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Great Books from Great Collectors. An Exhibition

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Authors & Curators

Sharon Liberman Mintz, Elka Deitsch.

Imprint

New York City, USA, 1993. 63 pp., illustrations: 44 col., 6 b&w, 30.5 × 25 cm. English.

ISBN

0873341007

Location

Library of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America (15 December 1993–15 April 1994)

Description

Exceptional manuscripts and printed books gifted to the Library by six prominent collectors. Biographical sketch of each collector, description of their collection, and highlights from their donation to the Library. Descriptive entries. 44 items.

main keywords

HEBREW ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTSPRINTED BOOKS

minor keywords

Aaron Wolf Herlingen of Gewitsch (scribe-artist)Abraham ben Mordechai Farissol (scribe-artist)Antisemitic images/objectsGenizotHaggadot, illuminated manuscriptsHaggadotHebrew illuminated manuscripts, Ashkenaz, 12th–14th CHebrew illuminated manuscripts, Ashkenaz, 15th–16th CHebrew illuminated manuscripts, Bohemia-Moravia & Germany, 17th–19th CHebrew illuminated manuscripts, CorfuHebrew illuminated manuscripts, France, 12th–14th CHebrew illuminated manuscripts, IraqHebrew illuminated manuscripts, Italy, 15th CHebrew illuminated manuscripts, Italy, 17th–19th CHebrew illuminated manuscripts, PersianHebrew illuminated manuscripts, YemenHistorical documentsJoel ben Shimon (scribe-artist)Judeo-Persian manuscriptsKetubbotMenasseh ben IsraelOmer calendarsPrints, synagoguesScrolls of Esther, illuminatedWandering Jew

Related ephemera

Exhibition leaflet, 5 pp., no illustrations, 21.6 × 9.5 cm.

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