PATRONAGE, PRODUCTION AND TRANSMISSION OF TEXTS IN MEDIEVAL AND EARLY MODERN JEWISH CULTURES

Medieval and early modern cultural history has witnessed a recent shift from the study of manuscripts and early printed books as veh icles of texts and images towards their study as cultural objects in their own right. Rather than focusing solely on original author ship, scholars have turned to subjects such as the patronage, production, circulation, and consumption of texts. Codicological featu res, annotations, glosses, ownership notes, deeds of sale, and other traces have revealed countless insights into the social worlds of texts ...[Read more]