Today’s writing went exceptionally well as I transcribed the exodus of Lot and his family from the doomed cities of Sodom, Amora, and its other condemned neighbors.

The humidity was excellent and I didn’t have to do any fiddling with the kulmus (quill) to keep it on track.

Please enjoy these photos, and check back tomorrow for the complete column…
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Amud 18 - click to enlarge view

Column 18

Here are pictures from columns 16 and 17.   I hope to have this yeria completed by the middle of this week.  I am stretching it out a bit because I am awaiting a shipment of new parchment sometime around then… 

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Shalom, all!

Here are some pictures from today’s writing – there are a few lines left in order to reach today’s quota, but this is the progress thus far.   A friend sent me an interesting question today, asking why the lines of writing, and even some of the constituent strokes of the letters, don’t look perfectly straight in the photos posted.

Under the heat of my drafting lamp and of my arms on the parchment, the parchment wrinkles and warps.  So, in the photos. you are not seeing erratic lines on a flat surface, rather you are seeing straight lines on an erratic surface…

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Columns 12, 13, & 14

Completed column 14 this evening -  The writing had a bit of trouble at the start of this column because my quill underwent some weather-related warping.  After some gentle trimming and coaxing, things came together in the second half of the column.   By this Saturday night, I should be able to complete the writing, tagging, checking, and clean up of this sheet.  Then it is on to page 5!

Please enjoy these photos…
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