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We’re almost there! The last libraries are being examined in order to identify all Hebrew books, manuscripts, and fragments in their collections.

Now, I have a clearer overall idea of the materials that compose this bibliographic heritage, and what I expect to find from now on is mainly Hebrew-Latin versions of the Bible, grammars, and dictionaries.

The staff of some libraries is actively cooperating, providing digital copies of the books that enable me to catalog them remotely.

The catalog is being edited, the final work is on its way! Keep posted!

2020 is expected to be the crucial year to complete this huge cataloguing project! I am still collecting and cataloguing Hebrew books all over Sicily, although I obviously had to stop researching since March because of Covid-19 pandemic.

The quarantine gave me the opportunity to revise and organize the collected material, and to start working on the final draft for the Catalogue, that should appear by the end of this year.

A summary of the first results of this research will be published soon in the journal Materia Giudaica n. XXV (September 2021) with the title “Il patrimonio bibliografico ebraico in Sicilia“. Don’t miss it!