Hebrew and Hebrew-Latin Documents from Medieval England.A Diplomatic and Paleographical Study

Monumenta Palaeographica Medii Aevi : Series Hebraica: Cartae hebraicis litteris exaratae quo tempore scriptae fuerint exhibentes (SHCA) J. Olszowy-Schlanger Hebrew and Hebrew-Latin Documents from Medieval England: A Diplomatic and Palaeographical Study Facsimile edition + Part IHistory ,legal status and production of Hebrew Documents in medieval England and Part II The 846 p., 26 b/w ill. + 562 colour ill., 3 b/w tables, 305 x 440 mm, 2016 ISBN: 978-2-503-55101-2 Languages: English, Hebrew, Latin Hardback Retail price: EUR 850,00 Hebrew and Hebrew-Latin Documents from Medieval England is a new commented facsimile edition of the documents with Hebrew script written in England before the expulsion of the Jews in 1290. Hebrew and Hebrew-Latin Documents from Medieval England: A Diplomatic and Palaeographical Study is a new facsimile edition of the entire known corpus of legal and administrative documents containing Hebrew script, produced in England before the expulsion of the Jews in 1290. In addition to the illustrated edition and study of 258 charters on parchment and 58 wooden tallies with Hebrew inscriptions, this book provides fresh insights into the historical, legal and administrative background of the documents' production and use, and their external diplomatic and palaeographical features. Throughout the book, the documents are portrayed as a meeting point between Jewish and non-Jewish legal and intellectual traditions. Some sample pages can be downloaded by clicking here. Judith Olszowy-Schlanger, PhD, Cambridge (1995), is Professor of Hebrew Manuscript Studies at the École Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Sciences historiques et philologiques and an associate researcher at the Hebrew section of the IRHT, Paris. Her main research interests are medieval Hebrew diplomatics and palaeography, Cairo Genizah studies, as well as scholarly contacts between Jewish and non-Jewish cultures. Table of Contents Preface by Colette Sirat Acknowledgements Note on coins and measures Glossary of Hebrew and Latin legal terms Glossary of frequent palaeographical terms List of Hebrew abbreviations Part I : History, legal status and production of Hebrew documents in medieval England 1. English Jews and their documents in the Middle Ages 1.1 Overview 1.2 Historical background 1.3 Hebrew documents in their legal and administrative contexts of production 1.3.1 Legal and administrative status of English Jews 1.3.2 The archae and the Exchequer of the Jews 1.4 Competences of Jewish and non-Jewish courts 1.4.1 'Embedded' autonomy 1.4.2 Jewish courts 1.5 Who wrote the Hebrew documents of our corpus ? 2. The corpus and its edition 2.1 Libraries and archives 2.2 History of research and previous publications 2.3 The corpus of documents 2.4 Tallies 2.4.1 Jewish tallies in England 2.4.2 Tallies with Hebrew inscriptions 3. External characteristics of the documents 3.1.1 Writing materials 3.1.2 Formats and sizes 3.1.3 Page layout 3.1.3.1 Pricking and ruling 3.1.3.2 Layout of the text on the parchment sheet 3.1.3.3 Justification 3.1.4 Means of authentication 3.1.4.1 Signatures 3.1.4.2 Chirographs 3.1.4.3 Seals 3.1.5 Hebrew extra-textual inscriptions 3.1.6 Archiving documents 3.1.7 Means of cancellation 3.2 Tallies 4. The palaeographical study: scripts, styles and scribes 4.1 The importance of writing in Hebrew 4.2 Personal versus professional writing 4.3 Hebrew script in England 4.3.1 The style: square versus documentary 4.3.2 The type of script 4.4 Handwriting 4.4.1 How were the documents written ? 4.4.2 Some exceptional scribes 4.4.2.1 Scribes from Norwich 4.4.2.2 Scribes from Nottingham 4.4.2.3 Scribe from Nottingham and Lincoln 4.4.2.4 Scribes from Canterbury 4.4.2.5 Scribe from Canterbury and Lincoln 4.4.3 Palaeographical study: conclusions 5. The languages of the documents: linguistic features and interfaith contacts 5.1 Multilingualism of Jewish legal contracts i Size: 305 x440 mm

Edizione: edition originale.