Louis
Meiselman

Rare Judaica Cataloging Librarian

Bio

Louis is the Rare Judaica Cataloging Librarian at Penn Libraries. He is based at the Kislak Special Collections Processing Center and frequently contributes to the Special Collections blog on the topic of Hebrew manuscripts. 

Blog Posts

Katz Center Library Acquires Collection of Rare Medieval Manuscripts
August 30, 2023
Katz Center Library Acquires Collection of Rare Medieval Manuscripts
by Louis Meiselman

Highlights and New Additions

A Hebrew Schoolteacher’s Notebook and Other Rare Manuscripts
January 24, 2023
A Hebrew Schoolteacher’s Notebook and Other Rare Manuscripts
by Louis Meiselman

Penn Libraries’ Rare Judaica Cataloging Librarian gives a tour of some newly cataloged manuscripts, including an early twentieth-century schoolteacher’s notebook from India, a rare medical text, and an eighteenth-century Yemeni prayer book.

A Nineteenth-Century Manuscript for the Sefirah Counting
May 20, 2022
A Nineteenth-Century Manuscript for the Sefirah Counting
by Louis Meiselman

Penn Libraries' Rare Judaica Cataloging Librarian examines a manuscript in the Alfonso Cassuto Collection. 

The Wayfarer’s Prayer in manuscript: Karp BVIII.7
November 10, 2021
The Wayfarer’s Prayer in manuscript: Karp BVIII.7
by Louis Meiselman

Penn Libraries' Rare Judaica Cataloging Librarian examines a special case of the Wayfarer’s Prayer.

Yad Aharon: Hebrew Poetry and the Number 14
July 1, 2020
Yad Aharon: Hebrew Poetry and the Number 14
by Louis Meiselman

A Rare Judaica Cataloging Librarian examines a seemingly contradictory poetry volume in the collection of the Library at the Katz Center.