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Elvira Martín-Contreras @emartincontreras.bsky.social · 17h

🧠📜 Manuscripts & the Mind opens next week at Chester Beatty Library! Discover how paratexts shape our reading of religious texts—featuring Buddhist, Christian, Islamic, Jewish & Samaritan manuscripts. PARAHeB is proud to be one of the contributing projects!
chesterbeatty.ie/exhibitions/...

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Elvira Martín-Contreras @emartincontreras.bsky.social · 2d

Necesario artículo que señala las precarias condiciones en términos económicos que vivimos las personas que nos dedicamos a la investigación en este país.
www.eldiario.es/sociedad/esp...

España, un país que desprecia a la ciencia

La ciencia es un florero para los dos principales partidos que han gobernado este país y para unos sindicatos que no se han preocupado nunca por las condiciones laborales del personal científico

www.eldiario.es

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Elvira Martín-Contreras @emartincontreras.bsky.social · 17d

It has been a pleasure to participate in this activity of the #EuropeanResearchersNight
A journey through medieval Iberia through the writing, architecture, and objects of the three cultural traditions that inhabited it.

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Biblioteca Tomás Navarro Tomás CCHS-CSIC @bibtntcsic.bsky.social · 21d

Study of the Masorah in the digital age
El impacto de la era digital en el estudio de la Masorah: avances, desafíos y transformaciones
Por Martín Contreras, Elvira @emartincontreras.bsky.social (ILC-CCHS, CSIC)
#OpenAccess #AccesoAbierto @digitalcsic.bsky.social
hdl.handle.net/10261/400339

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Elvira Martín-Contreras @emartincontreras.bsky.social · 23d

This article examines how digital resources have revolutionised Masoretic studies over the past two decades, opening up new avenues for research and providing access to previously inaccessible materials.
The digital revolution has fundamentally changed how we approach this tradition.

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Elvira Martín-Contreras @emartincontreras.bsky.social · 23d

I'm glad to share with you my latest publication, "Study of the Masorah in the Digital Ages", Journal of Jewish Studies 76(2): 301-311 (2025).
You can access the pre-typesetting version using this link:
digital.csic.es/handle/10261...

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Elvira Martín-Contreras @emartincontreras.bsky.social · 29d

Participo en esta edición de la Noche de los Investigadores en la que se muestran diferentes aspectos de la riqueza cultural de la Edad Media.
Estaré en el módulo de escritura.
Todavía hay plazas. ¡No te lo pierdas!
Información 👇

Centro de Ciencias Humanas y Sociales del CSIC @cchscsic.bsky.social · 29d

✒️🏰🔑 Viaja a la Edad Media en la #NocheEuropeaDeLosInvestigadores2025 con los talleres del @cchscsic.bsky.social para la #nochedelosinvestigadores
Escribe como un escriba, construye arcos medievales y descubre un tesoro en 3D.
📍 26 sept · Madrid
👉 Gratuito www.cchs.csic.es/es/nocheinve...

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Biblioteca Tomás Navarro Tomás CCHS-CSIC @bibtntcsic.bsky.social · Sep 8

Café Digital del ILC: "Acceso y reutilización de imágenes digitales: Soluciones prácticas para proyectos de Humanidades Digitales"
📅 17 de septiembre de 2025; 12:00 h
📍Sala Julián Ribera (1C9+23) del CCHS-CSIC
cchs.csic.es/es/event/caf...

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Elvira Martín-Contreras @emartincontreras.bsky.social · Jul 22

New publication in #openaccess
"Reading:Performance and Materiality in Hebrew and Aramaic Traditions"
www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.116...

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Elvira Martín-Contreras @emartincontreras.bsky.social · Jul 2

‪⚠️Notice:
For those interested in Hebrew manuscripts at the British Library, while the British Library's online resources are down, you can access them through: openn.library.upenn.edu/html/0047.html
#Hebrewmanuscripts #medievalmanuscripts

OPenn: British Library

openn.library.upenn.edu

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Elvira Martín-Contreras @emartincontreras.bsky.social · Jul 2

You're right - we considered external dependencies when designing the workflow, but accepted the risk. Honestly, I'm surprised the British Library hasn't fully recovered from that attack yet. I'm working on caching solutions now, so this is perfect timing!

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Elvira Martín-Contreras @emartincontreras.bsky.social · Jul 1

Working with high-res medieval manuscript images?
Just published our practical IIIF-based solution that's transformed how we handle manuscript fragments in paratextuality research and manuscript studies overall
digital.csic.es/handle/10261...
#medievalmanuscripts #paratexts #IIIF #codicology #HHDD

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Elvira Martín-Contreras @emartincontreras.bsky.social · Jun 6

📣 The 22nd Symposium of the Spanish Association of Hebrew and Jewish Studies (AEEHJ) is happening next week in Soria!
👉 Register now via its website:
aeehj.net

Elvira Martín-Contreras @emartincontreras.bsky.social · May 29

While preparing my seminar on the CSIC Hebrew Bible team, I found a unique copy of Benito Arias Montano's Hebrew Bible among their materials. What makes it unique? I wrote about it in BTNT's Piece of the Month. 👇

Biblioteca Tomás Navarro Tomás CCHS-CSIC @bibtntcsic.bsky.social · May 29

Dedicamos la pieza del mes de mayo La Biblia Hebraica de Benito Arias Montano: Un Tesoro en la Biblioteca Tomás Navarro Tomás.
Por Elvira Martín-Contreras (ILC-CSIC)
@emartincontreras.bsky.social
biblioteca.cchs.csic.es/PiezaMes/Pie...

