Deeana Copeland Klepper, Michael A. Signer.

Ruth E. Hamilton.

Michael Terry.

Chicago, Ill., USA, 1997. Booklet, 64 pp., illustrations: 18 col., 28 b&w, 28 × 21.7 cm. English.

0911028595

Newberry Library (6 May–16 July 1997)

The passion for Hebrew texts that flourished amongst Christians in the Renaissance period and beyond. Introduction to the rekindling of Hebrew study in Renaissance culture (Paul Saenger). Material in numerous sections, including those on: Jewish and Christian Kabbalah (Moshe Idel), the Protestant Reformation, the Enlightenment, the re-education of the Converso Jews in Amsterdam, Jewish artistic production in Italy (with examples of the “Renaissance” of Hebrew manuscript illumination, especially ketubbot and Scrolls of Esther), 17th–19th-century England, etc. Basic entries. 157 items.

CONVERSOS
HEBREW ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS, 17TH–19TH C
KABBALAH
KABBALAH, CHRISTIAN
PRINTED BOOKS

Amsterdam
Bibles
Book bindings
England
France
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Bohemia-Moravia & Germany, 17th–19th C
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Italy, 17th–19th C
Italy
Ketubbot
Netherlands
Papercuts
Scrolls of Esther, cut-out
Scrolls of Esther, engraved borders
Scrolls of Esther, illuminated
United States

Booklet of exhibits, seminars, lectures, etc. at the Newberry Library, with many related to the current exhibition. Summer 1997, 17 pp., 23.8 × 15.2 cm.