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"Slow, but full of life" : the Library of the Custody told to us by Fr. Lionel
The library of the Custody holds tens of thousands of volumes, It is the oldest library in the Holy Land and it is a museum in itself. We introduce it to you today through the story of its director, ...
The Ottoman objects of the Terra Sancta Museum : “Everything has still to be discovered”
Charlotte Maury is in charge of the Ottoman collections and the Art of the Book in the Department of the Arts of Islam of the Louvre. Her background includes command of Persian and Turkish and some ...
A new turning-point for the Terra Sancta Museum
The fundamental points of the 9th session of the Scientific Committee of the Terra Sancta Museum in a few lines: this is the challenge we set ourselves! Enjoy reading it! WHEN THE SITE OF ...
A beautiful welcome : a new work at the entrance to the Custody
This summer, the entrance to the Custody of the Holy Land takes on a new decoration. Designed by a Spanish artist, the work has taken shape in the famous studio of the Armenian ceramicists George and ...
The Gelmini volunteers : for the peoples of the Holy Land
Every year, between May and July and between September and November, the volunteers of the Romano Gelmini Association arrive in the Holy Land. They are men and women, almost all of whom are retired, ...
Plane, lintel, chisel: a carpenter at the Custody
The Terra Sancta Museum has some objects which, over the centuries, have been offered to the friars of the Custody both by simple pilgrims who have come to the Holy Land and by sovereigns from around ...
