Chaya Benjamin.

Jerusalem, Israel, 1987. 462 pp., 41 pp., illustrations: 217 col., 236 b&w, 28.7 × 23 cm. Hebrew and English.

9642780251

Israel Museum (21 April–30 November 1987)

Judaica and Hebraica from the exceptional Stieglitz Colleciton, acquired by the Israel Museum. The publication itself set a new, and rarely-equalled standard for catalogs dedicated exclusively to Judaica, with its luxurious printing, superb quality of images, and comprehensive treatment of a single collection. Material presented according to: the Torah Scroll and its ornaments, Shabbat, individual holidays, life cycle, home, personal objects, De Levis (bronze founders) and Maurycy Gottlieb. Foreword by Teddy Kollek. Introduction by Martin Weyl. A personal history of the Stieglitz Collection by Ron Maiberg. In-depth entries with full-page color photographs, and often including comparative material, by Chaya Benjamin. 281 items.

AMULETS
BESAMIM
CEREMONIAL OBJECTS
HANUKKAH LAMPS
GOTTLIEB, MAURYCY
STIEGLITZ, ALFRED
TORAH ORNAMENTS

Aaron Wolf Herlingen of Gewitsch (scribe-artist)
Book bindings
Bridal boxes/chests
Candlesticks/Candelabra
Circumcision implements/objects
Etrog containers
Haggadot, illuminated manuscripts
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Bohemia-Moravia & Germany, 17th–19th C
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Iraq
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Persian
Jewelry boxes
Keter Torah
Ketubbot
Kiddush cups
Levite sets
Medals
Mendelssohn, Moses
Mezuzah cases
Mizrach
Nathanel ben Aaron Segal (scribe-artist)
Pesach plates
Pidyon ha-Ben plates
Plates
Porcelain
Porcelain figurines
Printed books
Rimmonim
Rings
Scrolls of Esther, engraved borders
Scrolls of Esther, illuminated
Seals/Stamps, rabbi’s
Shiviti plaques, metal
Tass
Tefillin cases
Torah (scroll)
Torah Ark valances
Torah Arks, miniature
Torah binders
Tu B’Shevat plates
Tzedakah boxes/containers
Wall sconces
Wedding rings
Yad
Yom Kippur belt buckles

Article about the Stieglitz Collection and its exhibition in Art in Israel, Vol. 1 No. 1, Winter 1988–1989, pp. 6–10.