Hundreds of thousands of manuscripts that explain human history and culture are at risk of being permanently lost because of neglect, war, theft and disasters. The Hill Museum & Manuscript Library (HMML), one of the world's leading cultural preservation institutions, digitizes the handwritten stories of ancient civilizations in many of the world's most dangerous and inaccessible locations. As it nears five decades of work, HMML has photographed some 120,000 complete manuscripts, totaling more than 40,000,000 pages. HMMLPreservation will give life to the leadership and manuscripts behind HMML.
I wasn't aware this series of prints existed until I watched this video. I'll try to find more about it. Great work! Btw John is my favorite apostle of Jesus :)
From a recipe for salami to archives that give a community an identity. Another insightful video about the importance of conserving the voices of the past. The passion of the 3 of you is contagious. Please keep up your great work. 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
Very interesting! I had no idea so many scribes worked on this project. I loved your explanations. It was fascinating to see the slight differences in each of the major scribes natural styles. Thank you.
Another insightful documentary. This series is valuable beyond words, because they bring important insights in the world manuscript research. Also wonderful to see the friendship between the two guests. Looking forward to the next episode.
A wonderful discussion. Mr. Khalidi's take on the personal victories rather than state-based achievements is so poignant. To live in that wonderful but oppressed city is resistance and victory in of itself....bravo!
"Conferences" refers to meetings that Cassian had in Egypt with leaders of the Egyptian monastic community. His wrote his "Conferences" book as a way for readers to listen-in on these meetings.
Why is it a "GLOSSED" Bible "GLOSSED" OR "GLOSS" Means to brush over, become unclear, obscure, a false and often willfully misleading interpretation Why? Why GLOSSED
Thank you for asking. A “gloss” is a commentary or notes on a text (as in the term “glossary” referring to a list of “meanings” of words). The term “glossed bible” refers to the fact that this particular version of the Bible includes an extensive set of commentary surrounding the text (and also between the lines of the text). This particular set of glosses is called the “Glossa Ordinaria” (“ordinary gloss”; en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossa_Ordinaria) because it became the most common collection of earlier commentaries from earlier Church authorities and patristic authors. The Bible is by no means the only book/text that has been glossed in this way. HMML has glossed versions of Canon Law, Ovid, Juvenal, Thomas Aquinas, the Qur’an, the Talmud, etc. A modern equivalent to the “gloss” might be “footnotes” which provide explanatory text at the bottom of the same page. With a gloss, one assumes that the commentary covers the whole page. One manuscript fragment in HMML's collections (w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/519099) presents the Gospel of Luke written in large letters. The gloss is written in smaller lettering in the right and left margins, as well as “interlinear” (“between-the-lines”) glossing in smaller letters. All of this is given to the reader to aid in the understanding and interpretation of the main text, the Gospel of Luke. This was a common way to study the Bible in the later Middle Ages. The 16th-century reformers largely did away with such glossing, preferring (at least at first) to make the text available directly and with out intermediary interpretation.
Gloss Glossed comes from Glo meaning Lucifer. Glossators were Roman Lawyers who Glossed text which was their opinion and how the wanted the text to be percieved.
The manuscript is identified as Ms. Fragment 37, and the HMML project number is SJRB 00159. It can be viewed in HMML Reading Room: www.vhmml.org/readingRoom/view/500879
Another great and informative episode. Thank you for sharing this valuable knowledge. It is through the work of HMML that I learned about the importance of the Syriac language to the history of knowledge development. I was touched in this episode by the work of Dr. Robin Darling Young who records real voices of people and preserves them for future generation. I’m looking forward to your next episode.
“When we truly listen what others have to tell us we build an understanding, and that is always a good foundation for collaboration.” Perfect! We need this so much in these polarized times. 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
That's great, I'm trying to do a similar thing for the Kingsbook that contains the old Norse poems with paint.net but the image is too low res. It's not low res, but it's too low res to really catch those faded letters.
Really appreciate the videos explaining the books or texts and translation. It would be a wonderful blessing to do a few videos a day covering a specific text, it's translation and providence!!! Thank you 🙏🛐✝️❣️
Another great episode. I love how your program shares these profound insights about us humans. The part of putting people with mental challenges at the heart of a university, where they become tutors of human relations... just brilliant! Looking forward to the next episode. Thank you and keep up the great work.
Thank you Dr. Matthew Heintzelman for a beautiful, precise five short talks. They are very clear and succinct, a great introduction for anyone wants to start this wonderful area of the history of the book.
