| Author |
Gabriele Holthuis. |
| Curators |
Monika Boosen, William L. Gross, Gabriele Holthuis. |
| Imprint |
Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany, 2001. 118 pp., illustrations: 63 col., 8 b&w, 24 × 16.5 cm. German and English. |
| ISBN |
3980729737 |
| Location |
Museum im Prediger (18 October 2001–13 January 2002) |
| Description |
A “family” of 18th-C spice towers produced in Schwäbisch Gmünd, each made of silver filigree and embellished with painted enamel panels showing biblical themes. Foreword by William L. Gross. Introduction by Gabriele Holthius. Five essays on the history of the Jews of Schwäbisch Gmünd (Monika Boosen), silver filigree work from this area (Monika Boosen), the spice towers (William L. Gross), havdalah (Felicitas Heimann-Jelinek) and related Christian objects (Annette Weber). No itemized listing. |
| main keywords |
BESAMIM |
| minor keywords |
Biblical images |
| Related ephemera |
Book-order reply card, 1 b&w illus., 10.3 × 14.7 cm. |
| Other venue |
Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel (Winter 2004) |
| Catalog from other venue |
