Category Archives: dispatches from the rare book room

DRBR 2: In which cherubs sit on a cloud

January 22, 2013 – 21:46

JTS manuscript DR4-R82 is a pen-and-ink drawing of cherubs sitting on a cloud, which floats beneath a shining crown. The cherubs are singing music from a scroll and above them float the words “To the Queen, with Her Majesty’s most Gracious Permission this Work is most respectfully inscribed by Her Majesty’s most faithful obedient and […]

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DRBR 1: Azulai raises funds

January 20, 2013 – 21:21

Drawer 4, item DR4-R57. This is a form letter, signed by Hayyim Yosef David Azulai. Azulai is also known as the Hida, the acronym of his name. He’s a famous rabbi and scholar. But he also spent a lot of time fundraising, asking people for money for specific good causes, and tis here is a […]

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Dispatches from the rare book room

January 15, 2013 – 20:08

I volunteer at the Rare Book Room at JTS. I’m helping do an inventory of the flat media. Since many interesting things are flat, I am getting to see many interesting things. But before we go into the stacks, some fun with the card catalogue drawers. I don’t know what Coptic Custard is, but I’m […]

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