Ivo Grammet, Min Dewachter, Els De Palmenaer.

Antwerp, Belgium, 2006. 335 pp., illustrations: 342 col., 2 b&w, 30 × 24 cm. French.

9053496149

Musée ethnographique (2 March–1 October 2006)

More than 300 items of Moroccan arts and crafts, presented largely according to medium. 10 sections, each with well-illustrated essays. Jewish material included in “L’ heritage andalou” [The Andalusian Heritage], with two essays by Vivian B. Mann: “La convivencia en Andalousie et au Maroc” [The Co-existence in Andalusia and Morocco] and “Le rôle des Juifs en tant que médiateurs artistiques entre l’ Andalousie et le Maroc” [The Jewish Role as Artistic Mediator between Andalusia and Morocco]. Other Jewish items featured throughout. No itemized listing.

The exhibition was held as part of the Belgian project “Marokko. Symbiose van Culturen” [Morocco. A Synergy of Cultures], which focused on Moroccan art and culture.

ANDALUSIA
CEREMONIAL OBJECTS
COSTUME
JEWELRY
MOROCCO
PHOTOGRAPHS
SPAIN
TEXTILES

Architecture
Carpets/Rugs
Ceramics
Coins
Faience ware
Hamsas
Hanukkah lamps
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, 10th–12th C
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Bibles
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Morocco
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Spain, 12th–14th C
Historical photographs
Rimmonim
Shabbat lamps
Silversmithing, Morocco
Spain

Promotional booklet, 12 pp., 16 col. illus., 21 × 10 cm. Texts in Dutch, French, Arabic and English.