GMPL Collective · 2026-2028
The Jewish manuscripts of the medieval Maghreb
are waiting to be read.
Enter through
Five gateways into the corpus
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The project
A five-year programme to reconstitute a forgotten corpus — vision, axes, governance.
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The corpus
More than 800 manuscripts to identify across 12 institutions on three continents.
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The communities
Tlemcen, Oran, Fez, Tetouan: six centuries of written memory.
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A story
Short narratives to enter the project through individual lives — Aln’kaoua, Duran, Cansino.
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Take part
Bear witness, contribute, donate, share a family story.
The scale of the project
Five years for a first map
- Manuscripts
- 800–1,500 to be inventoried
- Institutions
- 12 across three continents
- Years
- 5 for the first complete map
Geography
The mother communities
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Algeria
Tlemcen
Refuge founded by Ephraïm Aln’kaoua after 1391 — the heart of medieval Maghrebi Judaism.
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Algeria
Oran
Home of the five-volume Maḥzor; community exodus to Livorno in 1669.
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Morocco
Fez
Major liturgical and halakhic school; cradle of the ibn Tzur family.
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Morocco
Tetouan
Megorashim community in northern Morocco; Maḥzor of 231 piyyutim.
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Italy
Livorno
Italian refuge of the Jews of Oran (1669) — editorial relay back to the Maghreb.
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Morocco
Salé
Atlantic port; cradle of the ben Malka family in the 17th-18th centuries.
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