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Project Profiles Lebanon Armenian Catholic Clergy Institute Bzommar, Lebanon Bibliothèque Orientale at the Université Saint-Joseph Beirut, Lebanon Our Lady of Balamand Monastery and University Tripoli, Lebanon Armenian Apostolic Catholicosate of the Great House of Cilicia Antelias, Lebanon Deir Mar Yuhanna al-Shuwayr (“Monastery of Saint John the Baptist at Shweir”) Khonchara, Lebanon Monastery of Saint George at Deir-esh-Shir Jounieh, Lebanon Université du Saint-Esprit Kaslik, Lebanon Deir el-Kreim, Lebanese Maronite Missionary Order Jounieh, Lebanon Knights of Malta Priory of Rome National Archives of Malta Syria Melkite Greek-Catholic Archdiocese of Aleppo Aleppo, Syria Syriac Orthodox Archdiocese of Aleppo Aleppo, Syria Syriac Catholic Archdiocese of Aleppo Aleppo, Syria Syriac Orthodox Archdiocese of Homs Homs, Syria Ukraine The Stefanyk Library of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine L’viv, Ukraine L’viv Historical Museum L’viv, Ukraine India Saint Thomas Christian Manuscript Collections Kerala, India Legacy Preservation Projects Austria/Germany/Switzerland British Isles Iberia Italy Malta South Africa Sweden Ethiopia	Université du Saint-Esprit Kaslik, Lebanon 2,000+ Syriac, Arabic and Karshuni Manuscripts Digital technician Talin Agob and one of the digitizing studios at the Université du Saint-Esprit in Kaslik. The Université du Saint-Esprit is one of the largest and most successful higher-education institutions in Lebanon. Under the sponsorship of the Lebanese Maronite Order, the University at Kaslik has become a major center for the study of Syriac Christianity. The Lebanese Maronite Order is the largest of the Maronite monastic orders of men. At Kaslik, the Order has built a magnificent, state-of-the-art library with a rare book vault, conservation studio, and photographic studio where the manuscripts from the various monasteries and churches of the Order are being brought for digitizing. HMML has been working with the team at Kaslik since 2004, building upon previous work done by Brigham Young University. BYU has provided HMML copies of the manuscripts that they photographed before HMML took over the project. The final size of the collection can only be estimated, as manuscripts continue to be brought to Kaslik for digitizing and depositing in the vault. Professional cataloguing of the manuscripts will be the next step. Learn more about the Maronite Catholic Church. 19^th century Karshuni manuscript of the Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius of Loyola, Kaslik, Université du Saint-Esprit, OLM 322 fols 15r-14v. Finding Manuscripts from This Project in OLIVER, HMML's Online Manuscript Database To find manuscript records from this collection in OLIVER, go to: OLIVER Manuscript Search and use the "City" drop-down menu to select the city, "Kaslik." More information can be found here.