The desire to create lists connects people across continents and centuries. What makes these documents so fascinating? Doctoral researcher Michael Hensley, who studies Ethiopian and Eritrean book lists, reflects on the significance of these special written artefacts.

Creative chaos reigns in the diaries of Rainer Maria Rilke. For researchers, this presents a challenge that they aim to address with digital tools. These are being developed by Hussein Mohammed and Quang-Vinh Dang at the Visual Manuscript Analysis Lab of the CSMC.

From the meaning of solar eclipses to the oldest wine in the world: The ‘Mesopotamian Bulletins’ cover a wide range of stories about the ancient world. Eleven new episodes are now available in English translation.