Hebrew Illuminated Manuscripts: Transcultural Interpretation and Transmission

This conference (online and onsite) brings together scholars to consider different manuscript communities in Europe, their textual and iconographic traditions, and more globally, an exploration of communities that produced “families” of Hebrew manuscripts and enabled transmissions across languages and societies.

Motivation to organize this conference stems from The J. Paul Getty Museum’s recent acquisition of the Rothschild Pentateuch. This manuscript serves as a case study on how a single object crosses geographical and religious boundaries and provides the impetus for wider discussion on Hebrew manuscript culture as a touchstone of interaction and contact.

Organized by Elizabeth Morrison, Senior Curator of Manuscripts, The J. Paul Getty Museum, and Zrinka Stahuljak, Professor of French and Comparative Literature and CMRS-CEGS Director.

Hosted by UCLA CMRS Center for Early Global Studies, UCLA Alan D. Leve Center for Jewish Studies, and The J. Paul Getty Museum.

COVID-19 Attendance Policy for event entry:
For UCLA students, staff, and faculty: completion of campus symptom monitoring survey; present clearance certificate.
For the public: Valid ID and proof of vaccination or, Valid ID, verbal attestation to an exception, and a negative COVID test within 72 hours.
Please note that all attendees must wear face masks.

Register here for onsite attendance in Royce 314 or online attendance on Zoom.