Index of manuscripts

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. Preface VII
4. Codicology and Palaeography
5. From the Archaeological Turn to ‘Codicologie Structurale’: The Concept of Codicology and the Material Description of Hebrew Manuscripts 3
6. Scribal Aspects of the Manufacturing and Writing of the Qumran Scrolls 29
7. The Anatomy of Non-biblical Scrolls from the Cairo Geniza 49
8. A Pentateuch to Read in? The Secrets of the Regensburg Pentateuch 89
9. Editing
10. Shedding Light on Metatron – Recently Discovered Fragments of Mystical Writings in Germany 131
11. On the History of Editing Pre-Modern Yiddish Manuscript Texts 155
12. Collections
13. The Preservation of Hebrew Books by Christians in the Pre-Reformation German Milieu 203
14. Johannes Reuchlin’s Collection of Hebrew Books – Its Afterlife and Influence 227
15. Matters of Provenance: Hebrew Manuscripts Owned by a Distinguished French Archbishop 243
16. Jacob Georg Christian Adler (1756–1834) and his Books 275
17. Materials Studies
18. Building a Bridge from the Dead Sea Scrolls to Mediaeval Hebrew Manuscripts 309
19. Composition Analysis of Writing Materials in Geniza Fragments 323
20. ‘Write on Three Ribs of a Sheep’: Writing Materials in Ancient and Mediaeval Jewish Magic 339
21. Cultural Studies
22. Codex hebraicus 18 and Codex hebraicus 53 in the Hamburg State and University Library – ‘Corrected by Yiṣḥaq of Arles’ 363
23. The Pillars of Exile by R. Yiṣḥaq of Corbeil: The Small Book of Commandments in Codex hebraicus 17, State and University Library Hamburg 421
24. Pictorial Messages in Mediaeval Illuminated Hebrew Books: Some Methodological Considerations 443
25. List of Contributors 469
26. Index of manuscripts 473