To celebrate the upcoming festival of Passover, please join Hebrew Union College and the Preservation Lab for a virtual presentation about the treatment of one of the earliest printed illustrated Haggadot in the rare book collection of the Klau Library.
Tzafun: The Behind the Scenes Work of Repairing the 1526 Prague Haggadah
Dr. Jordan Finkin, Rare Book and Manuscript Librarian and Co-Director at Hebrew Union College Press will kick off the talk with a discussion about the significance and history of the Haggadah in the greater context of Haggadot Jewish book printing.
Ashleigh N. Ferguson Schieszer, Rare Book and Paper Conservator, will follow by describing the intricate process required to restore the binding and its contents. In this session, Ashleigh will discuss how she met the challenges facing her with this amazing historical work to reverse earlier poorly-done repairs. These treatments were conducted over several years, and included preservation of handwritten songs later added to the Klau’s copy.
Please join us at 11 am on April 10th, 2023 for the hour-long session by registering for the event here.
Check out the recorded session, now available on the HUC-JIR YouTube channel here.
This project was funded by the generous donations of Dr. Valerie Hotchkiss and Dr. David Price.
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