A multiple periphery. Hebrew printing in Moravia in the second half of the 18th century

0581741 - KNAV 2024 eng A - Abstract
Jelínková, Andrea
A multiple periphery. Hebrew printing in Moravia in the second half of the 18th century.
[Vilnius. Printing Centers and Peripheries in the Early Modern Period, 05.10.2023-06.10.2023]
Method of presentation: Přednáška
Institutional support: RVO:67985971
Keywords : Hebrew printing * Moravia * Neumann Printing House * Rossmann Printing House
OECD category: Specific literatures

The paper presents the only Hebrew printing house in Moravia, which worked in Brno and briefly in Mikulov between 1753 and 1803. Analysis of the production showed that the press issued mostly liturgy and legal texts, but later also other genres, although in a smaller scale and marginally. Tracing the publishing strategies then shows that although the print shop had ambitions to overcome its status of peripheral and locally oriented print shop (e.g., by reprinting Enlightenment editions or striving to expand to a wider market), these were fulfilled only partially.
Permanent Link: https://hdl.handle.net/11104/0350251