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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.

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Author:   Zina Cohen
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   91
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.508kg
ISBN:  

9789004448872

ISBN 10:   900444887
Pages:   228
Publication Date:   14 October 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgement List of Figures List of Tables Abbreviations Resume [Francais] Kurzfassung [Deutsch] Introduction 1 The Cairo Genizah 1 Historical Background 2 Presentation of the Corpus 2 Writing Materials 1 Writing Surfaces 2 Writing Inks 3 Experimental Methods 1 Experimental Protocol 4 Results and Discussion 1 Use of Writing Surfaces 2 Ink Typology 3 Elemental Composition of the Inks and Writing Surfaces within the General Dataset 4 Conclusion of the Chapter 5 Implications of This Research, Conclusions and Outlook 1 Inks Detected on Jewish Legal Documents 2 Arabic Documents 3 Religious Documents 4 Autographs of Maimonides 5 Conclusions and Outlook Documents Studied Bibliography Index

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Zina Cohen holds a joint PhD (2020) in archaeometry from the École Pratique des Hautes Études, laboratory Saprat and the University of Hamburg. She specialises in the analysis of writing materials to better understand their use during the Middle Ages. Her current work focuses on the analysis of inks and pigments used in a corpus of monastic manuscripts as part of the Coenotur project.

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