A LOVELY miniature for Psalm 68:31 "Princes shall come forth out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch forth her hands unto God" Never seen this depicted in a manuscript.

This very poignant clip is doing the rounds again. This has never been more true, and sadly we're seeing the damaging impact of Brexit every day. We must undo this chaotic act of self-harm.

🇬🇧 museum and heritage sector- please consider and share this 🇪🇺 funding

✨🌟Congratulations to our brilliant MA students for completing their MA dissertation vivas last Thursday!🌟✨

First case from #Ethiopia included in virtual Museum of Looted Antiquities. Read about the amazing story of the cross with healing properties from the #UNESCO heritage Lalibela site stolen in 1997 and restituted from #Belgium Loot and Plunder lemn sissay OBE FRSL RM*(restitution matters) Cultural Restitution Lewis McNaught, Editor, Returningheritage.com

60 days to go before Medieval Women opens 😍 We're telling the stories of women from medieval Europe, in their own words. Queens, visionaries, nuns, farm labourers, poets, illuminators, silkwomen, midwives. Book your tickets now! blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanus…

My latest: Matteo Salvadore, “Europe’s Other Ethiopian Diaspora: The Ordeals of António, an Enslaved Muslim in Early Modern Lisbon” International Journal of African Historical Studies, 57.1, 2024, 35-59 Thread 👇🧵

I'm really excited to give this talk on the Pink Qur'an with Umberto Bongianino at Prof. Déroche's conference, on 11th October at the Collège de France, Paris!

There is no way to sugar-coat this UCL is closing one of it's two major museums @UCL_Culture, with no clear plans as to where it will be located and when it will reopen... 😥💔theguardian.com/education/2024…

Beginning of Gospel of Luke (لوقا المرتضى) From the “Four Gospels in Arabic”, written in 737/1335 for the Arabic-speaking Christians in Jerusalem (Palestine). British Library (Add. MS 11856)

#Ethiopian delegation of ETOC priests on the way to meet the Pope in #Rome in the 15th century according to AI.

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