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

Ilona Steimann
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Abstract:Binding, which adapts a written text to its intended use, is one of the most formative stages of book production. The scarcity of extant medieval bindings makes any discussion of how Hebrew manuscripts were originally bound rather speculative, but such a discussion is nonetheless worthwhile. To shed light on the practices of bookbinding among Jews, this article examines various aspects of bookbinding in Ashkenaz on the basis of selected examples of extant medieval bindings and primary written sources relevant to the matter. The aspects to be discussed include the question of Jewish binders, the role of bindings as a material marker of manuscripts in Jewish private libraries, and the ways in which Hebrew books were rebound when they entered Christian book collections.
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“美丽的书与美丽的封面”:中世纪晚期阿什肯纳兹希伯来手稿的装订
摘要:装帧是书籍生产过程中最具形成性的一个阶段,它是使书面文本适应其预定用途的过程。现存中世纪装订的稀缺性使得任何关于希伯来手稿最初是如何装订的讨论都相当投机,但这样的讨论仍然是值得的。为了阐明犹太人装订书籍的做法,本文在选择现存中世纪装订的例子和与此事相关的主要书面资料的基础上,研究了阿什肯纳兹装订书籍的各个方面。要讨论的方面包括犹太装订商的问题,装订作为犹太私人图书馆手稿的材料标记的作用,以及希伯来书进入基督教藏书时反弹的方式。
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