Keyhole surgery on old books leads to discovery of medieval fragments
An endoscopic camera was used to record images of reused medieval fragments on the inside of book bindings from the 16th and ...
Hanukkah: The history of the menorah and hanukkiah seen in ancient manuscripts
The tradition of building up to lighting eight oil lamps (plus one shamash, or servitor) over the Hanukkah period began in the 2nd century CE.
Saint Louis University4mon
Facsimiles of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts
The Vatican Film Library holds more than 200 full or partial facsimiles of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts. A manuscript facsimile is a published, printed photographic reproduction that captures ...
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Medieval Jewish prayerbook sold for $8.3 million, a near-record for Judaica
Sotheby’s said the item went to a “renowned American collector, who has one of the most significant collections of Medieval Hebrew manuscripts in the world.” In an email to the Jewish ...
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A Mahzor from Worms: Art and Religion in a Medieval Jewish Community
A luxurious Jewish manuscript appears at the core of a new publication authored ... and attributes it to the famous Worms rite. “The imagery of medieval prayer books communicates with its viewers in ...
Cambridge University Press3y
A Catalogue of the Medieval Manuscripts in the University Library, Aberdeen
His detailed descriptive catalogues of manuscripts owned by colleges, cathedrals and museums are still sought after by scholars today. This catalogue, originally published in 1932, describes just over ...