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Posts by Evyn Kropf

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lions and dragon in combat, configured like an ouroboros, surrounded by lines of persian poetry
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  • Evyn Kropf
Invisible gifts, strings attached: an investigation into a Qajar fingernail album
This post is by Remy Djavaherian (BA in Middle East Studies / Persian Visual Culture, University of Michigan, 2025), drawn from his work with an album from the Islamic Manuscripts Collection.
flyer in style of wanted poster featuring fingerprints and headshots of richard nixon
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  • Evyn Kropf
Next week | Voices of Dissent: Protests Against Richard Nixon
Join us next Thursday, 17 October between 4-6p for our next Third Thursdays at the Library event of the semester!
view of a closed book with damage to spine visible
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  • Evyn Kropf
Next week: Spotlight on Conservation
Join us next Thursday, 19 September between 4-6p for our first Third Thursdays at the Library event of the semester!
rectangular page of contrasting paper with lines arabic calligraphy on the diagonal mounted into an album page
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  • Evyn Kropf
An outstanding icazetname in Isl. Ms. 438
This post is by Sumeyra Dursun, 2023 Heid Fellow, from her research in the Islamic Manuscripts Collection. Sumeyra is a doctoral candidate in the history of Islamic arts at Yildiz Technical University in Istanbul.
mounted calligraphic panel in album page
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  • Evyn Kropf
A découpage piece by Şehrî in Isl. Ms. 438
This post is by Sumeyra Dursun, 2023 Heid Fellow, from her research in the Islamic Manuscripts Collection. Sumeyra is a doctoral candidate in the history of Islamic arts at Yildiz Technical University in Istanbul.
lines of Persian calligraphy in modified Arabic script, written on the diagonal, accented with gold and colored decorations, set in a green framed album page
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  • Evyn Kropf
Sultan Murad IV, redoubtable warrior and calligrapher? A calligraphic piece in Isl. Ms. 441
This post is by Sumeyra Dursun, 2023 Heid Fellow, from her research in the Islamic Manuscripts Collection. Sumeyra is a doctoral candidate in the history of Islamic arts at Yildiz Technical University in Istanbul.
three writers standing holding Ardis printed copy of a text
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  • Evyn Kropf
Next week | Soviet Contraband : Publishing free thinkers in the Soviet Union
Join us next week for another Third Thursdays at the Library open house, exploring material from the Ardis Press Records!
drawing of workers in coats and hats holding signs saying on strike and other messages
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  • Evyn Kropf
Next week : Arts and Resistance in the Labadie Collection
Join us next week for our first Third Thursdays at the Library open house, exploring material from the Labadie Collection!
poster with event announcement and images of family seated below potrait floral bouquet architectural cityscape and artists book with curved vertical forms emerging from red cube
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  • Evyn Kropf
Special Collections After Hours Winter 2023
We are excited to continue our in-person Special Collections After Hours open houses this semester! Join us on the second Tuesday of each month from 4 to 5.30 pm in the Special Collections Research Center on the 6th floor of the Hatcher Graduate Library for an encounter with our collections.
three circular views of greek manuscript text on papyrus, persian manuscript text with astronomical diagram on paper, engraved frontispiece showing European astronomers at work
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  • Pablo Alvarez
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New Exhibit and Opening | Early Astronomy in the University of Michigan Collections
The Special Collections Research Center is pleased to announce a new exhibit featuring a selection of manuscripts, early printed books, and artifacts illustrating Mesopotamian, Greek, Islamic, and Western European astronomies. Join the curators on Thursday, 12 January, 4-6p in the Hatcher Gallery for a reception celebrating the opening of the exhibit followed by an exhibit tour.