, dates to the 10th century.

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