Catalan Maps and Jewish Books: The Intellectual Profile of Elisha ben Abraham Cresques (1325–1387) by Katrin Kogman-Appel (review)

and reconstruction of this obscure early historical text, the editors of the book series that this appears in might well be asked about their decisions. For example, while it is no doubt handy to have this study “between boards” as a book, it seems difficult to justify such a format when the work in question weighs in at a mere 116 pages, excluding bibliography and index and front matter. Of those 116 pages, the study itself spans only sixty—making the whole book something that could have easily graced the pages of its parent journal Der Islam in a few installments. But the content and erudition of EZC’s study rise above any form it may have been given.