The family brought with them provenances of descent from the gunpowder plotter," he says, "and [the title] was something I was always aware of, although my dad always said: 'Don't hold your breath.

In particular, she investigates what can be learned by comparing divergent Yemenite traditions, whether the differences were already in the texts in Palestine and Babylonia or were introduced after the texts were moved to other locales, and whether the answers to such questions can reveal families of texts that not only pertain to certain provenances but also that cross borders.

Fine antiques of European provenances are enhanced with subtle textiles.