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04-DEC-2015

14c. Franco-German Mahzor

Courtesy of the Library at the Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania

A fourteenth-century Franco-German Mahzor (prayer book used by Jews on the High Holidays of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur) written on vellum.
It had been trimmed but important marginalia were kept along the side.
Interior:



Learn more about the Library at the Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies HERE

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Marisa Livet12-Feb-2016 10:40
Fantastic...We perceive the time passing...
Carl H. Johnson28-Jan-2016 11:15
What a blessing!!!~V~
Alexander Kazakov28-Jan-2016 10:41
Excellent shot! V
Tom LeRoy27-Jan-2016 13:37
Wonderful image, can't imagine all the work it took to put this together. Don't think our "cloud" stuff would endure this long.. V
Dave Petersen Photography23-Jan-2016 18:05
Superb textures and colors in this well planned capture. The narrow focus works so well in this image. Voted
Ton T.23-Jan-2016 16:18
Awesome image! Love the details V
John Hamers23-Jan-2016 12:34
Fabulous detail and clarity in this excellent image !!V
Carol Rollins22-Jan-2016 18:45
This is fabulous!! Outstanding shot Steph.
hamery22-Jan-2016 18:40
Wonderful point of view in very sharp details, Stephanie. U have captured the aging tone beautifully. BV+++
Walter Otto Koenig22-Jan-2016 16:49
Cool shot. Well photographed. "V"
Nick Paoni22-Jan-2016 15:20
I like the angle you shot this from. Nicely done! V
Blandine Mangin22-Jan-2016 12:26
very beautiful ! v
danad22-Jan-2016 11:00
Superb close-up on this venerable book. V.
marie-jose wolff22-Jan-2016 10:21
beautiful picture of this ancient book, one can count the pages! V
Yvonne22-Jan-2016 10:08
Another wonderful close-up of this ancient book! v
Gerard Koehl22-Jan-2016 07:44
Magnifique. V
Ton, Ben & Rob Nagtegaal22-Jan-2016 07:15
Great image of this old book.
Raymond Ma22-Jan-2016 06:09
A wonderful close up perspective of this literary treasure Stephanie. V
John Reynolds LRPS22-Jan-2016 06:07
Captured these ancient pages very nicely. V.
Rob Misanchuk22-Jan-2016 04:03
Great capture Stephanie. BBV
Hank Vander Velde22-Jan-2016 03:32
Sure looks ancient Stephanie. Well captured image.
Yiannis Pavlis22-Jan-2016 03:12
A very nice image, Stephanie!
larose forest photos22-Jan-2016 01:28
Wonderful shot. You can sense the antiquity of this book in your very fine image. VV
bill friedlander22-Jan-2016 00:57
Judging by the binding scholars must have gone through the text thousands of times. Great view of this ancient book. V
Tom Munson22-Jan-2016 00:46
Nice work, Stephanie. It's in remarkably good shape.
Long Bach Nguyen21-Jan-2016 23:43
excellent
Buz Kiefer21-Jan-2016 23:24
Superb detail and clarity in this photo of an ancient text. Very nice, Stephanie. Vote.
Helen Betts21-Jan-2016 22:49
Excellent detail, and a most effective POV. V.
Kim21-Jan-2016 22:43
Great moody closeup shot of that ancient book! V
globalgadabout21-Jan-2016 22:36
compelling image...the old beliefs seem to have been recorded over a long time..
Ray :)21-Jan-2016 22:06
Return that now and you'd pay quite a fine.
joseantonio21-Jan-2016 21:54
wow, so much history there.V
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