A fragment that has provoked interest in the Unit in the last month will be displayed together with a brief explanation as to why it deserves attention.So far, three fragments have been posted:
Day in, day out, Unit researchers are working on cataloguing and describing the Taylor-Schechter Collection; hundreds and thousands of manuscripts are examined each month. Just occasionally work stops and colleagues call each other over to take a look at an unusual, unexpected or particularly interesting fragment. In itself the small piece of paper or vellum may not be that significant — when viewed in the wider context of the tens of thousands of pieces in the Collection — and it may ultimately get no more than a brief mention in one of the Genizah Series catalogues, but it has provoked our interest for a moment and so earned a place here.
April 2007, two new responsa of Moses Maimonides
May 2007, St Augustine in the Genizah
June 2007, Redating a leaf from a medieval Hebrew Book of Tobit (T-S A45.25)
(Via Jack Sasson's Agade list.)
