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Book Description
This book discusses the decoration types of Sephardic illuminated Bibles. Unlike illuminated Passover manuscripts from the same period with their rich figurative and narrative picture cycles, Bibles are almost exclusively aniconic. Whereas the former borrow heavily from Christian art, the Bibles are entirely indebted to Islamic culture. The volume elaborates in particular on the cultural history of the decorative motifs and types of ornamentation in an era of cultural transition in Iberia and culture struggle within Spanish Jewry. The first two chapters describe the cultural, social and artistic background in which the Bibles were produced, whereas the other chapters describe the works of the different schools and discuss them within different cultural, historical and social contexts.
The text is accompanied by 10 color plates and 141 black-and-white figures.
About the Author
Katrin Kogman-Appel, Ph.D. (1994) in Art History, Hebrew University, Jerusalem teaches Medieval Jewish and Christian Art at the Ben Gurion University of the Negev at Beer Sheva. She has published on various aspects of Hebrew illuminated manuscripts in Spain and Central Europe.
Jewish Book Art Between Islam and Christianity: The Decoration of Hebrew Bibles in Medieval Spain (Medieval and Early Modern Iberian World) (Medieval and Early Modern Iberian World),Katrin Kogman-Appel,Brill Academic Publishers,9004137890,Antiques/Collectibles,Art & Art Instruction,Bible,Bible - General,History,History: World,Illumination of books and manu,Illumination of books and manuscripts, Jewish,Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval,Illustrations,Interior Design - General,Medieval,O.T,Spain,Techniques - Calligraphy
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