An exhibition just ended at Lambeth Palace Library in London that featured both a complete Bomberg Talmud and a Gutenberg Bible. Read here about the very interesting history of this copy of the Bomberg Talmud.
Part of the Braginsky Collection of Hebrew books and manuscripts is now online. It is worth a visit. (hat tip)
Pauline Malkiel, the librarian of the Valmadonna Trust Library, has a post at Seforim, now back at its old home, on the library. There is also an article by Allison Hoffman in Tablet on the library. The two of them make nice complimentary reading on the library, its history, and what the future may hold [...]
Via H-Judaic: Professor Meir Benayahu z”l has passed away in Jerusalem. From a young age, Benayahu became known as a great expert in the reading of ancient manuscripts, deciphering their content, and identifying their authorship and time periods. His expertise in the field of Hebrew paleography redeemed thousands of manuscripts, letters and certificates from all [...]
Today we went on a family outing to see the Valmadonna Trust Library. It really was a breath-taking exhibit. Although my kids had little patience for me continuously stopping to look at specific books, hopefully one day they’ll understand how important it was to see this collection. There are still a few days left to [...]
In the first issue of Quntres (see here) there is an article by Shemuel Glick on self-censorship in the responsa literature. I recently posted on private vs. public pesak and Glick brings a quote from an introduction to a collection of responsa in which the author admits that there were responsa which he decided not [...]
Quntres: “Quntres, a bibliographic journal published online by the JTS libraries, has finally published its inaugural volume. (Via Hagahot.)
The YU library has posted online a digitized version of the the 18th c. Breslau/Auras Memorbuch. From a description of the book, The manuscript includes lekha dodi, mi-sheberakh prayers, Yizkor prayers, blessings for the haftarot of Yom Kipur and Shalosh Regalim, blessings for the Purim Megilah, and the circumcision ceremony, among others. The unifying factor [...]
R. Yair Hoffman has some comments on the printing of the Shulhan Aruch, Most of us know that the Shulchan Aruch was written by Rabbi Yoseph Karo. Most of us also know that the additions of the Rama, Rabbi Moshe Isserless, were added to the Shulchan Aruch and they served to eventually make the Shulchan [...]
At Britannica Blog, via Cliopatria, there is a partial listing of the first books printed in numerous languages (see numerous corrections in the comments). For Hebrew there is listed “Rashi, [Commentary on the Midrash] (Rome, Italy, 1470)”. This is only partially correct. The first book printed in Hebrew with a date is Rashi’s commentary on [...]
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