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Subject(s)

• Manuscripts, Hebrew [Browse]
• Codicology [Browse]
• Writing materials and instruments [Browse]
• Archaeological chemistry [Browse]
• Jews—History—70-1789—Manuscripts [Browse]

Series

• Études sur le judaïsme médiéval ; Volume 91. [More in this series]
• Études Sur le Judaïsme Médiéval Series ; Volume 91

Summary note

Through the application of scientific methods of analysis to a corpus of medieval manuscripts found in the Cairo Genizah, this work aims to gain a better understanding of the writing materials used by Jewish communities at that time, shedding new light not only on the production of manuscripts in the Middle Ages, but also on the life of those Jewish communities.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Source of description

Description based on print version record.

Language note

English

ISBN

90-04-46935-4

Doi

• 10.1163/9789004469358

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