This catalogue describes in precis form the contents of a magnificent collection of Sephardic manuscripts and texts that resides in the University of Alberta Library. The book also provides an excellent introduction to the Sephardic Jews who lived in North Africa after their expulsion from Spain in 1492.
Authors
- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-213) and index
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 964/.004924
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 19
- General Note
- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- Geographic Area Code
- f-mr---
- ISBN
- 9781459303935 0888640161
- LCCN
- DS135.M8
- LCCN Item number
- A74 1979eb
- Modifying agency
- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- CaBVaU
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (xv, 213 p. : facsims.)
- Published in
- Canada
- Publisher or Distributor Number
- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)thg00603485 (OCoLC)243593570 (CaOOCEL)405719
- System Details Note
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Transcribing agency
- CaOONL
Table of Contents
- Contents 8
- Preface 10
- An appreciation of Ariel Bension 14
- Introduction 18
- Historical and political background 18
- The cultural background as revealed in the manuscripts 24
- Fez and Meknès—seventeenth and eighteenth centuries 33
- Salé—seventeenth and eighteenth centuries 38
- Tetuán—seventeenth and eighteenth centuries 38
- Sefrou—seventeenth and eighteenth centuries 39
- Marakesh and Demnat—seventeenth and eighteenth centuries 39
- All communities—eighteenth and nineteenth centuries 40
- Leading scholars—nineteenth century 43
- The influence of Europe and the United States 52
- Descriptions of documents 57
- Appendix: The nature of the Hebrew script in the Bension Collection 204
- Index of persons 208
- A 208
- B 209
- C 209
- D 209
- E 210
- F 210
- G 210
- H 210
- I 211
- J 212
- K 212
- L 212
- M 212
- N 213
- O 213
- P 213
- Q 213
- R 213
- S 213
- T 214
- U 214
- V 214
- W 214
- Y 214
- Z 214
- Index of cities 216
- A 216
- C 216
- D 216
- F 216
- G 216
- H 216
- I 216
- J 216
- K 216
- L 216
- M 216
- N 216
- O 216
- P 216
- Q 216
- R 216
- S 216
- T 216
- V 217
- Index of subjects 218
- A 218
- B 218
- C 218
- D 219
- E 219
- F 220
- G 220
- H 220
- I 220
- J 221
- K 221
- L 221
- M 221
- N 221
- O 221
- P 221
- Q 222
- R 222
- S 222
- T 223
- U 223
- V 223
- W 223
- Y 224
- Z 224
- Index of scholarly works 226
- A 226
- B 226
- D 226
- E 226
- G 226
- H 226
- I 226
- K 226
- L 226
- M 226
- N 226
- O 226
- P 226
- R 226
- S 226
- T 226
- Y 227
- Z 227
- Bibliography 228
