Tag Archives: Old Nubian manuscripts
Always some Old Nubian related-discovery expecting us in Berlin…
The last days of June found me in Germany. First, at Bad Homburg (next to Frankfurt am Main). Normally, people travel there for spa-treatments, but my visit aimed at adding my Nubia-focused contribution to the treatment of a very interesting … Continue reading
Old Nubian in Bergen – part V (2017 sequel)
Three awesome weeks of work on Old Nubian have come to an end. The final activity was the presentation of the results of our work on the Serra-East codex, containing the pseudo-Chrysostomian homily In verabilem crucem sermo, in the frame of the annual … Continue reading
Old Nubian in Bergen – part I (2017 sequel)
It’s been two years since the previous sequel of posts on Old Nubian in advance of a seminar in Bergen, which back in June 2015 brought together the Attiri Collaborative. Since then, the publication of The Old Nubian Texts from … Continue reading
Manuscripts of Timbuktu in Exile
I closed the previous entry with a reference to my job in Bergen regarding the archives of Sean O’Fahey. Among the various contributions to the history and heritage of Sudan and Africa, O’Fahey has been the editor together with John … Continue reading
Medieval Sai Project 