Creator Bio
Uri of Biella
16th Century
Uri of Biella was a scribe in Safed, creator of the sixteenth-century scroll known as Yiḥus ha-avot (Genealogy of the Patriarchs).
Content by Uri of Biella
Primary Source
Map of the Temple in Jerusalem
This map of the Temple in Jerusalem made in Safed by a Jewish scribe comes from an example of a “pilgrimage scroll,” also known as an “itinerary,” because they included instructions for visiting holy…
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