Preserving Endangered Manuscripts in the Middle East and Africa
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Literature
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Benedictine monk Father Columba Stewart, executive director of the Hill Museum and Manuscript Library, explains how a Minnesota-based monastery has digitized 50,000 manuscripts originating from Syria, Iraq, and other places where traditional culture is threatened.This talk is part of the Zamorano Lecture series at The Huntington.
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