Isbn: 9780712349215 - hebrew manuscripts: the power of script and image (6 Ergebnisse)

Hardbound. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Royal octavo in dust jacket, 160 pp., color illustrations throughout, glossary, further reading, index of manuscripts, general index 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). …

Original publisher's black paper-covered boards, title spine, pictorial dustjacket, large 8vo: frontispiece, title-page illustration, 160pp., 142 almost page-large coloured plates, glossary, general bibliography, index manuscripts, general index. Very fine copy - as new.

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).".…

Zustand: Very Good.

Cloth. Zustand: As New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: As New. Excellent and wonderfully illus. survey. pp160. DW in archival sleeve.

Cloth. Zustand: As New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: As New. Excellent and wonderfully illus. survey. pp160.