Jerusalem – Israel To Post 1,600 Rare Hebrew Manuscripts Online

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    This photo released by the Palatina Library, based in Parma, Italy, shows a folio from a 13th century Hebrew bible written in Toledo, Spain.  Israel's National Library says it has signed an agreement with a leading Italian collection to display online some of the world's most important Hebrew manuscripts, making them accessible to the public for the first time. National Library Judaica curator Aviad Stollman says it will be digitizing the Palatina Library's collection of about 1,600 documents dating to the Middle Ages. (AP Photo/Palatina Library, HOPD)Jerusalem – Israel’s National Library says it has signed an agreement with a leading Italian collection to display online some of the world’s most important Hebrew manuscripts, making them accessible to the public for the first time.

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    National Library Judaica curator Aviad Stollman says it will be digitizing the Palatina Library’s collection of about 1,600 documents dating to the Middle Ages. He says the collection includes rare illuminated manuscripts and one of the oldest existing copies of the Mishna, a central Jewish text.

    Stollman said Thursday the manuscripts are on par with Vatican and Oxford collections. He says Israel’s library is also negotiating with those institutions to scan their manuscripts.

    Stollman said Israel’s National Library is seeking to digitize and post online all of the world’s Hebrew manuscripts.


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    garyweiss
    garyweiss
    10 years ago

    Sounds like more business for Artscroll

    Facts1
    Facts1
    10 years ago

    One issue if finding all the manuscripts the Ben Tzvi library sold.

    I_Am_Me
    I_Am_Me
    10 years ago

    I wish they’d tell us how, when & where to expect it