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What Does the Fox Say? A Hierarchy of Animal Voices
June 20, 2024

What Does the Fox Say? A Hierarchy of Animal Voices

“For thousands of years, languages around the world have attempted to capture the sounds of animals...”

  • Dr. Jennifer Carnell
Visualizing the Audible: Depictions of Music in a Medieval German Manuscript
December 7, 2023

Visualizing the Audible: Depictions of Music in a Medieval German Manuscript

“Although music is an aural and tactile experience, human beings also have a...”

  • Dr. Jennifer Carnell
November 23, 2023

Do You Hear What I Hear? The Audible and Inaudible in Medieval Music

“Among HMML’s microfilms of the Durham Cathedral Library...”

Dr. Jennifer Carnell

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Johann Wetzstein and the Qurʼan Fragments of Tübingen
February 16, 2023

Johann Wetzstein and the Qurʼan Fragments of Tübingen

“Johann Gottfried Wetzstein served as honorary Prussian consul in Damascus, Syria, from 1849 to 1861...”

  • Dr. Josh Mugler
The Next Stop was Kremsmünster Abbey
December 20, 2022

The Next Stop was Kremsmünster Abbey

“When Father Oliver Kapsner began to microfilm the medieval manuscripts at Kremsmünster Abbey, Austria, in late 1964, he could not have imagined...”

  • Dr. Matthew Z. Heintzelman
A Book You Would Love to Read...
September 29, 2022

A Book You Would Love to Read...

“A book you would love to read is lost, altered, destroyed, buried, hidden, left unpublished, unwritten, banned.”

  • Dr. Catherine Walsh and Margaret Bresnahan
Microfilm Milestones
July 28, 2022

Microfilm Milestones

“HMML’s first library partnerships were to photograph the collections of prominent libraries in...”

  • Dr. Josh Mugler
A Tale of Two Bears — Astronomy in Austrian Libraries
April 28, 2022

A Tale of Two Bears — Astronomy in Austrian Libraries

“When I was a boy, the night sky always fascinated me—stars, moon, planets, nebulae, comets, and...”

  • Dr. Matthew Z. Heintzelman
A Man for All Seasonings
January 20, 2022

A Man for All Seasonings

“It was the late 14th century, and Shīrāz was the city of poets.”

  • Dr. Josh Mugler
Crossing the Red Sea in the 1640s
May 27, 2021

Crossing the Red Sea in the 1640s

“In September 1647 CE, al-Ḥasan al-Ḥaymī left the port of al-Mukhā (Mocha) in...”

  • Dr. Josh Mugler
Where We're Working: The Pontificio Collegio Armeno, Rome
December 1, 2019

Where We're Working: The Pontificio Collegio Armeno, Rome

“HMML began digitization at the Pontificio Collegio Armeno (PCA) in Rome in 2018.”

  • Dr. Melissa Moreton

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