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This volume of the Glossa Ordinaria has a wood cover with a pigskin binding. This Old Testament volume used to have a clasp that would would be chained to a desk to prevent theft.

+ (photo: Mitch Hanley)

Preserving Words and Worlds

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Fragments of History

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A behind-the-scenes look from Krista's interview. Here, Fr. Columba shows centuries-old manuscripts in Ge'ez and Samaritan Hebrew, Latin and Armenian, and Greek with Arabic translations. It's an intimate perspective of precious objects well worth viewing.