| Translated title | The Changing City. Art and Culture of the Middle Class in Northern Germany 1150–1650 |
| Editor |
Cord Meckseper. |
| Imprint |
Braunschweig, Germany, 1985. 1407 pp., illustrations: vol. 1: 184 col., 509 b&w; vol. 2: 219 col., 438 b&w; 24.3 × 18 cm. German. |
| Location |
Braunschweigisches Landesmuseum (24 August–24 November 1985) |
| Description |
A monumental exhibition and 4-volume catalog on the material culture (domestic and religious) of German burghers, 12th–17th C. Vols. 1 & 2 comprise the exhibition catalog, with separate sections on: Early Settlements, The Development of Cities (each city discussed separately), House and Family, Piety and Education, Craft and Trade, Town Hall and Politics, and Church Art of the Middle Ages. Jewish life and objects, including a rare Opferstein (altar stone) from the synagogue of Celle and a kiddush cup with a coin of Herzog August of Braunschweig and Lüneburg embedded into its bottom are described in “Jüdisches Leben” [Jewish Life] (vol. 1, cat. nos. 412–446, pp. 500–526). Extensive catalog entries. 1135 items. |
| Description |
Vols. 3 & 4 contain 57 essays in 5 sections: City Genesis and Urban Development; Economy; Life and Living in the City, Community, and Church and Piety. “Juden in niedersächsischen Städten” [Jews in Towns in Lower Saxony] by Peter Freimark is included in vol. 3, p. 457 ff. |
| Description |
This exhibition was the final installment in a series of major exhibitions on German and European history. It was the only one to focus on the middle class. |
| main keywords |
CEREMONIAL OBJECTSGERMANYHISTORICAL DOCUMENTSLOWER SAXONY |
| minor keywords |
Book bindingsHaggadotHanukkah lampsHebrew illuminated manuscripts, Bohemia-Moravia & Germany, 17th–19th CKiddush cupsOpfersteinPesach platesPrayerbooks/MahzorsPrinted booksPrints, Jewish customs & ceremoniesScrolls of Esther, illuminatedShabbat lampsShabbat platesSynagogues, GermanyTombstones, GermanyTorah (scroll)Torah Ark curtainsTorah bindersYad |