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Synopsis
Hebrew manuscripts took on a special significance following the sack of Jerusalem in 70 CE, ensuring the survival of the language, faith and culture across the vast diaspora. The examples in this book - both sacred and secular texts - trace the evolution of format and style in a tradition which remained vibrant even after the advent of printing.
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lavishly illustated book...accurately catalogued, with a hight degree of the most up to date scholarship. At £20 the book is extremely good value for an art book of this quality. --The Jewish Chronicle
About the Author
Ilana Tahan is curator of Hebrew texts at the British Library and the author of Memorial Volumes to Jewish Communities Destroyed in the Holocaust: A Bibliography of British Library Holdings, also published by the British Library.
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- PublisherThe British Library
- Publication date2007
- ISBN 10 0712349219
- ISBN 13 9780712349215
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages160
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2007, 160pp. Illustrated. Cloth with dustjacket. In very good condition "The written word holds sacred value to Jewish people and this means that books have always played a central role in the development and transmission of their religion and culture. During the Middle Ages, the art of the book became the chief medium of artistic creativity for Jewish communities in Europe and the Near East. Today we have striking evidence of their belief in the power of the written word in the beautifully decorated Bibles, liturgies, and legal codes that have survived and been preserved by the British Library. In Hebrew Manuscripts, Ilana Tahan explores the fascinating milieu that Jewish scribes and artists worked in during the medieval period. With Judaism widely suppressed, these bookmakers were heavily influenced by the artistic trends of the majority cultures that surrounded them. This isolation from other Jewish communities led to two dominant traditions within Hebrew illumination styles those that drew from Islamic art for inspiration and those that exhibited an affinity with Christian methods. Nonetheless, the exquisitely crafted images reproduced here are a vivid testimony to a distinctly Jewish creativity and passion for books and an enthralling look into the world of Jewish rituals and customs. The manuscripts are presented in by subject Biblical Works, Liturgical Works-Prayer Books, Liturgical Works-Hagadot, Legal Codes, The French Miscellany, Philosophical Manuscripts, Micrography and Hebrew Illumanated Manuscripts (16th-19th Centuries).". Seller Inventory # 59336
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