CSMC
CSMCCentre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures
Summer School on ‘Hebrew Codicology’
24 July 2024
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Participants of the Summer School on ‘Hebrew Codicology’
From 15–19 July, participants of our summer school on Hebrew Codicology learned the basics of manuscript description and Hebrew palaeography and received exposure to an expansive vision of current debates in Hebrew manuscript research.
The one-week course was taught by Javier del Barco, Professor of Hebrew Language and Literature at the University of Madrid and a specialist in Hebrew codicology and palaeography. He is also a former Petra Kappert Fellow at the CSMC. The summer school consisted of five sessions, including a lesson on the Hebrew book in the middle ages, materials of production, medieval Hebrew scripts, and catalogues and Hebrew codicology. On the final day of the course, participants visited the Hamburg State and University Library for a hands-on session.
The summer school was held in memory of Malachi Beit-Arié, one of the world’s foremost manuscript scholars, specialising in Hebrew manuscript culture. He died in October 2023.
