Marc Michaels has produced an interesting Genizah Fragments article on the reconstruction of the famed "serifed scroll," which is likely the oldest Torah scroll in the Genizah collection. Several fragments of this scroll have been preserved, giving us a good opportunity to work on reconstructing the scroll. Marc, a skilled scribe and graphic designer, has done a beautiful job creating a font to imitate the distinctive handwriting of the scroll and reconstruct the missing pieces. While I have often pushed back on the scientific accuracy of these kinds of reconstructions (they sometimes can generate higher subjective levels of confidence that are really warranted), I do find them to be illustrative, probative, and aesthetically pleasing. Congratulations to Marc on the nice article!
No comments:
Post a Comment