Annie Sacerdoti, Franco Bonilauri, Annamarcella Falco Tedeschi, Vicenza Maugeri.

San Francisco, Calif., USA, 1989. 159 pp. (incl. 112 pls.), illustrations: 117 col., 6 b&w, 27 × 23 cm. English.

Jewish Community Museum, San Francisco (3 October–31 December 1989)

A reduced version of the original Italian-language catalog, documenting 500 years of Jewish material culture in Emilia-Romagna. Richly-illustrated, with 7 essays on various aspects of Jewish life in this region, including “Jewish Commissions from the Artisans and Workshops of Emilia” (Jadranka Bentini). Section on Hebrew illuminated manuscripts in local Italian libraries is not included in the English edition. Basic entries. 112 items.

CEREMONIAL OBJECTS
EMILIA-ROMAGNA
HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS
SYNAGOGUE TEXTILES
TORAH ORNAMENTS

Amulets
Book bindings
Candlesticks/Candelabra
Circumcision garments
Circumcision implements/objects
Elijah’s chair
Etrog containers
Hanukkah lamps
Italy
Keter Torah
Kiddush cups
Levite sets
Mezuzah cases
Ner Tamid
Pesach plates
Printed books
Purim pastries & molds
Rimmonim
Scrolls of Esther, cases
Scrolls of Esther, engraved borders
Shabbat lamps
Shabbat plates
Synagogue chairs/benches
Synagogues, Emilia-Romagna
Synagogues, Italy
Talit
Tass
Temple of Jerusalem models
Torah Ark curtains
Torah Arks
Torah Arks, miniature
Torah binders, Italian
Torah mantles
Yad

Palazzo dei Diamanti and Palazzo Paradiso, Ferrara, Italy (20 September 1988–15 January 1989)

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