Sharon Liberman Mintz, Elka Deitsch, Havva Charm.

New York City, USA, 2001. 109 pp., illustrations: 130 col., 3 b&w, 27.5 × 21.5 cm. English.

0873340841

Library of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America (14 May–20 August 2001)

Highlights from all facets of the Library’s collection: genizah, manuscripts, ketubbot, megillot, bookbinding, incunabula, printed books, broadsides and prints, Americana, music, bookplates and postcards. Each section with introductory text. Extensive descriptive and historical texts. 88 items.

The exhibition coincided with the re-dedication of the Kripke Tower, which housed the stacks of the Library until the fire of 1966.

AMERICANA
CAIRO GENIZAH
EX LIBRIS
INCUNABULA
HEBREW ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS
KETUBBOT
POSTCARDS
PRINTED BOOKS
PRINTS
SCROLLS OF ESTHER
SCRIBE-ARTISTS
UNITED STATES

Aaron Wolf Herlingen of Gewitsch (scribe-artist)
Abraham ben Mordechai Farissol (scribe-artist)
Abraham Elijah ben Eliezer Fano (scribe-artist)
Aleph-Bet books/sheets
Antisemitic images/objects
Book bindings
Davidson, Zemah (scribe-artist)
Haggadot, illuminated manuscripts
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Ashkenaz, 12th–14th C
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Bohemia-Moravia & Germany, 17th–19th C
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Corfu
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, France, 15th C
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Italy, 15th C
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Italy, 17th–19th C
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Portugal
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Portugal, 15th C
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Spain, 12th–14th C
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Spain, 15th C
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Yemen
Historical documents
Issachar Baer ben Jacob Hayyim (scribe-artist)
Joel ben Shimon (scribe-artist)
Joseph ben David of Leipnik (scribe-artist)
Judeo-Persian manuscripts
Kalonymus ben Judah (scribe-artist)
Maimonides
Maps, Holy Land
Music
Rabbis, illuminated ordinations/appointments
Samuel ben Zvi Hirsch Dressnitz (scribe-artist)
Scrolls of Esther, illuminated
Shana Tova greeting cards
Sukkah decorations
Wedding poems, riddles & songs
Yahrzeit calendars