Margins speak
hidden voices from Christian Arabic manuscripts
This blog is dedicated to Arabic marginal notes in Christian Arabic manuscripts as well as in manuscripts written in other languages—traces left over the centuries by scribes, readers, owners, and others whose hidden voices still speak from the margins
Blog Posts
Cats on Mount Sinai
European travellers encountered and wrote about the cats of St. Catherine’s Monastery. This post has some of their funny yet revealing stories about cats, monks, and Egyptians.
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From Tripoli through Cyprus to Sinai (2)
This is Part II of the journey taken by a small group of Eastern Christian monks. This part is about their trip through the deserts of Egypt to Sinai.
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From Tripoli through Cyprus to Sinai (1)
In 1498, a small group of Eastern Christian monks left a monastery near Tripoli and disappeared into the routes of the eastern Mediterranean. Centuries later, their journey survives on a single neglected folio in the Vatican Library.
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