- Workshop
Coffee with a Codex: Two Illuminated Jewish Marriage Contracts
On June 18, curator Dot Porter will be joined by Judaica Special Collections Cataloging Librarian Louis Meiselman, who will show us two illuminated ketubahs, or Jewish marriage contracts.
Hosted by: Kislak Center and SIMS
An informal lunch or coffee time to meet virtually with Kislak curators and talk about one of the manuscripts from Penn's collections. Each week we'll feature a different manuscript and the expertise of one of our curators. Everyone is welcome to attend.
On June 18, curator Dot Porter will be joined by Judaica Special Collections Cataloging Librarian Louis Meiselman, who will show us two illuminated ketubahs from Georgia, one with an Armenian autograph. Both are in Hebrew, and were written in the 19th century.
Note that the Zoom links for Coffee With a Codex are reusable - register once and attend every Thursday at 12pm EST / 5pm GMT.