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

Great Books from Great Collectors. An Exhibition
(160 words)

Authors & Curators

Sharon Liberman Mintz, Elka Deitsch.

Imprint

New York City, USA, 1993. 63 pp., illustrations: 44 col., 6 b&w, 30.5 × 25 cm. English.

ISBN

0873341007

Location

Library of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America (15 December 1993–15 April 1994)

Description

Exceptional manuscripts and printed books gifted to the Library by six prominent collectors. Biographical sketch of each collector, description of their collection, and highlights from their donation to the Library. Descriptive entries. 44 items.

main keywords

HEBREW ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS
PRINTED BOOKS

minor keywords

Aaron Wolf Herlingen of Gewitsch (scribe-artist)
Abraham ben Mordechai Farissol (scribe-artist)
Antisemitic images/objects
Genizot
Haggadot, illuminated manuscripts
Haggadot
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Ashkenaz, 12th–14th C
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Ashkenaz, 15th–16th C
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Bohemia-Moravia & Germany, 17th–19th C
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Corfu
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, France, 12th–14th C
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Iraq
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Italy, 15th C
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Italy, 17th–19th C
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Persian
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Yemen
Historical documents
Joel ben Shimon (scribe-artist)
Judeo-Persian manuscripts
Ketubbot
Menasseh ben Israel
Omer calendars
Prints, synagogues
Scrolls of Esther, illuminated
Wandering Jew

Related ephemera

Exhibition leaflet, 5 pp., no illustrations, 21.6 × 9.5 cm.

Cite this page
“Great Books from Great Collectors. An Exhibition”, in: Catalog of Catalogs Online, A Bibliography of Temporary Exhibition Catalogs Since 1876 that Contain Items of Judaica. Consulted online on 29 May 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004444522_COCO_CC1264>
First published online: 2019



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