Digitising Hebrew Manuscripts: Or 4786
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Channel: British Library · 2016 · Education
Watch this timelapse video showing the digitisation of a 19th-century Scroll of Esther (Or 4786) from Italy by the British Library's Imaging Studio. This digitisation is part of the Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project, funded by The Polonsky Foundation, to digitise 1,300 manuscripts from the British Library magnificent collection of Hebrew manuscripts. Film by Elizabeth Hunter and Carl Norman View the digitised manuscript here: http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_4786 For more information on this project, please visit: http://www.bl.uk/projects/hebrew-manuscripts http://www.bl.uk/projects/hebrew-manuscripts-digitisation-project Follow us on Twitter: #HebrewProject
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