Faith's archivists: Hand-written to hard disk Posted by Archives Live Administrator on April 15, 2020 at 5:29pm Views: 106 0 Get Embed Code <iframe width="480" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/2zJupMCknWw?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe> The Benedictine monks in Minnesota began backing up the world’s ancient Christian texts during the Cold War. Today, they are preserving the Islamic manuscripts of Timbuktu You need to be a member of Archives Live to add comments! Join Archives Live Comments Simone Pritchard May 13, 2020 at 8:47am Thanks for sharing. Fascinating! Christopher Thomas Johnson May 12, 2020 at 7:30am wonderful story of inter faith cooperation. What a fantastic job these monks are doing! Catherine Hall April 16, 2020 at 9:01am The book 'The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu (and their race to save the world's most precious manuscripts)' by Joshua Hammer is a great read. This reply was deleted. E-mail me when people leave their comments – Follow Related Videos Faith's archivists: Hand-written to hard disk
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Thanks for sharing. Fascinating!
wonderful story of inter faith cooperation. What a fantastic job these monks are doing!
The book 'The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu (and their race to save the world's most precious manuscripts)' by Joshua Hammer is a great read.