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Donnie (Donald) W. Wood | דוני | دوني @aljamiadonnie.bsky.social · May 14

CFP: Thematic special issue of Renaissance Studies, “Diasporas of Sefarad and al-Andalus: Iberian Questions beyond Iberia.”

Final drafts of articles (ready for submission for peer-review) will be due Monday, July 21, 2025.

#CFP #Andalus #Sefarad #diasporas #moriscos #Sephardic #medievalsky

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Elvira Martín-Contreras @emartincontreras.bsky.social · May 5

You can read my review of Thea Gomlauri's book on the Lailashi Codex here:
digital.csic.es/handle/10261...
It is the first one in a language other than English.
But you can use Google Translate if needed 😉

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Elvira Martín-Contreras @emartincontreras.bsky.social · Apr 30

📢Sefarad journal publication
The two issues corresponding to the year 2024 have been published.
With these issues, the magazine moves to a digital-only format.
You can read them here 👇
sefarad.revistas.csic.es/index.php/se...

sefarad.revistas.csic.es/index.php/se...

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Elvira Martín-Contreras @emartincontreras.bsky.social · Apr 25

ICMS 2025 is approaching quickly. I'll contribute to the session on para-biblical texts with a paper titled "Unveiling the Role of Paratextual Elements in Medieval Hebrew Bible Manuscripts".

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Elvira Martín-Contreras @emartincontreras.bsky.social · Apr 21

Great news!
The National Library of Israel now offers registered users remote access to its digitized archival materials for self-study, teaching, and research purposes.
Link to the application form:
www.nli.org.il/en/at-your-s...

Remote Access to Archival Materials

Learn about remote access to archival materials from the collections of the National Library of Israel for the purpose of self-study, teaching and research

www.nli.org.il

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Donnie (Donald) W. Wood | דוני | دوني @aljamiadonnie.bsky.social · Apr 11

Ink, angels and hard graft: the artists keeping Ethiopia’s ancient illuminated manuscript craft alive
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Ink, angels and hard graft: the artists keeping Ethiopia’s ancient illuminated manuscript craft alive

In an Addis Ababa workshop, sacred texts are painstakingly crafted on goat skin using methods dating back to early Christianity – plus a bit of inspiration from Google Images

www.theguardian.com

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Elvira Martín-Contreras @emartincontreras.bsky.social · Apr 7

'Let's talk about the "Paratexts"' lecture series. Starting on April 30th, as part of the upcoming exhibition "Manuscripts and Mind" and the project "Paratexts Seeking Understanding," the Chester Beatty Library will explore the concept of paratexts.
chesterbeatty.ie/exhibi.../ma...

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Elvira Martín-Contreras @emartincontreras.bsky.social · Apr 3

📢Abierto el plazo de introducción a la investigación #JAEIntro25.
Ofrezco el programa JAEINT25_EX_1275, "Introducción al estudio de las anotaciones en manuscritos medievales"
Información 👇
sede.csic.gob.es/tramites/pro...
🗓️ Hasta el 2 de mayo

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Elvira Martín-Contreras @emartincontreras.bsky.social · Mar 28

La asfixia a las universidades públicas madrileñas amenaza a los grados minoritarios. El primero en recibirla ha sido el de Ciencias de las Religiones, el único en el mundo impartido en lengua española.
Hay que salvarlo y a la universidad publica también.
www.larazon.es/opinion/salv...

Salvar las Ciencias de las Religiones en España

La supresión de estos estudios sería una tragedia académica no solo para los estudiantes y la universidad, sino para toda nuestra sociedad, que es la principal beneficiaria de los estudios sobre la hi...

www.larazon.es

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Elvira Martín-Contreras @emartincontreras.bsky.social · Mar 14

blogs.library.columbia.edu/jewishstudie...

Manuscripts of the Yemenite Jewish Experience

This was originally written for the Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies' magazine, 2024 edition. It is presented here with some light edits and news about a recent acquisition since the article w...

blogs.library.columbia.edu

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Elvira Martín-Contreras @emartincontreras.bsky.social · Mar 13

Hybrid lecture
This afternoon!

ochjs.bsky.social @ochjs.bsky.social · Mar 13

We are so excited for the #DavidPattersonLecture of our President, Judith Olszowy-Schlanger, & Library Director, César Merchán-Hamann! They'll be discussing their edited volume, 'Jewish Languages & Book Culture'. Join online or in person! us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #JewishLanguages #BookCulture

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