Posts by Evyn Kropf

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manuscripts displayed on a long table with students examining them and taking notes with pencil and paper
  • Evyn Kropf
Instruction is in full swing this fall semester! We gave 27 presentations in October alone for 527 participants. Here’s a small sampling of our instruction for the month!
Map showing significant locations for the journey of Islamic Manuscript 350, including Delhi, London, Istanbul, Florence, Cairo, and Ann Arbor
  • Evyn Kropf
The manuscript currently preserved in our library under the shelfmark Isl. Ms. 350 has a fascinating history that can be traced in internal owners’ marks and external documentary sources. Produced in Delhi, the manuscript was acquired by the library in 1924 along with several hundred other manuscripts from Istanbul that came to be known as the "Abdul Hamid Collection." How did these manuscripts reach Ann Arbor? Read the intriguing story in this second of two posts!
Former owners' marks seen on front flyleaf of Isl. Ms. 350
  • Evyn Kropf
The manuscript currently preserved in our library under the shelfmark Isl. Ms. 350 has a fascinating history that can be traced in internal owners’ marks and external documentary sources. Produced in Delhi, the manuscript was acquired by the library in 1924 along with several hundred other manuscripts from Istanbul that came to be known as the "Abdul Hamid Collection." How did the manuscript end up in Istanbul? Read the intriguing story in this first of two posts!
Dyed and burnished papers in a range of colors
  • Evyn Kropf
Join us at 1 pm this Thursday (30th March) in the Hatcher Library Gallery for a lecture and demonstration with papermaker and artist Radha Pandey.
View of the Islamic Manuscripts Michigan collection page in the Hathi Trust Digital Library
  • Evyn Kropf
An 8-year project to digitize our Islamic Manuscripts Collection is now finished!
Exhibit poster for Of Love and Madness: The Literary History of Layla and Majnun
  • Evyn Kropf
Don't miss "Of Love and Madness: The Literary History of Layla and Majnun," on display October 7th - February 22nd in the Papyrology Cases on the 7th floor of Hatcher! This exhibit features Persian and Turkish illuminated manuscripts from the Islamic Manuscripts Collection, a couple of Azerbaijani imprints from the general collections, and even a papyrus fragment!
Watermark of grapes with stem and crown above seen across fold of Isl. Ms. 525 p.12 / 17
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This Wednesday's watermark feature: grape motifs in watermarked papers from our Islamic Manuscripts Collection.
Scissors watermark in Isl. Ms. 569 p.10/11
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This Wednesday's watermark feature: scissors motifs in watermarked papers from our Islamic Manuscripts Collection.
Paschal Lamb watermark across the fold in Isl. Ms. 587 p.407/408
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Watermark Wednesdays are back with Paschal Lamb motifs in watermarked papers from the Islamic Manuscripts Collection.
Three hats watermark in p.100 Isl. Ms. 337
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This Wednesday's watermark feature: three hats motifs in watermarked papers from the Islamic Manuscripts Collection. Hats off to a year of monthly Watermark Wednesdays!