Inventari dei manoscritti delle biblioteche d'Italia. Vol. 110
I frammenti ebraici di Modena. Archivio Storico Comunale

The book contains the catalogue of the more than 270 fragments - mostly entire folia and bifolia - dismembered from 103 Hebrew medieval manuscripts dating back to the 11th - 15th centuries. These fragments were recently found in the Archivio Storico Comunale of Modena, where they in the 16th century were re-cycled as bindings of 126 registers. The most important finds are presented, among which that of rare, unknown or lost texts. The fragments are ordered according their subject, century and type of script.

Mauro Perani
Mauro Perani, PhD honoris causa - Hebrew University di Gerusalemme, è Ordinario di Ebraico presso l’Università di Bologna. Già Presidente (2006-2010) della European Association for Jewish Studies (EAJS) e attuale Presidente dell’Associazione Italiana per lo Studio del Giudaismo (AISG), dedica le sue poliedriche ricerche fra l’altro ai manoscritti ebraici, alla storia della cultura ebraica e agli epitaffi dei cimiteri ebraici italiani.
Mauro Perani, PhD honoris causa of The Hebrew University, is Professor of Hebrew at the University of Bologna. Former President (2006-2010) of the European Association for Jewish Studies (EAJS) and current President of the Italian Association for the Study of Judaism (AISG), his multifaceted research deals with Hebrew manuscripts, history of Jewish culture and the epitaphs of the Italian Jewish cemeteries. - (settembre 2013) -

Saverio Campanini

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