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

Text & Context. The Development and Dissemination of Medieval Sephardic Culture
(133 words)

Authors & Curators

Sharon Liberman Mintz, Lisa Rotmil.

Imprint

New York City, USA, 1992. 107 pp., illustrations: 80 b&w, 22.6 × 21 cm. English.

ISBN

08733406208

Location

Library of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America (28 October 1992–5 February 1993)

Description

The intellectual and artistic achievements of medieval Spanish Jewry, and its dissemination to other countries after the Expulsion. Introduction to the exhibition, and to Jewish life on the Iberian peninsula by Sharon Liberman Mintz and Lisa Rotmil. Ten chapters, each with introductory text and exhibits: Bible, Liturgy, Rabbinics, Kabbalah, Philosophy, Literature, Science, Printing, Amsterdam and London. Basic entries. 80 items.

main keywords

AMSTERDAM
HEBREW ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS
HEBREW PRINTING
KABBALAH
LONDON
MIDDLE AGES
PRINTED BOOKS
SEPHARDIC JEWS
SPAIN

minor keywords

Haggadot, illuminated manuscripts
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Bibles
Hebrew printing, Amsterdam
Hebrew printing, England
Incunabula
Meshal ha-Kadmoni
Micrography
Portugal
Prints, Jewish customs & ceremonies

Cite this page
“Text & Context. The Development and Dissemination of Medieval Sephardic Culture”, in: Catalog of Catalogs Online, A Bibliography of Temporary Exhibition Catalogs Since 1876 that Contain Items of Judaica. Consulted online on 09 June 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004444522_COCO_CC1212>
First published online: 2019



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