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04-DEC-2015

Important Marginalia

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.
The above image is the interior of a former image:



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

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Guest 06-Jun-2016 04:23
blessing and success for you and all your loved ones
François Fauchard05-Feb-2016 15:38
Which extraordinary, well-preserved book. Good photo.
Karen Stuebing01-Feb-2016 16:31
Amazing historic book and captures. V./
Zoltán Balogh01-Feb-2016 15:47
Excellent photo Steph! V
Martin Lamoon31-Jan-2016 07:02
Excellent capture and detail.
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hamery31-Jan-2016 06:55
Excellent detail and the capture of the text is wonderful, Stephanie. V+
Jackdad30-Jan-2016 20:47
Beautiful script. Faultless.
Paolo Peggi (aka Bracciodiferro)30-Jan-2016 14:31
Brilliant work,Vote
Paolo
LynnH29-Jan-2016 18:02
Amazing condition considering. Excellent photo journalism. V
Alexander Kazakov28-Jan-2016 10:40
Very interesting shot! V
Jim Coffman28-Jan-2016 04:28
Well captured, Stephanie!!
Buz Kiefer27-Jan-2016 23:56
What a treasured volume. Excellent photography, Stephanie. V
Carol How27-Jan-2016 19:55
Excellent photography … thanks for sharing these! V
John Hamers27-Jan-2016 18:13
Beautiful close up image with fascinating fonts, Stephanie !!V
Carol Rollins27-Jan-2016 03:48
This is wonderful!
bill friedlander26-Jan-2016 18:50
A great look at the beautiful calligraphy. I can imagine the scribes bent over their work to do this. V
larose forest photos26-Jan-2016 18:17
I love the way you are photographing these magnificent old works. This is another beautiful shot. V
Patricia Kay26-Jan-2016 13:45
Amazing how the inside of the book looks...but I love the aged beauty of the cover... BV
Tom LeRoy26-Jan-2016 13:15
So interesting to see and learn about. Great presentation, Stephanie! V
Yvonne26-Jan-2016 09:51
Superb close-up of the manuscript Steph, very interesting to see this. v
Pete Hemington26-Jan-2016 07:25
Brilliant - wonderful manuscripts
marie-jose wolff25-Jan-2016 21:07
superb and fascinating details! V
Johnny JAG25-Jan-2016 20:59
A priceless specimen
Jeff Real25-Jan-2016 20:50
This is an awesome addition to this fascinating gallery ~V~
Colin Storey25-Jan-2016 20:34
Two wonderful image, the textures are superb.
Frank Brault25-Jan-2016 20:22
Fantastic images of this treasure. V
Allan Jay25-Jan-2016 20:02
👍👍👍
Faye White25-Jan-2016 19:22
A treasure to be sure!
joseantonio25-Jan-2016 17:28
so much work into writting books at those times.V.
Walter Otto Koenig25-Jan-2016 16:57
Fascinating to see this Steph. Very well photographed. "V"
You can't do that with a Kindle!
Tom Munson25-Jan-2016 16:55
Nice work with the hand in the image.
Helen Betts25-Jan-2016 16:34
Just fascinating, and so well captured. It looks beautiful and so painstakingly done. V.
carabias25-Jan-2016 16:24
Much wisdom should be here! V
Ton, Ben & Rob Nagtegaal25-Jan-2016 15:51
I can't read it, but the photo is wonderful, well done Stephanie. BV
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