![]() ![]() Such books found their way to the Library only at random. At approximately the same time, the Hebrew language went through a process of revival and books in modern Hebrew were published on a large scale. Practically all these books were acquired by the Leiden library. Although most of these texts had already been printed in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, new scholarly insights demanded better text editions. In the second half of the nineteenth century, new text-critical editions of important Hebrew works were published, in particular in Great Britain and Germany. In the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, Hebrew book acquisition declined somewhat. Not only the Italian prints are well represented in the Leiden Library, but Hebrew books which were printed in the Netherlands (in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries) also form an important part of the collection. These Hebrew books, for the most part text editons and commentaries on the Bible and the Talmud have retained their importance during the past centuries in relation to the study of Judaism and the Hebrew language. Printed books A few Hebrew incunabula came into possession of the library (see Ruys, 1925), but the main part of the older Hebrew collections consists of early sixteenth-century Italian prints. The manuscript was described by Steinschneider (1858), pp. One of the few illustrated Hebrew manuscripts. The manuscripts were described by Steinschneider (1858), pp. This collection is notable because of the age of the manuscripts (all from the seventeenth century) and because of the size of the collection. 4763, one manuscript from a collection of Karaitic Manuscripts This manuscript was described by Steinschneider (1858), pp. This manuscript is very important because of its age (1240): only three other manuscripts in the Leiden collections are older. The manuscript was described by Steinschneider( 1858), pp. For this restoration and its report see Van der Heide & Van Koningsveld (1973). The two volumes of this manuscript have been extensively restored in 1972. The famous printed edition of Bomberg ( Venice 1523) was based on this manuscript. The unique complete manuscript of the Palestinian Talmud, completed in 5049/1289. To mention just a few noteworthy items: Cod. They acquired several hundred Hebrew printed books and manuscripts. Warner (1619-1665) laid the foundations of what is now the library's Hebrew manuscript collection. This resulted in an active acquisition policy, whereby the first Hebrew books of the Leiden library were collected in a structural way. Soon thereafter Hebrew studies obtained an independent status. In the latter half of the sixteenth century, the study of Hebrew was thoroughly linked with theological studies. ![]()
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