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Stage setting design for the Yale Dramatic Association's production of "Stover at Yale"

The Birds as performed by the Yale Drama Department

Jurors, left to right are Ming Cho Lee, Pete Maradudin, Beeb Salzer, Edward Albee, Patricia Zpiprodt, Martin Bernheimer, Martin Benson

This parchment consists of two columns of text cut-out from a larger Torah scroll. Written on “gevil,” the narrative documents the initial revelation of God to Moses at the burning bush and His charge to liberate the Children of Israel from Egypt.…

MS1059 is a complete scroll of Genesis. Because it was removed from a larger Torah scroll, it also includes parts of Exodus. In total, the scroll contains 74 columns of text. This section is attached to a roller with cello tape. Because of the above,…

MS1047 details the birth of Isaac. The fragment comes from a larger scroll that came to Israel some 70+ years ago from Hungary. It is written in a classic European Ketav Bet Yosef. The scribe's hand exhibits “hairline” thin descending strokes that…

MS1039 was removed from a larger Torah scroll. The section was very likely removed to repair the hole on the letter HEI on the word HaKena'ani. The above visible printed crowns are not original to the scroll. Torah law forbids the application of any…

MS1026 consists of one column of text which was removed from a larger Torah scroll. It is written in a "Ketav Arizal" and follows a format of 52 lines per column. Although this column of text begins with a letter “VAV,” we are not able to ascertain…

MS1026 contains Bible text from the end of the Book of Genesis to Exodus 14:28. The scroll is written on Klaf that is not "Mashuach" (ointed) using gall based ink that has presently decayed to a reddish brown color. Altogether, there are 10 columns…