Tables of Contents for Hebrew Manuscripts of the Middle Ages

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Introduction

Part I. Texts: Before the Middle Ages

The Middle Ages

Part II. Books: Codicology

Writing: calligraphic and personal subjects

The scribe

Appendix: Abbreviations, acrostics and the meaning of the Hebrew letters

Part III. The History of Books and Texts: The life and death of manuscripts

Libraries

Questions of method: codicology and palaeography

Texts, copies and text-editions

Judgement on readings and the edition of texts

Part IV. Some Manuscripts: Ten manuscripts: pictures and detailed descriptions.