| Translated title | The Adventure of the Written Word. Materials and Forms |
| Editors & Curators |
Simone Breton-Gravereau, Danièle Thibault. |
| Imprint |
Paris, France, 1998. 191 pp., illustrations: 138 col., 11 b&w, 27 × 20 cm. French. |
| ISBN |
2717720596 |
| Location |
Bibliothèque Nationale de France (4 November 1998–16 May 1999) |
| Description |
The second in an exhibition series on the history of writing throughout the world. This installment addressed various uses of writing, types of materials adapted to and created for its dissemination (from clay to DVD), and forms into which these materials have been shaped. All Hebrew exhibits found in the section on parchment, pp. 109, 116, 125 and 128. Descriptive entries by Michel Garel. 181 items. |
| Description | |
| main keywords |
HEBREW ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTSHEBREW MANUSCRIPTS, UNDECORATEDHEBREW SCRIPT |
| minor keywords |
Dead Sea ScrollsHebrew illuminated manuscripts, Bohemia-Moravia & Germany, 17th–19th CMaimonidesScrolls of Esther, illuminatedTorah (scroll) |