| Editor & Curator |
Leonard Singer Gold. |
| Imprint |
New York City, USA, 1988. 223 pp., illustrations: 32 col., 87 b&w, 29.2 × 21.6 cm. English. |
| ISBN |
0871044099 |
| Location |
New York Public Library (15 October 1988–14 January 1989) |
| Description |
Wide-ranging study of Hebrew books and illuminated manuscripts. 12 in-depth essays, including those dealing with: the making of Hebrew manuscripts (Malachi Beit-Arié), Hebrew manuscript decoration (Evelyn Cohen), great collections (Joseph Gutmann), Hebrew printing (Mordechai Glatzer, Moshe N. Rosenfeld), and Art in 20th-century Hebrew books (Leila Avrin). Selected bibliography by Sharon Liberman Mintz. Basic entries. 185 items. |
| main keywords |
HEBREW ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTSHEBREW ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS, PRODUCTIONHEBREW PRINTINGPRINTED BOOKS |
| minor keywords |
Aaron Wolf Herlingen of Gewitsch (scribe-artist)Astronomy/AstrologyCalendarsChristian HebraismDead Sea ScrollsHaggadot, illuminated manuscriptsHebrew illuminated manuscripts, 10th–12th CHebrew illuminated manuscripts, Ashkenaz, 12th–14th CHebrew illuminated manuscripts, BiblesHebrew illuminated manuscripts, Bohemia-Moravia & Germany, 17th–19th CHebrew illuminated manuscripts, Italy, 15th CHebrew illuminated manuscripts, Spain, 12th–14th CHebrew illuminated manuscripts, YemenJoel ben Shimon (scribe-artist)Judeo-Persian manuscriptsMedicineMeshal ha-KadmoniMohel booksScrolls of Esther, illuminated |
| Related publication |
Singer Gold, Leonard, Educator’s Guide to the exhibition, 1988. Material organized around the five central themes of the exhibition: In the Beginning (Bible & Commentaries), A Fence Around the Torah (Oral Tradition and Rabbinic Codes), Remember This Day (Prayerbooks), Tongue of the Wise (Language and Literature), The World and the Fullness Thereof (Scientific and other works). |