Catalog of Catalogs Online, A Bibliography of Temporary Exhibition Catalogs Since 1876 that Contain Items of Judaica

Exhibition of Jewish Ceremonial Art
(157 words)

Collections

Jewish Museum New York; Charles E. Feinberg.

Imprint

Detroit, Mich., USA, 1951. 45 pp., illustrations: 27 b&w, 16 × 24 cm. English.

Location

Detroit Institute of Arts (15 November–30 December 1951)

Description

A large selection of ceremonial objects from the collections of Charles Feinberg and the Jewish Museum New York. Forewords by E.P. Richardson and Morris Adler. Preface by Cecil Roth. Introduction by Stephen S. Kayser. Individual sections on the Torah and its ornaments, and Holidays and Life Cycle events, each with an introductory text. Descriptive entries. 197 items.

main keywords

CEREMONIAL OBJECTS
SYNAGOGUE TEXTILES
TORAH ORNAMENTS

minor keywords

Amulets
Besamim
Book bindings
Candlesticks/Candelabra
Challah covers
Circumcision implements/objects
Elijah’s chair
Etrog containers
Hanukkah lamps
Hanukkah lamps, synagogue
Havdalah sets/compendia
Head coverings, men’s
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Spain, 12th–14th C
Hevra Kadisha beakers
Hevra Kadisha tzedakah boxes
Hevra Kadisha utensils
Keter Torah
Ketubbot
Kiddush jugs/decanters
Levite sets
Mezuzah cases
Ner Tamid
Omer calendars
Pesach plates
Pesach plates, 3-tiered
Pidyon ha-Ben plates
Reader’s desk covers
Rimmonim
Shechita knives
Scrolls of Esther, cases
Scrolls of Esther, illuminated
Shabbat lamps
Shabbat plates
Talit neckband
Tass
Tefillin cases
Torah Ark curtains
Torah Ark valances
Torah Arks, miniature
Torah binders
Torah mantles
Tzedakah boxes/containers
Wedding cups
Wedding rings
Yad
Yom Kippur belt buckles

Cite this page
“Exhibition of Jewish Ceremonial Art”, in: Catalog of Catalogs Online, A Bibliography of Temporary Exhibition Catalogs Since 1876 that Contain Items of Judaica. Consulted online on 08 June 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004444522_COCO_CC0122>
First published online: 2019



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