Nicoló Bucaria, Michele Luzzati, Angela Tarantino.

Marida Di Ferro, Antonino Polizzi.

Palermo, Italy, 2002. 389 pp., illustrations: 64 col., 70 b&w, 30.2 × 22 cm. Italian, with three essays in English.

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Convento della Magione (24 April–22 May 2002)

Monumental publication with 28 essays pertaining to the history, religion, and culture of Sicilian Jewry. Topics include: Late Antique and Byzantine Jewish amulets (Giancarlo Lacerenza), Jewish liturgical rites and holidays (Ariel Viterbo), Sicilian Jewry and coral art (Aldo Sparti; featuring an unusual Torah pointer), etc. Many archaeological finds, including stone inscriptions, carvings, oil lamps, and coins. In-depth descriptive entries. More than 100 items.

AMULETS
ARCHAEOLOGICAL FINDS
CEREMONIAL OBJECTS
SICILY

Cairo Genizah
Coins
Greece
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Italy, 17th–19th C
Historical documents
Italy
Judeo-Arabic manuscripts
Ketubbot
Mikvah
Oil lamps, ancient
Printed books
Rimmonim
Scrolls of Esther, engraved borders
Soldiers (Jewish) & related objects
Synagogues, inscriptions from
Tombstones, ancient
Torah Arks
Torah cases
Yad