The Jewish Museum, under the Auspices of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, Presents a Loan Exhibit of Antique Ceremonial Objects and Paintings from the Collection of Mr. M. Zagayski. New York, May–July 1951(192 words)
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Mr. and Mrs. Michael Zagayski.
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| Imprint |
New York City, USA, 1951. Booklet, 28 pp., illustrations: 6 b&w, 14.5 × 21.5 cm. English.
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| Location |
Jewish Museum New York (May–July 1951)
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| Description |
Fourth anniversary exhibition of the Jewish Museum, showcasing some ten percent of Zagayski’s current holdings. Preface describes the history of this illustrious collection. Descriptive entries. 181 items.
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| Description |
For the Museum’s second exhibition of the Zagayski Collection see #271 (1963).
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| main keywords |
CEREMONIAL OBJECTS
HEBREW ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS
PAINTINGS
SYNAGOGUE TEXTILES
TORAH ORNAMENTS
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| minor keywords |
Amulets
Besamim
Book bindings
Bridal/Wedding belts
Circumcision implements/objects
Eliezer Sussmann Meseritsch (scribe-artist)
Etrog containers
Haggadot, illuminated manuscripts
Hanukkah lamps
Havdalah candleholders
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Bohemia-Moravia & Germany, 17th–19th C
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Italy, 17th–19th C
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Netherlands, 17th–19th C
Joseph ben David of Leipnik (scribe-artist)
Keter Torah
Kiddush cups
Matzah covers/bags
Painters, Jewish
Pesach plates
Pesach towel covers
Pesach trays
Pidyon ha-Ben plates
Prayerbooks/Mahzors
Purim plates
Reader’s desk covers
Rembrandt van Rijn
Rimmonim
Scrolls of Esther, cases
Scrolls of Esther, illuminated
Shabbat lamps
Tass
Torah Ark curtains
Torah Ark valances
Tzedakah boxes/containers
Wedding rings
Yad
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| Related ephemera |
Listing of 97 additional objects (apparently) from the Zagayski Collection, arranged by object type, 3 pp., 28 × 21.5 cm.
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Cite this page
“The Jewish Museum, under the Auspices of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, Presents a Loan Exhibit of Antique Ceremonial Objects and Paintings from the Collection of Mr. M. Zagayski. New York, May–July 1951”, in:
Catalog of Catalogs Online, A Bibliography of Temporary Exhibition Catalogs Since 1876 that Contain Items of Judaica.
Consulted online on 29 March 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004444522_COCO_CC0125>
First published online: 2019
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