Michelle Margolis · @mmargolis
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I thought I did an , but maybe that was way back when there were server issues at the very beginning? Anywhere, here I am:

Librarian for Jewish Studies at Columbia U, co-director Footprints: Jewish Books Through Time and Place, President @ Association of Jewish Libraries - I mostly post and , Jewish ,

#introduction #hebrewmanuscripts #jewishmanuscripts #bookhistory #dhjewish

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Jesse Butler · @Jesse
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“But at his [Sir Lanç’s] arrival* the joy of Queen Zinerva, the King’s wife, was a thousand-fold greater than all the others.” —King Artus, Anonymous (1279)

*There is a double entendre in Hebrew. Bi’ah can also mean the sexual act. See B. T. Yoma 86 b, and Mishna Kedushin 1:1. —Curt Leviant

#justknightlythings #lemortedarthur #literature #medieval #hebrewmanuscripts #hebrew #arthuriana

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Michelle Margolis · @mmargolis
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The Footprints project is pleased to announce a call for applications for a workshop on early modern Mizrahi , scheduled for May of 2023. Info here: edblogs.columbia.edu/footprint

#paleography #bookhistory #manuscripts #hebrewmanuscripts

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Dot Porter · @leoba
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Michelle Margolis · @mmargolis
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Here's a 17th century commentary on Isaiah citing many standard commentators (Radak, R' Yonah, Rashi, etc.)

archive.org/details/ldpd_15995

Catalog record here: clio.columbia.edu/catalog/7927 (call number: MS X893.1 BC P437)

#JudeoArabic #hebrewmanuscripts #culhebrewmss

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Michelle Margolis · @mmargolis
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Until I can figure out how to get the bot running here, I'll have to manually tweet them.

Here's a treatise on by Isaac Lopis of Aleppo (1704). I especially love the faces of the sun :)

Tekhunat ha-ʻolam u-binah le-ʻitim : bo yitbaʼer tsurat ha-arets ṿe-tavnit ha-ʻolam

archive.org/details/ldpd_11543

#culhebrewmss #hebrewmanuscripts #Astronomy

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