Karen Birk, Werner Transier, Markus Wener.

Karen Birk.

Speyer, Germany, 2004. 288 pp., illustrations: 280 col., 28 × 24 cm. German.

3775791906 (German edition); 3775791914 (English edition)

Historisches Museum der Pfalz Speyer (19 November 2004–20 March 2005)

A monumental exhibition on medieval Jewry focusing on its two major centers—the Ashkenazic communities along the Rhine, and the Sephardic communities on the Iberian Peninsula. 8 essays, including those on: the Jews under Castilian rule 11–15th C (Javier Castaño), the Jewish communities along the Rhine (Werner Transier), Jewish Speyer and its medieval synagogue (Renate Engels, Pia Heberer), and Jewish art in the Middle Ages (Markus Wener). Catalog of exhibits in 3 sections, each with introductory text and detailed descriptive entries: Jewish Life in Antiquity, Religious Life, Jews in the Social Life of the Middle Ages. 172 items.

The exhibition marked the 900th anniversary of the dedication of the medieval synagogue in Speyer.

ARCHAEOLOGICAL FINDS
CEREMONIAL OBJECTS
GERMANY
HEBREW ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS, 12TH–14TH C
HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS
MIDDLE AGES
RHINELAND
SPAIN
SPEYER
SYNAGOGUE TEXTILES
SYNAGOGUES
TOMBSTONES

Amulets
Antisemitic images/objects
Astrolabes
Astronomy/Astrology
Besamim
Bibles
Book bindings
Bread stamps
Ceramics
Christian illuminated manuscripts
Coins
Colmar Treasure
Erfurt Treasure
Games/Toys
Gold glass
Haggadot, illuminated manuscripts
Hanukkah lamps
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Ashkenaz, 12th–14th C
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Italy, 12th–14th C
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Italy, 15th C
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Spain, 12th–14th C
Jewelry boxes
Ketubbot
Keys
Lingenfeld Treasure
Maimonides
Medicine
Mikvah
Oil lamps, ancient
Ossuaries/Sarcophagi
Pilgrims’ flasks/jugs
Prints, synagogues
Reader’s desk covers
Rimmonim
Scrolls of Esther, medieval
Seals/Stamps, rings
Seals/Stamps, community
Seals/Stamps, personal
Synagogues, inscriptions from
Synagogues, models/reconstructions
Tombstones, Germany
Tombstones, medieval
Tombstones, Spain
Torah Ark curtains
Torah Arks
Torah binders
Torah staves
Wedding rings, medieval
Yad

Exhibition leaflet, 6 pp., 4 col. illus., 21 × 10.3 cm. German and English; Exhibition review in several articles, Damals. Das Magazin für Geschichte und Kultur, December 2004, Nr. 36, pp. 12–44.

Deutsches Historisches Museum, Berlin, Germany (23 April–28 August 2005)

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Juden im Mittelalter: Lese-, Spiel- & Bastelmappe [Jews in the Middle Ages: Reading, Gaming & DIY Wallet], 2005. Educational packet for children ages 10–14, with photos, stories, coloring pages, recipes, games, etc.