Cover illustration: Urbino, Archivio di Stato, Notalile 1793 n, 13, Hebr. frr. 1–2; Pseudo-Rabad, Commentary on Sefer Yeṣirah; the actual author is Yosef ben Shalom Ashkenazi.
All photographs of the manuscripts and persons, with the exception of the Halakhot Gedolot fragments, kept at the Leipzig University Library, and the photographs representing the editor, were taken by Mauro Perani.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Perani, Mauro, editor. | Abate, Emma, editor.
Title: Medieval Hebrew manuscripts reused as book-bindings in Italy / edited by Mauro Perani ; with the cooperation of Emma Abate.
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2022] | Series: ‘European Genizah’: texts and studies, 15685004 ; 6 | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2021039196 (print) | LCCN 2021039197 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004470989 (hardback) | ISBN 9789004470996 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Manuscripts, Hebrew—Italy—History. | Manuscript fragments—Italy—History. | Manuscripts, Medieval—Italy—History. | Manuscripts—Mutilation, defacement, etc.—Italy—History. | Books—Italy—History. | Hebrew imprints—Italy—History. | Bookbinding—Italy—History. | Italy—Imprints—History.
Classification: LCC Z115.4 M34 2022 (print) | LCC Z115.4 (ebook) | DDC 091—dc23
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ISBN 978-90-04-47098-9 (hardback)
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