| Editor |
Julie-Marthe Cohen. |
| Curators |
Judith C.E. Belinfante, Julie-Marthe Cohen. |
| Imprint |
Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1990. 132 pp., illustrations: 64 b&w, 25.5 × 22 cm. Dutch and English. |
| ISBN |
9012068703 |
| Location |
Joods Historisch Museum (15 December 1990–7 April 1991) |
| Description |
The role of Venice during the 16th–18th C, and its influence on the Portuguese Jews of Amsterdam. Foreword by Judith C.E. Belinfante. Six essays on the Venetian ghetto’s establishment, economy, inhabitants, relationship with the outside, and influence of Venetian Jews on their Dutch brethren. Two sections relate to the ghetto’s artistic productions: “Venetian Ceremonial Art” (Dora Liscia Bemporad) and “The Golden Age of Ketubah Decoration in Venice and Amsterdam” (Shalom Sabar). No itemized listing. |
| main keywords |
AMSTERDAMCEREMONIAL OBJECTSGHETTOSKETUBBOTPORTUGUESE JEWSSYNAGOGUESTORAH ORNAMENTSVENICE |
| minor keywords |
AmuletsBook bindingsCostumeHebrew illuminated manuscripts, Italy, 17th–19th CItalyKeter TorahLevite setsNetherlandsRimmonimSynagogues, ItalySynagogues, VeniceTorah Ark curtainsWedding rings |
| Related ephemera |
Invitation to exhibition preview, leaflet, 4 pp., cover illus., 14.8 × 21 cm. Dutch and English; List and description of exhibitions (including the present one) that participated in the Amsterdam-Venice Project, celebrating the artistic and cultural heritage of the two cities (14 December 1990–September 1991), leaflet, 16 pp., cover illus., 10 × 21 cm. English; Description of the exhibition in the Joods Historisch Museum Bulletin (?), 4 pp., 5 b&w illus., 29.6 × 21 cm. Dutch. |