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North French Hebrew Miscellany
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The North French Hebrew Miscellany, produced around 1280 (with some additions from the early 14th century), contains various texts and served as a kind of private library for its patron. Benjamin the scribe wrote all the central and marginal texts. The volume is suffused with marginal illustrations and full-page illuminations made at different stages of the manuscript's production.

The North French Hebrew Miscellany, housed in London, British Library Add. MS 11639, also known as the London Miscellany, is a rather small sized manuscript, measuring 16.5…

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Offenberg, Sara, “North French Hebrew Miscellany”, in: Encyclopedia of Jewish Book Cultures Online, General Editor: Emile Schrijver. Consulted online on 23 March 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2772-4026_EJBO_SIM_031781>
First published online: 2022



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