
Selected Hebrew Manucripts from the Bavarian State Library
In collaboration with Yaffa Levy, Michal Sternthal, Ilona Steimann, Anna Nizza-Caplan and Estherlee Kanon-Ebner
Aliza Cohen-Mushlin(Author)
Harrassowitz Verlag
Published on 2. September 2020
Book
Hardback
XLVIII, 570 pages
978-3-447-11421-9 (ISBN)
Description
The Hebrew manuscripts collection in the Bavarian State Library in Munich is of utmost importance, because it unravels the intricately close associations between Jews and Christians: Jewish scribes and converts writing for Christian humanists; Christian artists painting for Jewish clients; and Jewish artists working in Christian workshops.
The book deals with 84 selected Hebrew manuscripts: 30 illuminated manuscripts and 54 manuscripts of the collection which belonged to Johann Jacob Fugger, some of which are illuminated. It is not merely a catalogue, but a deep research of every manuscript which includes extensive examination of its codicology, paleography, texts and illustrations, as well as the research on the manuscripts' history and their Jewish and Christian owners. The iconography and style of each illumination which appears in the manuscripts is scrutinized and compared to its parallels in other manuscripts, to determine place and date. In order not to make this book too voluminous, all illuminations in the manuscripts and their comparative material are available on-line, in the Bezalel Narkiss Index of Jewish Art at the Center for Jewish Art, Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Wiesbaden
Germany
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
Abbildungen
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 24 cm
Width: 17 cm
Weight
2400 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-447-11421-9 (9783447114219)
Schweitzer Classification