HMML School

HMML School teaches about scripts and manuscripts, introducing learners to the sciences of paleography and codicology. Choose a manuscript culture and follow the development of scripts through the centuries!

You can also learn how to transcribe manuscripts, representing the handwritten text in a form that can be used for further study and comparison with other copies of the text.

Arabic Paleography

Description

Arabic scripts from the 9th to 20th centuries, using Christian Arabic manuscripts from Sinai and HMML’s collections.

Arabic Paleography

Latin Paleography

Description

Latin scripts from Classical Antiquity to Humanist writing of the 15th century.

Latin Paleography

Syriac Paleography

Description

Syriac scripts from the earliest Estrangela to the 21st century, including Garshuni.

Syriac Paleography

Lexicon

Description

Terms used in manuscript studies

Lexicon

Folio

Description

Writing over time

Folio