tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998334814224356647.post4878352335942261004..comments2023-05-07T09:07:54.776-04:00Comments on Meshalim/Amthal/Exiemplos: Notes from the Life of a Medievalist: A King Without a CrownS.J. Pearcehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13768230178276229294noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998334814224356647.post-25220342075281989772012-06-22T03:50:28.227-04:002012-06-22T03:50:28.227-04:00I know — the carpet page is just wild. This MS is ...I know — the carpet page is just wild. This MS is (I keep wanting to call it Haskalah-period, but it's really just straight-up) Enlightenment-period and i just don't know enough about (again, the MS itself keeps spawning these funny terms in my head) the Christians of Ashkenaz to really know why such a thing would exist or who would use it... but presumably with the cuneiform, if such a thing were to exist, the status of the Greek could also very much be the issue?S.J. Pearcehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13768230178276229294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998334814224356647.post-14477335619349163702012-06-22T02:47:12.154-04:002012-06-22T02:47:12.154-04:00The form of this ms. is fascinating! Off the top o...The form of this ms. is fascinating! Off the top of my head, I can't think of any cuneiform texts that appropriate the forms of other genres in what appears to be an attempt to imbue them with a certain kind of authority or acceptability. But I will certainly be thinking about it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com