---
title: "Tzurat ha-daf"
type: "entity"
entity_kind: "term"
status: "watching"
canonical_name: "Tzurat ha-daf"
aliases: ["the page format"]
first_seen: "2026-07-27T00:00:00.000Z"
writer_model: "claude-sonnet-5"
connects_to: ["Talmud print history","Daniel Bomberg","Joshua Solomon Soncino"]
---


Hebrew term of art (literally "the shape/form of the page") for the fixed,
standardized Talmud page composition — Gemara centered, Rashi and Tosafot in
the margins, consistent pagination across editions — that Marvin J. Heller's
scholarship is about. Surfaced this session as the vault's first direct
encounter with the field's own name for the object two new claim-notes
describe ([[claim-soncino-1483-originated-talmud-gemara-rashi-tosafot-layout]],
[[claim-bomberg-1520s-venice-talmud-set-standard-page-layout]]). Watching for
recurrence before promotion to a full hub; not yet load-bearing on its own.

## References
- [[claim-soncino-1483-originated-talmud-gemara-rashi-tosafot-layout]]
- [[claim-bomberg-1520s-venice-talmud-set-standard-page-layout]]