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In Sefer Tagin Fragments from the Cairo Genizah, Marc Michaels transcribes and recreates fragments of arguably the earliest found manuscript of the manual for sofrim (scribes) concerning the decorative tagin (tittles) and 'strange' letter forms that adorn certain words in the Torah. Comparing these found fragments against other core and secondary sources of Sefer Tagin (including several pages of a new secondary source), Michaels establishes the most likely readings to assist the reconstruction of the fragments and shed light on the original intention of the author of Sefer Tagin.

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Author:   Marc Michaels
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   85
Weight:   0.604kg
ISBN:  

9789004426351

ISBN 10:   9004426353
Pages:   268
Publication Date:   08 October 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements List of Assigned Sigla List of Figures, Tables and Reconstructions Note on Transliteration 1 Introduction  1 The ‘Strange Letters’, Visual midrash and Sefer Tagin  2 A Brief Introduction to tagin  3 Sefer Tagin—A Manual for sofrim (Scribes)  4 The Corpus of Textual Witnesses to Sefer Tagin—Core and Secondary Sources  5 Some Example Uses in Sifrey Torah  6 Adding to the Core Corpus, Oxford Bodleian MS. Heb. d. 33/3 (fol. 9), a Known Fragment from the Cairo Genizah 2 A New (Partial) Witness  1 T-S D1.42—Two New Pages from a Version of Sefer Tagin Identified from the Cairo Genizah  2 Dating and Locating T-S D1.42  3 Identifying Additional Joins, T-S AS 139.152, T-S NS 287.11 and T-S AS 139.144  4 An Additional Find, a Secondary Source T-S Misc. 24.182 from the Cairo Genizah  5 Dating T-S Misc. 24.182 3 Transcription and Analysis  1 Diacritical Conventions  2 Digital Composition and Font Construction Part 1 4 Critical Analysis of T-S D.142  1 End of Listing of Instances for the First Special Letter he Form  2 Description and Example Forms of the First Special Letter he  3 Description and Example Forms of the Second Special Letter he  4 Listing of Instances for the Second Special Letter he  5 Description and Example Forms of the Special Letter vav  6 Listing of Instances for the Special Letter vav  7 Description and Example Forms of the First Special Letter zayin  8 Listing of Instances for the First Special Letter zayin  9 Description and Example Forms of the Second Special Letter zayin  10 Listing of Instances for the Second Special Letter zayin  11 Description and Example Forms of the First Special Letter ḥet  12 Listing of Instances for the First Special Letter ḥet  13 Description and Example Forms of the Second Special Letter ḥet  14 Listing of Instances for the Second Special Letter ḥet  15 Description and Example Forms of the Special Letter ṭet  16 Listing of Instances for the Special Letter ṭet  17 Summary—T-S D1.42 Part 2 5 Analysis and Reconstruction of Joined Fragments  1 Reconstruction of Additional Pages of Our New Core Source  2 Continuing the Listing for the Special Letter ṭet  3 Description and Example Forms of the Special Letter yod  4 Listing of Instances for the Special Letter yod  5 Description and Example Forms of the Special Letter kaf  6 Listing of Instances for the Special Letter kaf  7 Description and Example Forms of the First Special Letter kaf sofit  8 Listing of Instances for the First Special Letter kaf sofit  9 Description and Example Forms of the Second Special Letter kaf sofit  10 Listing of Instances for the Second Special Letter kaf sofit  11 Description and Example Forms of the Special Letter lamed  12 Listing of Instances for the Special Letter lamed  13 Description and Example Forms of the Special Letter mem  14 Listing of Instances for the Special Letter mem  15 Description and Example Forms of the Special Letter mem sofit  16 Listing of Instances for the Special Letter mem sofit  17 Description and Example Forms of the Special Letter nun  18 Listing of Instances for the Special Letter nun  19 Description and Example Forms of the Special Letter tav  20 Listing of Instances for the Special Letter tav  21 Conclusion of Sefer Tagin  22 Summary—CG Joined Fragments Part 3 6 Oxford Bodleian MS. Heb. 33/3 (fol. 9)  1 Critical Analysis of MS. Heb. d. 33/3  2 Continuing the Listing for the Special Letter nun  3 Description and Example Forms of the Special Letter nun sofit  4 Listing of Instances for the Special Letter nun sofit  5 The ‘Upside Down’ nun sofit of Haran  6 Continuing the Listing for the Special Letter nun sofit  7 Description and Example Forms of the Special Letter samekh  8 Listing of Instances for the Special Letter samekh  9 Description and Example Forms of the First Special Letter ʿayin  10 Listing of Instances for the First Special Letter ʿayin  11 Summary—Oxford Heb. 33/9 Appendix 1: Transcription and Annotation of T-S Misc. 24.182 Appendix 2: Enhanced Imagery of Sefer Tagin from Sassoon 82 (JUD. 022) Bibliography

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"Marc Michaels is studying for a PhD at Cambridge University (FAMES). A Strategy and Creative Director, he is also a Sofer S""TaM presenting and writing on topics related to scribal practice (www.sofer.co.uk)."

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