Paris, France, 1985. 389 pp., illustrations: 135 col., 158 b&w, 23.7 × 21.5 cm. French.

Grand Palais (6 June–28 July 1985)

A monumental display of art created in and about the Holy Land. Exhibition in 13 spaces, each dedicated to a different topic: Land of Promise, the Architecture of the Temple, the Fleur de Lis, Terrestrial Jerusalem, Celestial Jerusalem, etc. Every section with a short introduction and numerous objects, ancient to modern. A second, much smaller exhibition supplemented the first, focusing on art created by Jewish artists: those from the Parisian school (19th–20th C), and contemporary Jewish artists. 447 items.

ARCHAEOLOGICAL FINDS
BIBLICAL IMAGES
CEREMONIAL OBJECTS
ERETZ ISRAEL
HEBREW ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS
JERUSALEM
JEWISH ARTISTS
MAPS, HOLY LAND
PAINTINGS
TEMPLE OF JERUSALEM IN ART/ARCHITECTURE

Amulets
Coins
Dead Sea Scrolls
Gold glass
Haggadot
Haggadot, illuminated manuscripts
Hanukkah lamps
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Ashkenaz, 12th–14th C
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Bibles
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Bohemia-Moravia & Germany, 17th–19th C
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, France, 12th–14th C
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Greece
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Italy, 15th C
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Spain, 12th–14th C
Historical photographs
Holy Land souvenirs
Holy Land travelogues/itineraries
Israeli art
Itinerarium
Keter Torah
Ketubbot
Micrography
Mizrach
Oil lamps, ancient
Ossuaries/Sarcophagi
Painters, Jewish
Pilgrims’ flasks/jugs
Pilgrims’ stamp (for body tattoo) of Jerusalem
Shiviti plaques, metal
Shiviti plaques, parchment/leather
Synagogues, architecture
Synagogues, models/reconstructions
Synagogues, wooden
Tobacco/Snuff boxes

Exhibition review in Tribune Juive, Hebdomadaire No. 874, du 6 au 13 Juin 1985, pp. 10 ff.