tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post3410390562885653888..comments2024-01-21T02:58:08.208-05:00Comments on On the Main Line: On the photographic treasures of a barely known 80 year old Jewish encyclopedia.Mississippi Fred MacDowellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02734864605700159687noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-35901524032814201322011-04-27T23:17:36.395-04:002011-04-27T23:17:36.395-04:00There's a simple (possible) solution. This is ...There's a simple (possible) solution. This is an early 18th century image. Although the tricorne was popular in Europe throughout the 18th century, it should not be surprising if it only made it to traditional Jewish society some time into the century. <a href="http://onthemainline.blogspot.com/2010/04/montesquieu-mendelssohn-three-cornered.html" rel="nofollow">Here</a> I posted about how in the early 19th century Prague wearing the tricorne was regarded as old-fashioned Jewish, while wearing the zylinder (top hat) was modern. We see that by century's end even many traditionalists wore the zylinder. Perhaps something similar is going on here.<br /><br />Or, maybe the evidence just speaks for itself.S.http://onthemainline.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-71404720624925650912011-04-27T23:05:50.260-04:002011-04-27T23:05:50.260-04:00"For example, in volume 5 (S - Z) pg.756 ther..."For example, in volume 5 (S - Z) pg.756 there is the following, captioned "Prager jüdischer Student im 18. Jahrhundert" (Jewish student of Prague in the 18th century):"<br /><br />My recollection from the thesis of R. Katz of Baltimore on the early Rabbinic career of R. Y. Landau ab"d Prague, was that the Yeshiva bochurim there then wore tricorns (three cornered hats, think George Washington and Hamantashen) of different types. So I am puzzled by this illustration.<br /><br />Nevertheless, thanks for another great post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-78929737132549943192011-04-24T15:22:46.271-04:002011-04-24T15:22:46.271-04:00*are**are*S.http://onthemainline.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-33131720085223793802011-04-24T15:22:22.423-04:002011-04-24T15:22:22.423-04:0021st. Yes, 20th too, since someone who is a "...21st. Yes, 20th too, since someone who is a "player" in 2007 (when it was published) was probably also a player in the 20th century. But since we are not in the 21st century....S.http://onthemainline.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-80836105932657787552011-04-24T14:29:47.046-04:002011-04-24T14:29:47.046-04:00"The second edition doesn't seem to have ..."The second edition doesn't seem to have heard of the major 21st century players."<br /><br />20th century?baalbatishhttp://baalbatish.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-53678580853768765922011-04-24T04:47:59.356-04:002011-04-24T04:47:59.356-04:00"This is one reason why the first Ency-C-lope..."This is one reason why the first Ency-C-lopedia Judaica gets high marks and the newer second edition gets very low marks. The first EJ knew and cared all about who was who in Orthodoxy. The second edition doesn't seem to have heard of the major 21st century players."<br /><br />Didn't R' Leiman write an article about this topic? Where did I read that? Oh yeah, right here:<br />http://onthemainline.blogspot.com/2007/06/prof-shnayer-leiman-judges-new.html<br />-PhilAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-91014704151871835192011-04-22T17:34:05.147-04:002011-04-22T17:34:05.147-04:00Very cute. But of course he wrote extensively, if ...Very cute. But of course he wrote extensively, if not exclusively, in Hebrew.S.http://onthemainline.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-69329870175849077472011-04-22T16:55:34.767-04:002011-04-22T16:55:34.767-04:00> This is just from the standard portrait of R....> This is just from the standard portrait of R. Yonasan Eybeschutz, but it has his signature in the Latin alphabet. <br /><br />And Isaac Wise's signature in the Hebrew alphabetAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-19773537722114669312011-04-22T14:29:23.193-04:002011-04-22T14:29:23.193-04:00"So if you ever wondered what a Central Europ..."So if you ever wondered what a Central European yeshiva bochur looked like in the 18th century, now you know."<br /><br />You mean haughty?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com