| Editor & Curator |
Michael Ryan. |
| Imprint |
Philadelphia, Pa., USA, 1994. Booklet, 16 pp., illustrations: 39 b&w, 23 × 30.5 cm. English. |
| Location |
University of Pennsylvania, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library, Rosenwald Gallery (20 January–18 March 1994) |
| Description |
The significance of the book in Judaism, and its history from ancient stone tablets to scrolls to codices. Introduction to these media, followed by sections on Classics of Jewish Literature, Sepharad and its Culture, Anti-Jewish Tracts and the Inquisition, Christian Hebraism, From the Renaissance to Early Modernity, and American Judaica. Descriptive entries. 74 items. |
| main keywords |
CHRISTIAN HEBRAISMHEBREW ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTSPRINTED BOOKS |
| minor keywords |
Antisemitic images/objectsArchaeological findsBibleCairo GenizahHebrew illuminated manuscripts, Ashkenaz, 12th–14th CHebrew illuminated manuscripts, Bohemia-Moravia & Germany, 17th–19th CPrayerbooks/MahzorsScrolls of Esther, illuminatedSpainTorah ArksUnited States |