Book launch: The Illustrated Cairo Genizah
Tuesday 12 November 18.00 – 19.00
Heffers Bookshop, 20 Trinity Street Cambridge CB2 1TY
Join authors Nick Posegay and Melonie Schmierer-Lee for a visual journey through over 125 years’ Cambridge Genizah research, complete with surprising tales of coexistence and interaction. Almost 1000 years ago, the Jews of Old Cairo began to place their worn-out books and scrolls into a hidden storage room - a genizah - of their synagogue. Over the years, they added all sorts of writings to the pile, sacred and secular texts alike. When the chamber was emptied at the end of the 19th century, it held hundreds of thousands of paper and parchment fragments. Now known as the “Cairo Genizah” , it has become one of the most important sources of knowledge for the history of the Middle East and the Mediterranean world. This book offers the first illustrated introduction to the unique collection of Cairo Genizah manuscripts at Cambridge University Library.
| Event held by | Heffers Bookshop, Cambridge, Cambridge University Library, Genizah Research Unit, Cambridge Interfaith Programme, Craig Oliphant |
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| Website | https://www.interfaith.cam.ac.uk/events/book-launch-illustrated-cairo-genizah |
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| Event categories | Arts/culture/music, Celebration or festival, Education/learning, Exhibition or fair or demonstration |
| Important information | This book launch is hosted by Heffers Bookshop in Cambridge, working in partnership with Cambridge University Library, the Genizah Research Unit, and with support from the Cambridge Interfaith Programme. There is a small charge (£5) to attend. Bookings should be made via Heffers’ Eventbrite. |