At 11:34 PM 2/6/2008, you wrote:
Dear colleagues, A few weeks ago we received a donation of a 19th-century Yemeni Torah. As far as I know, it is not kosher due to worn-out. I wrote an article on the preservation of Torah Scrolls in the Fall 2006 issue of Bonefolder, an online journal for the book arts. http://www.philobiblon.com/bonefolder/vol3no1contents.htm See also: http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/byform/mailing-lists/bookarts/2007/01/msg00110.html and http://iconicbooks.blogspot.com/2007_06_01_archive.html for some discussion on the article. Here's an article about a torah scroll donated to the library of SUNY Albany. http://library.albany.edu/update/06updatefeb.pdf Daniel Stuhlman Chicago, IL ddstuhlman at earthlink.net Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
