Hebrew Manuscripts: The Power of Script and Image - Couverture rigide

Tahan, Ilana

 
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Synopsis

With Jewish communities widely dispersed throughout Europe and Asia, artists and scribes of medieval Hebrew manuscripts often turned to local styles for inspiration. The dominant trends in the Islamic East and Christian West are clearly influential but the exquisit images here are distinctly Jewish creativity and passion for books.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

With Jewish communities widely dispersed throughout Europe and Asia, artists and scribes of medieval Hebrew manuscripts often turned to local styles for inspiration. The dominant trends in the Islamic East and Christian West are clearly influential but the exquisit images here are distinctly Jewish creativity and passion for books.

Revue de presse

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

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