Ura Kidane Mihret Monastery, Lake Tana, Ethiopia, 2006. Ethiopia, 2006 Ethiopia, 2006. 3. Magic scrolls. Part of a larger healing ritual they were used to eliminate illness Maroua region, Camerun, 2008 Maroua region, Camerun, 2008 Wall of the Second Temple, Jerusalem. 2010. Museum of Islamic Art, Doha, Qatar, 2014 Al-Haram el-Sharif, Jerusalem Khalidi Library, Jerusalem. Established around 1900 as one of Ottoman Palestine’s first public libraries. Orthodox ceremony in Jerusalem Khalidi Library holds the largest private collection of manuscripts in Jerusalem. Cairo, 2011. Amazing discoveries at the charming L’Orientaliste bookshop. Jerusalem 2011. Unexpected representation of the Sindone in the Pontifical Institute Notre Dame of Jerusalem Center Khan al Khalil, Cairo, 2011 Nicosia, Cyprus 2011. Mar Saba Monastery, Israel/Palestine, 2011 Mar Saba Monastery, Israel/Palestine, 2011 Bethlehem, Nativity Church, 2011 Museum of Islamic Art, Doha Qatar, 2014. Here is a page from the Illustration of the Marvels of Creation and Oddities of Existence, probably Syria, c.XIII Private archive Vienna, Austrian National Library. The Tabula Peutingeriana shown is only a good copy Vienna, Austrian National Library Renaissence explorations Venice 2021. The Saint Marc Treasury inside the Basilica: manuscripts and Graduali. Khozaya Monastery, Qadisha Valley, Lebanon 2015. The first printing press in the middle east was founded in 1585 Khozaya Monastery, Qadisha Valley, Lebanon 2015. Museum of Islamic Art, Doha, Qatar, 2014 Qadisha Valley, Lebanon 2015. Museum of Islamic Art, Doha, Qatar, 2014 Damascus 2023: quest for treasures never ends! Museo di Anghiari, Toscana, acquiring 1564 1st edition of Maggi’s Le fortificationi. 2023 Hurlingham Books, established by Ray Cole in 1968. London, 2024 Hurlingham Books, with Helene looking for travel books Rimini: Valturio’s sarcophagus at the Alberti’s Tempio Malatestiano (Author of De Re Militari, 1483) Old Books Fair, Cesena, Nov.24
