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“Beautiful Books with Beautiful Covers”: The Bindings of Hebrew Manuscripts in Late Medieval Ashkenaz

Manuscript studies (Philadelphia, Pa.), 2022-03, Vol.7 (1), p.76-103

Copyright University of Pennsylvania Press Spring 2022 ;ISSN: 2381-5329 ;EISSN: 2380-1190 ;DOI: 10.1353/mns.2022.0001

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  • Title:
    “Beautiful Books with Beautiful Covers”: The Bindings of Hebrew Manuscripts in Late Medieval Ashkenaz
  • Author: Steimann, Ilona
  • Subjects: Artisans ; Binding ; Book binding ; Centuries ; Christians ; Councils ; Distinctive features ; Hebrew language ; Historical text analysis ; Jewish people ; Medieval period ; Monks ; Religion ; Religious literature
  • Is Part Of: Manuscript studies (Philadelphia, Pa.), 2022-03, Vol.7 (1), p.76-103
  • Description: Unlike jars that were used in the ancient world to protect scrolls from damage and loss, bindings as we know them today were a product of making books in the form of a codex, a design that developed in the first few centuries of Christianity. At the beginning of the medieval period, Jews' adoption of the codex as their main book form made bindings integral to Jewish book culture.1 The technique, materials, and artistic style of bindings varied greatly across time and space, producing diverse forms ranging from limp covers for small codices, which were often intended for private use, to massive, luxuriously decorated bindings made of leather on wooden boards, which were associated with the manuscripts' public functions and wealthy patrons. The purpose of the bindings was much more than just to protect the pages of a text; bindings often reflected the status and function of a book.
  • Publisher: Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 2381-5329
    EISSN: 2380-1190
    DOI: 10.1353/mns.2022.0001
  • Source: ProQuest Central
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