This year’s Hebrew Manuscript Studies Workshop is under way! It is being led by Judith Olszowy-Schlanger (OCHJS and Corpus Christi College), Agata Paluch (Freie Universität Berlin) and César Merchán-Hamann (OCHJS and Bodleian Library) and takes place from 26 June-7 July 2023.
The following topics will be explored:
Part 1
- Introduction to the Bodleian Judaica collections and their history
- Codicology I: Hebrew Manuscript Production: Context and Economy
- Codicology II: Book Materials and Formats
- Codicology III: Quire Composition
- Palaeography I: Oriental scripts 1
- Codicology IV: Page- and Text-Layout
- Illuminated manuscripts: Visual language & the making of the Hebrew manuscript
- Palaeography II: Oriental scripts 2
- Palaeography III: Sephardi scripts
- Oriental and Sephardi Illuminated Manuscripts 1
- Sephardi Illuminated Manuscripts 2
- Palaeography IV: Ashkenazi scripts 1
- Paper, parchment, inks
- Ashkenazi Illuminated Manuscripts 1
- Palaeography V: Ashkenazi scripts 2
- Ashkenazi Illuminated Manuscripts 2
- Palaeography VI: Italian scripts
- Italian Illuminated Manuscripts
- Palaeography VII: Yemenite scripts
- Palaeography VIII: Byzantine scripts
- Digital Palaeography I
- Digital Palaeography II
- Calendars and dating in Hebrew manuscripts
Part 2
- Manuscript Culture in the Early Modern Sephardi World
- Sephardi and North African Script Styles
- Early Jewish Book Printing in Europe
- Jewish Printing in Europe II
- Manuscript vs Print Production in Europe
- Palaeography Practice in Sephardi Scripts
- Intersections of Sephardi Manuscripts and Printed Books
- Ashkenazi Script & Scribal Practices: Manuscripts of the 16th century
- Bookbinding
- Ashkenazi Script & Scribal Practices: Manuscripts of the 17th century
- Ashkenazi Script & Scribal Practices: Manuscripts of the 18th century
- Italian palaeography I: 16th century
- Italian palaeography II: 17th-18th centuries
- Early modern Italian palaeography (practical session)