Oxford Open Doors at the Bodleian Libraries with an inside into the Kennicott Collection

Oxford, Weston Library, Blackwell Hall, Friday 8 September, 10am – 11am, 11.30am – 12.30pm and 1.30pm – 2.30pm.

In the course of an ambitious project to compare all known texts of the Hebrew Bible in order to collate it, Oxford theologian Benjamin Kennicott (1738–1783) put together a remarkable collection of medieval Hebrew manuscript Bibles, many featuring exquisite illumination. This collection now resides at the Bodleian. View the wonderful objects in these collections at the Bodleian Libraries.


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About Maria Stürzebecher

I am the curator of the Museum Old Synagogue in Erfurt and scientific coordinator for the UNESCO World Heritage application Jewish-Medieval Heritage in Erfurt. Since 2012, I am editing the series "Erfurter Schriften zur Jüdischen Geschichte"; in 2020, the 6th volume "Ritual Objects in Ritual Contexts." was published. I studied History of Arts, Archaeology, Sociology and History and wrote my PhD thesis about the medieval Erfurt Treasure, which was published in 2009 entitled „Der Schatzfund aus der Erfurter Michaelisstrasse – Mittelalterliche Goldschmiedearbeiten als Zeugnisse jüdischen Lebens in Erfurt“.