| Author |
Stephen Hebron. |
| Collection |
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford. |
| Imprint |
Oxford, United Kingdom, 2014. 360 pp., illustrations: 200 col., 28.4 × 24.2 cm. English. |
| ISBN |
9781851242665 |
| Location |
Morgan Library & Museum, New York City, USA (6 June–14 September 2014) |
| Description |
Some of the greatest achievements of human creativity, from the beginning of recorded information up to the industrial era, as reflected in the holdings of the Bodleian Libraries. Preface by Richard Ovenden. Foreword by Toby Blackwell. Three catalog essays: “The Blackwell’s and the Bodleian” (Reg Carr), “The Genius of Sir Thomas Bodley: The Bodleian Library” (Richard Ovenden), and “The Character of Genius” (Stephen Hebron). Approximately sixty rare and exceptional objects from diverse disciplines, including two Hebrew manuscripts: a 12th-C undecorated Mishneh Torah signed by Maimonides himself (cat. no. 14, pp. 74–75, in the section “Written in their own Hands”), and the richly-illuminated Kennicott Bible, preserved in its original binding (cat. no. 62, pp. 184–187, in “The Child of Patronage”). Extensive scholarly entries for each exhibit. 130 items. |
| main keywords |
HEBREW ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTSHEBREW MANUSCRIPTS, UNDECORATED |
| minor keywords |
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, BiblesHebrew illuminated manuscripts, Spain, 15th CMaimonides |
| Other venue |
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford, United Kingdom (21 March–20 September 2015) |
| Other editions |
limited edition, 350 individually numbered copies. Additional 20 presentation copies, numbered i–xx, not offered for sale. |