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

Biblické motivy ve sbírkách Židovského muzea. Biblical Motifs in the Collections of the Jewish Museum
(153 words)

Editor & Curator

Ludmila Kybalová.

Imprint

Prague, Czech Republic, 1995. Leaflet, 6 pp., illustrations: 6 col., 29.7 × 14.1 cm. Czech and English.

Location

Jewish Museum in Prague (6 September–31 October 1995)

Description

Objects bearing biblical illustrations, presented as part of the city-wide festival “The Old Testament in the Arts”. Introductory text provides an overview of Jewish participation in the visual arts (textiles and metals) and a description of the exhibition’s main sections: the Holy Scriptures, depictions of Jerusalem, figural illustrations, and souvenirs from the Holy Land from the 1920’s and 1930’s. No itemized listing.

main keywords

BIBLICAL IMAGES
CEREMONIAL OBJECTS
ERETZ ISRAEL
HOLY LAND SOUVENIRS
JERUSALEM IN ART
SYNAGOGUE TEXTILES
TEXTILES

minor keywords

Bohemia-Moravia
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Bohemia-Moravia & Germany, 17th–19th C
Mizrach
Needlework/Embroidery folk panels
Paintings, biblical images
Pidyon ha-Ben plates
Plates
Tefillin bags
Temple of Jerusalem in art/architecture
Torah Ark valances
Torah binders

Related ephemera

15 color postcards, each showing an object with a biblical theme, 15 × 10.7 cm.

Cite this page
“Biblické motivy ve sbírkách Židovského muzea. Biblical Motifs in the Collections of the Jewish Museum”, in: Catalog of Catalogs Online, A Bibliography of Temporary Exhibition Catalogs Since 1876 that Contain Items of Judaica. Consulted online on 06 June 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004444522_COCO_CC1363>
First published online: 2019



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