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jewish written cultures & medieval jewish magic • they/he/הוא
the script in Parma Biblioteca Palantina Cod. 2200 is sooo beautifully difficult
January 28, 2025 at 4:11 PM
obsessed with these depictions of scorpions (i think??)
January 11, 2025 at 9:16 AM
been into scarves recently
January 11, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Reposted by asher
In Torah portion Vayeshev (וַיֵּשֶׁב), Joseph while in prison interprets the dream of Pharaoh's chief baker concerning three baskets and the food in the top one being eaten by birds.
#ParashahPictures
BL Add 15282; 14th century; Germany; f.58r
December 16, 2024 at 8:52 PM
portmanteaus are IN btw
December 17, 2024 at 10:12 AM
me if a genie offered me 3 wishes
December 15, 2024 at 12:46 PM
this is a 15th century sephardi prayer book, which was probably taken to italy from spain during the 1493 expulsion, where it was added to by two different 16th century italian hands (the hand of the marginalia on the left, then that of the right)…

cincinnati, klau library, huc-jir
ms 279
December 12, 2024 at 9:12 AM
had just enough time in berlin to grab some glühwein before my train
December 9, 2024 at 10:54 AM
no discussion of law & cultural heritage would be complete without mentioning the hobby lobby smuggling scandal !!
December 3, 2024 at 9:04 AM
why doesn’t the larger hack simply eat the smaller hack
December 2, 2024 at 6:09 PM
meeting with my supervisors went soooo well
November 27, 2024 at 10:21 AM
someone seems to have cut out a decorated catchword from this divination handbook (jts 2057). the first photo is the first catchword catchword (f. 10v-11r) and the second is a later one (20v-21r) it’s kinda odd that they chose to take החבוש (‘the prisoner’) over כל (‘all’)
November 25, 2024 at 10:50 AM
i’ve found that uhh=ooo and upps=oops. follow me for more german tips
November 24, 2024 at 10:24 PM
learning about optical identification of paper fibers 🤓📜
November 22, 2024 at 2:09 PM
false alarm!! very general typology 😁
do you ever realize your potential thesis topic was published in german in 2003
November 20, 2024 at 1:35 PM
repost this with a pic of you and your fav pokemon 🪸
November 19, 2024 at 9:44 AM
do you ever realize your potential thesis topic was published in german in 2003
November 18, 2024 at 11:18 AM
rainy winterdom!
November 16, 2024 at 8:05 PM
i can’t see incident high school without thinking of the base of john w rawlings school of divinity
November 16, 2024 at 3:35 PM
🍔🐀🎶
November 16, 2024 at 3:25 PM
for context i moved to germany a month ago
November 15, 2024 at 7:50 PM
finally found small candles to use for shabbat! they’re for a christmas merry-go-round thing i believe
November 15, 2024 at 7:49 PM
18th century emoji 🪸

ויפילם אחר התפלה והתחינה הזאת 👈

“and cast [the lots] after this prayer and supplication 👈”

manicule at the end of a line, signaling that the relevant prayer is on the next page

sefer ha-goralot
huc ms 63, fol. 7r
November 14, 2024 at 9:25 PM
snickerdoodle thursday !!!
November 14, 2024 at 8:28 PM
wide space between the lines of this 17th century memorial book from the jewish community in kaifeng to incorporate chinese characters, which are written here top-to-bottom, alongside the right-to-left hebrew characters in this list of names (huc ms 926)
November 13, 2024 at 4:31 PM