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Hebrew Manuscript Studies Workshop

June 22, 2022

Having been unable to hold this workshop for a couple of years due to the Covid-19 pandemic, we are looking forward to this year’s Hebrew Manuscript Studies Workshop: Codicology, Palaeography, Art History. This two-week workshop will be led by Judith Olszowy-Schlanger (OCHJS and Corpus Christi College), Agata Paluch (Freie Universität Berlin), and César Merchán-Hamann (OCHJS and Bodleian Library) and will take place from 27 June-8 July 2022. The following topics will be explored:

Week 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: Methodology: Digital Palaeography
  • Codicology IV: Page- and Text-Layout
  • Illuminated manuscripts: Visual language & the making of the Hebrew manuscript
  • Palaeography II: Oriental scripts 1
  • Palaeography III: Oriental scripts 2
  • Palaeography IV: Sephardi scripts
  • Oriental and Sephardi Illuminated Manuscripts 1
  • Sephardi Illuminated Manuscripts 2
  • Conservation of Hebrew manuscripts at the Bodleian Library
  • Palaeography V: Ashkenazi scripts 1
  • Palaeography VI: Ashkenazi scripts 2
  • Ashkenazi Illuminated Manuscripts 1
  • Ashkenazi Illuminated Manuscripts 2
  • Italian Illuminated Manuscripts
  • Palaeography VII: Italian scripts
  • Palaeography VIII: Yemenite scripts & Byzantine scripts

Week 2

  • Manuscript Culture in the Early Modern Sephardi World
  • Sephardi and North African Script Styles
  • Palaeography Practice in Sephardi Scripts
  • Hebrew Manuscripts Copied in Italy in the 16th Century: Scribal Practices and Palaeography I
  • Hebrew Manuscripts Copied in Italy in the 16th Century: Scribal Practices and Palaeography II
  • Intersections of Sephardi Manuscripts and Printed Books
  • The Bookworlds of David Oppenheim
  • Footprints: Jewish Books Through Time and Place
  • Hebrew manuscript bindings at the Bodleian Library
  • Early Jewish Book Printing in Europe
  • Jewish Printing in Europe II
  • Manuscript vs Print Production in Europe
  • Historical and cultural contexts of Italian bookmaking (post-15th century)
  • Palaeographical features of Jewish Italian manuscripts of 17th & 18th century
  • Ashkenazi Script & Scribal Practices: Manuscripts of the 16th century
  • Footprints: Jewish Books Through Time and Place II – Practical Session (Reading Book Inscriptions)
  • Ashkenazi Script & Scribal Practices: Manuscripts of the 17th century
  • Ashkenazi Script & Scribal Practices: Manuscripts of the 18th century
  • Palaeography Methodology: Digital Palaeography

For more information about the workshop as a whole, please consult this page. To receive notification regarding calls for applications for the workshop in future years, please email our Academic Administrator, Ms Priscilla Lange, at academic.administrator@ochjs.ac.uk and request to be added to our activities email list.

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