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History of the Early Printed Hebrew Book

Paper, Vellum, Watermarks

  • Allan, Nigel
    “A Typographical Odyssey:  the 1505 Constantinople Pentateuch,” Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society 31.3 (1991) 343-53
    http://www.jstor.org/stable/25182384

  • Alston, Robin Carfrae and Brad Sabin Hill
    Books printed on vellum in the collections of the British Library [compiled by Alston] ; with a catalogue of Hebrew books printed on vellum [compiled by Hill].
    London : British Library, 1996.
    Van Pelt Library. Z921.A14 L6 1996

  • Brückle, Irene
    “The historical manufacture of blue-coloured paper,” Paper Conservator 17 (1993) 295-325
    Rare Book & Manuscript Library - Reference Collection. TS1109 .P174

  • Catastini, Alessandro
    “An unknown parchment copy of a XVI century Seder Tefillôt”
    Quntres: An Online Journal for the History, Culture, and Art of the Jewish Book 3.1 (2012)
    https://taljournal.jtsa.edu/index.php/quntres/article/viewFile/81/39

  • Freimann, Aaron
    “Die hebraischen Pergamentdrucke,” Zeitschrift für hebräische Bibliographie 15 (1911) 46-57, 82-92 and 186-7 (with addenda by A. Marx, E.N. Adler, et al.)
    Katz Center - Reference Room. Z6367 .Z48
    Katz Center - Stacks Z6367 .Z48
    Available via HathiTrust Digital Library. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/1606086.html

  • Hill, Brad Sabin
    "Hebrew Printing on Vellum," and, "Catalogue of Hebrew Books printed on vellum," pp. 179-212 in, Books printed on vellum in the Collections of the British Library (London :  British Library, 1996) ed. Robin C. Alston
    Van Pelt Library. Z921.A14 L6 1996

  • Hill, Brad Sabin
    “Hebrew Printing on Blue and Other Coloured Papers,” pp. 84-111 in, Treasures of the Valmadonna Trust Library.  A Catalogue of 15th-century Books and Five Centuries of Deluxe Hebrew Printing (New York and London:  Valmadonna Trust Library, 2011) ed. David Sclar
    Katz Center - Reference Folio. Z228.H4 T74 2011
    Van Pelt Library. Z228.H4 T74 2011

  • Hill, Brad Sabin
    “Hebrew Printing on Coloured Paper,” pp. 56-57 in, Bibliotheca Rosenthaliana :  Treasures of Jewish Booklore:  Marking the 200th Anniversary of the Birth of Leeser Rosenthal 1794-1994
    Amsterdam university press, 1994
    Katz Center - Reference Folio. Z688.J48 B43 1994
    Van Pelt Library. Z6375 .B534 1994

  • Kittler, Juraj
    “From Rags to Riches.  The limits of early paper manufacturing and their impact on book print in Renaissance Venice,” Media History 21 (2015) 8-22
    http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/13688804.2014.955840

  • Offenberg, Adri K.
    “The Dating of the Kol Bô -- watermarks and Hebrew Bibliography,” Studia Rosenthaliana 6 (1972) 86-106
    Katz Center – Stacks. DS135.N4 S8
    Van Pelt Library. DS135.N4 S8
    http://www.jstor.org/stable/41481071?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents

  • Offenberg, Adri K.
    “Hoe waterdicht zijn dateringen met watermerken?,” De Boekenwereld: Tijdschrift voor boek & prent, 9 (1992) 2-11
    Available via BorrowDirect from Cornell University or Harvard University

  • Spanier, Arthur
    “Eine neu Entdeckte Hebräische Inkunabel aus Italien,” Mitteilungen der Soncino-Gesellschaft 6 (1930) 25-26
    Available through ILL :  NYPL, Harvard University, et al.

  • Weiss, Wisso
    "Blaues Papier für Druckzwecke, " Gutenberg-Jahrbuch (1959) 26-35
    Van Pelt Library. Z1008 .G98
    https://www.digizeitschriften.de/dms/img/?PID=PPN366382810_1959|log12

  • Yaari, Avraham
    "Printed books on vellum in the Sassoon Collection," [Hebrew] Kiryat Sefer 14 (1937) 389-391 and 533 (addenda by I. Sonne)
    Katz Center - Periodicals Gallery. Z6367 .K57
    Van Pelt Library. Z6367 .K57

  • Yudlov, Isaac
    "The collection of Hebrew books printed on parchment in the JNUL," Books & People: bulletin of the Jewish National & University Library 9 (1995) 2-6
    Katz Center - Stacks Box 1. Z844.B48 B48

  • Yudlov, Isaac
    “Printed Books on Vellum in the Jewish National and University Library in Jerusalem,” [Hebrew]
    Kiryat Sefer:  Collected Essays 68, [supplement, Hebrew] (1998) 261-73
    Katz Center - Periodicals Gallery. Z6367 .K57
    Van Pelt Library Z6367 .K57

  • Zerdoun Bat-Yehouda, Monique
    Les papiers filigrane´s des manuscrits he´breux date´s jusqu'a` 1450 conserve´s en France et en Israe¨l [Bibliologia vol. 16-17]
    Turnhout : Brepols, 1997
    Van Pelt Library. Z2347 .Z47 1997

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