Hebrew codicology: Tentative typology of technical practices employed in Hebrew dated medieval manuscripts

Title page
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ISBN 965--208--029-2......Page 4
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 5
FOREWORD TO THE REPRINTED EDITION......Page 7
TABLE OF CONTENTS......Page 8
ABBREVIATIONS......Page 10
CHAPTER ONE - INTRODUCTION......Page 11
CHAPTER TWO - WRITING MATERIALS......Page 22
1. PARCHMENT......Page 23
The Ashkenazic parchment......Page 24
2. PAPER......Page 28
C. Laid paper with grouped chain lines......Page 31
3. COMBINATlON OF PARCHMENT AND PAPER......Page 39
1. ORDER OF PARCHMENT QUIRES......Page 43
2. VARIOUS COMPOSITIONS OF QUIRES......Page 45
3. GEO-CULTURAL CLASSIFICATION OF THE COMPOSITIONS OF QUIRES......Page 50
CHAPTER FOUR - MEANS OF PRESERVING THE ORDER OF QUIRES, SHEETS AND LEAVES......Page 52
A. Catchwords......Page 53
B. Repeated words......Page 61
2. NUMERATION OF QUIRES, SHEETS, LEAVES AND PAGES......Page 62
A. Signatures......Page 63
B. Numeration of sheets, leaves and pages......Page 67
C. Signing the opening of the quire......Page 68
1. PRICKING......Page 71
2. RULING TECHNIQUES......Page 74
A. Ruling with a hard point......Page 76
B. Ruling with a lead pencil......Page 78
D. Ruling paper leaves with a ruling-board ("Mastara")......Page 80
3. GEO-CULTURAL CLASSIFICATION OFRULING PRACTICES......Page 86
B. Spacing last letters or words......Page 89
D. Anticipating the beginning of the next word......Page 90
B. Abbreviation......Page 91
B. Writing exceeding letters above the end of the line......Page 104
D. Writing exceeding letters vertically......Page 105
CHAPTER SEVEN - ADOPTION OF LOCAL CODICOLOGICAL PRACTICES BY IMMIGRANT SCRIBES......Page 106
1. SEFARADIC AND BYZANTINE SCRIBES IN THE ORIENT......Page 107
2. SEFARADIC AND ASHKENAZIC SCRIBES IN ITALY......Page 109
3. CONCLUSIONS......Page 112
ADDENDA AND CORRIGENDA......Page 113