Exhibition of Illuminated Hebrew Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library. August–September 1977. In Conjunction with the Conference “The Visual Dimension. Aspects of Jewish Art” Organized by the Oxford Centre for Postgraduate Hebrew Studies (with support from the Tarbuth Foundation) [Selection of Manuscripts and Notes Prepared by Thérèse and Mendel Metzger](188 words)
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Thérèse Metzger, Mendel Metzger.
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| Imprint |
Oxford, United Kingdom, 1977. 10 pp., illustrations: 4 col., 21 b&w, 25.3 × 20.5 cm. English.
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| Location |
Bodleian Library, University of Oxford (August–September 1977)
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| Description |
A selection of magnificent Hebrew illuminated manuscripts from the Library, exhibited on the occasion of the first international conference on Jewish art (St. Edmund Hall, Oxford, 23–25 October, 1977). Descriptive and comparative entries. 22 items.
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| main keywords |
HEBREW ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS
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Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Ashkenaz, 12th–14th C
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Ashkenaz, 15th–16th C
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Bibles
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Italy, 15th C
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Italy, 15th–16th C
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Spain, 12th–14th C
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| Related publication |
Metzger, Thérèse and Mendel Metzger, “Introduction to the Catalog of the Bodleian Library Exhibition”, in: Moore, Clare (ed.), The Visual Dimension. Aspects of Jewish Art, 1993, pp. 137–168, col. pls. 5–8, and figs. 1–20. Reprint of Thérèse and Mendel Metzger’s 1977 catalog listing of the exhibition.
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“Exhibition of Illuminated Hebrew Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library. August–September 1977. In Conjunction with the Conference “The Visual Dimension. Aspects of Jewish Art” Organized by the Oxford Centre for Postgraduate Hebrew Studies (with support from the Tarbuth Foundation) [Selection of Manuscripts and Notes Prepared by Thérèse and Mendel Metzger]”, in:
Catalog of Catalogs Online, A Bibliography of Temporary Exhibition Catalogs Since 1876 that Contain Items of Judaica.
Consulted online on 25 March 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004444522_COCO_CC0570>
First published online: 2019
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