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Archive: December 2019 (5 Posts)

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Worlds within Worlds, Books within Books: Hebrew Manuscripts as Binding for non-Hebrew Books

Posted by: Anchi Hoh

This blogpost highlights a single parchment leaf in Hebrew letters that has survived the centuries as binding for a Latin book printed in Frankfurt am Main in the late 16th century. The Hebrew leaf comes from a manuscript copy of "Beit Yosef" [The House of Joseph], a monumental code of Jewish law composed by Joseph Karo (1488-1575), one of the most important Jewish figures of all time.

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Will the Sami Languages Disappear?

Posted by: Taru Spiegel

(The following post is by Taru Spiegel, Reference Specialist, European Division) The General Assembly of the United Nations proclaimed 2019 to be the International Year of Indigenous Languages. These languages are being lost at a rapid rate, together with the cultures they represent. According to a UN assessment, about 40 percent of the estimated 6,700 …