Catalog of Catalogs Online, A Bibliography of Temporary Exhibition Catalogs Since 1876 that Contain Items of Judaica

Ten Centuries of Hispano-Jewish Culture: an exhibition mounted at Cambridge University Library to mark the five-hundredth anniversary of the expulsion of the Jews from Spain, 1492–1992
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Editor

Stefan Reif.

Curator

Eleazar Gutwirth.

Imprint

Cambridge, United Kingdom, 1992. 29 pp., illustrated, 21 cm. English.

Location

Cambridge University Library (November–December 1992)

Description

Judaeo-Spanish items from the Library’s collections, with particular emphasis on those from the Cairo Genizah that reflect the dominance of Sephardi Jews in the Cairo community after 1492. Introductory essay on Hispano-Jewish society and cluture before and after the Expulsion, its nature, literary contributions, romantic misrepresentation by historians, etc. by Eleazar Gutwirth. Listing of exhibits, including decorated and un-decorated manuscripts, an autograph letter from Maimonides, numerous personal letters, and printed books, each with brief description. 91 items.

main keywords

CAIRO GENIZAH
HEBREW ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS, SPAIN
SEPHARDIC JEWS
SPAIN

minor keywords

Amulets
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Bibles
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Spain, 12TH–14TH C
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Spain, 15th C
Incunabula
Ketubbot
Maimonides
Menasseh ben Israel
Micrography
Prayerbooks/Mahzors
Prayers for the sovereign
Printed books

Cite this page
“Ten Centuries of Hispano-Jewish Culture: an exhibition mounted at Cambridge University Library to mark the five-hundredth anniversary of the expulsion of the Jews from Spain, 1492–1992”, 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_CC1182>
First published online: 2019



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