Composition analysis of writing materials in Cairo Genizah documents / by Zina Cohen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cohen, Zina, author.

Series:

Cambridge Genizah studies series ; v. 15.

Études sur le judaïsme médiéval ; 2772-5804 t. 91.

Cambridge Genizah Studies series ; volume 15

Études sur le Judaïsme Médiéval, 2772-5804 ; tome XCI

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Manuscripts, Hebrew.

Cairo Genizah.

Codicology.

Writing materials and instruments.

Archaeological chemistry.

Jews--History--70-1789--Manuscripts.

Jews.

Judaism--History--Medieval and early modern period, 425-1789--Manuscripts.

Judaism.

writing instruments.

Judaism--Medieval and early modern period.

Writing materials and instruments--History.

Writing--Materials and instruments--History.

Jews--History--638-1917.

Genre:

History

Manuscripts

Physical Description:

xxxiv, 192 pages : illustrations (some color), charts, plans ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2022]

Summary:

"Through the application of scientific methods of analysis to a corpus of medieval manuscripts found in the Cairo Genizah, this work aims to gain a better understanding of the writing materials used by Jewish communities at that time, shedding new light not only on the production of manuscripts in the Middle Ages, but also on the life of those Jewish communities"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The Cairo Genizah

Historical background

Presentation of the corpus

Writing material

Writing surfaces

Writing inks

Experimental methods

Experimental protocol

Results and discussion

Use of writing surfaces

Ink typology

Elemental composition of the inks and writing surfaces within the general dataset

Conclusion of the chapter

Implications of the research, conclusions, and outlook

Inks detected on Jewish legal documents

Arabic documents

Religious documents

Autographis of Maimonides

Conclusions and outlook

Documents studied

Bibliography

Index.l

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Cohen, Zina. Composition analysis of writing materials in Cairo Genizah documents

ISBN:

9789004448872

900444887X

OCLC:

1259585122

Publisher Number:

40030867471