Ernest James Worman: Handlist to the Taylor-Schechter Collection

Ernest James Worman matriculated at Cambridge University in 1896, but was not affiliated to a college (B.A., 1898; M.A., 1902). He was Curator in Oriental Literature at Cambridge University Library, 1908-1909, where he catalogued oriental books and fragments from the Cairo Genizah. He died in June 1909.

List of manuscripts in the Taylor-Schechter Collection. For each item there is the title with a summary description, size, material, language, and date (when ascertainable).

Written in the Library.

Please cite as Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives, Ernest James Worman: Handlist to the Taylor-Schechter Collection, MS Add.6404-6405

E.J. Worman published papers on the Taylor-Schechter Collection: 'Two Booklists from the Cambridge Genizah Fragments', Jewish quarterly review, 20 (April 1908), p. 450; 'The Taylor Gift of Hebrew Books in Cambridge', Jewish chronicle, 29 January 1909.