Andreas Fingernagel.

Vienna, Austria, 2010. 256 pp., illustrations: 203 col., 30 × 24.3 cm. German.

9783218008099

Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (7 May–7 November 2010)

Intercultural dialogue and the benefits it has had on the disciplines of medicine, astronomy and astrology. Greek, Arabic, Hebrew and Latin manuscripts (mostly medieval) and printed books illuminate the history of this exchange between Jews, Christians and Muslims from antiquity onward. Hebrew manuscripts are discussed in various sections: “Die hebräische Handschrift” [The Hebrew Manuscript], “Das maurische Spanien” [Moorish Spain]; “Die Astronomie im arabisch-jüdischen Raum” [Astronomy in the Arab-Jewish Sphere], and “Die Vermittlung der arabischen Kultur” [Conveying Arabic Culture]. Unnumbered listing of manuscripts and books, including 15 Hebrew manuscripts.

ASTRONOMY/ASTROLOGY
HEBREW ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS, 12TH–14TH C
JEWISH-CHRISTIAN RELATIONS
JEWISH-MUSLIM RELATIONS
MEDICINE
PRINTED BOOKS

Arabic/Persian illuminated manuscripts
Book bindings
Christian illuminated manuscripts
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Ashkenaz, 12th–14th C
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Bibles
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Spain, 12th–14th C
Judeo-Arabic manuscripts
Micrography

Summaries of the exhibition, 4 pp., 29.6 × 20.4 cm. English and German; Exhibition brochure, leaflet, 8 pp., 4 col. illus., 21 × 10 cm. English and German; Exhibition coverage in Newsletter Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Nr. 2, Mai 2010, pp. 3–5, 29.6 × 21 cm.