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Posted by: Anchi Hoh
The Library of Congress' Hebraic Section recently acquired a Ketubah (Jewish marriage contract), handwritten in 1722 in Ancona, Italy. Because the Ketubah is displayed during the ceremony, the tradition evolved to decorate the Ketubah. This Italian Ketubah from 1722 shows how the decoration adds beauty and meaning to a dry legal document.
Posted in: African and Middle Eastern Division (AMED), Hebraic Section
Posted by: Anchi Hoh
January 1804 marks Haitian independence from French colonial rule. Self-liberated enslaved people on the island led and carried out the only successful insurrection by enslaved peoples in the Western Hemisphere. The Latin American, Caribbean, and European Division (LACE) has released a research guide, “Freedom in the Black Diaspora: A Resource Guide for Ayiti Re-imagined.”
Posted in: Hispanic Reading Room, Latin America
Posted by: Anchi Hoh
This blog looks at Bengali publications from the Franklin Book Program, a translation program sponsored by the United States during the Cold War. It also examines the place of religion in books published for Muslim readers in East Pakistan (present-day Bangladesh).
Posted in: Asian Division, South Asia
Posted by: Anchi Hoh
This blog uses the Library of Congress’s Ethiopian Collections to discuss Timkat, a Christian religious celebration instituted by the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church beginning from about the 5th Century.
Posted in: African and Middle Eastern Division (AMED), African Section