Traces developments during three thousand years of Jewish cultural, intellectual, and social history

Picture history of Jewish civilization

Biographies & Memoirs

Narkiss, Bezalel

Community & Culture

Harry N.Abrams, Inc.

First printing, second printing. Foreward by Cecil Roth. Contrary to popular belief, in biblical Judaism artistic expression was encouraged for educational purposes and for the adornmant of implements involved in performing rituals. Embellishing manuscripts was one of the most important ways the early Jew could express his devotion to the written word. In this book, the author describes the various schools of Judaic manuscript embellishing from Biblical times to the fifteenth century. Beautifully illustrated in color; sixty full-page plates tipped in, with the manuscript from which it was taken fully described, including specifications and provenance, on the facing page. Notes, glossary, bibliography of plates, index. Minor jacket wear. Foxing. 175, 1 pages. cloth, dust jacket.. 4to..

Hebrew Illuminated Manuscripts

Encyclopedia Judaica / Amiel

Written and illustrated in northern Spain around 1320, the Golden Haggadah is one of the outstanding works in The British Library's world-renowned collection of Hebrew manuscripts. Traditionally the most richly decorated of all Jewish prayer books, the Haggadah is used by Jews around the world in the celebration of Passover. This book presents a superbly illustrated account of the Golden Haggadah's creation and history and reproduces all the major illustrations in color. It provides an accessible introduction to Hebrew manuscript art as well as an authoritative commentary on the Golden Haggadah's content and illustrative scheme.

The Golden Haggadah

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Pomegranate

Ms. Kennicott I, Bodleian Library, Oxford, England. Facsimile 922 pages, commentary volume 97 pages. The most lavishly illuminated of all Hebrew Bibles in a tooled morocco box-binding. La Coruna, Spain, 1476. The Commentary Volume is finely bound and presented together with the facsimile in an elegant slip-case.

Kennicott Bible (Hebrew Edition)

Arts & Photography

Cohen-Mushlin, Aliza

History & Criticism

Facsimile Editions

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