A Benedictine monk's mission to save the ancient manuscripts of the Islamic world The World Today Posted by Dee McArthur on March 29, 2017 at 9:00pm A Benedictine monk's mission to save the ancient manuscripts of the Islamic world The World Today By Eleanor Hall Posted yesterday at 1:09pm PHOTO: The rise of Islamic State has posed a threat to the integrity of ancient manuscripts in the Middle East. Read more…
Fire destroys historic texts in Moscow Posted by Louise Preston on February 1, 2015 at 10:30pm Huge library containing historic texts and 14 million books goes up in flames Moscow INION has the largest collection of Slavic-language texts in Russia Jon Stone Saturday 31 January 2015 A library containing over 14 million books, historic texts and oth Read more…