Emile G.L. Schrijver, Falk Wiesemann.

Evelyn M. Cohen, Sharon Liberman Mintz, Menahem Schmelzer.

Emile G.L. Schrijver, Sharon Liberman Mintz.

Rene Braginsky.

Zurich, Switzerland, 2011. 335 pp., illustrations: 199 col., 26.5 × 21.2 cm. German.

9783858813329

Schweizerisches Nationalmuseum, Landesmuseum Zürich (25 November 2011–11 March 2012)

Rene Braginsky’s unparalleled collection of Hebrew illuminated manuscripts and printed books, presented in a deluxe full-color catalog with in-depth scholarly texts and full-page illustrations for each exhibit. Seven essays on a variety of topics: the Braginsky Collection (Emile G.L. Schrijver and Falk Wiesemann), understanding Jewish literary culture in light of the Collection (Emile G.L. Schrijver), the codification of Halakhic works in the Collection (Menachem Schmelzer), scribe-artist Charlotte Rothschild (Evelyn M. Cohen), scribe-artist Aaron Wolf Herlingen (Emile G.L. Schrijver), illustrated Ketubbot in the Collection (Shalom Sabar), and the history and art of the illustrated Esther Scroll (Elka Deitsch, Sharon Liberman Mintz). The manuscripts themselves are displayed according to 11 categories: Community, Jewish Law, Artists, Aaron Wolf Herlingen, Spirituality, the Outside World, Family, Ketubbot, Bible, and Megillot. Extensive descriptions. 107 items.

For another catalog of the Braginsky Collection see #1966 (2009).

AARON WOLF HERLINGEN OF GEWITSCH (SCRIBE-ARTIST)
BIBLES
HEBREW ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS
KETUBBOT
PRINTED BOOKS
ROTHSCHILD, CHARLOTTE (SCRIBE-ARTIST)
SCRIBE-ARTISTS
SCROLLS OF ESTHER

Aryeh Judah Leib ben Elchanan of Trebitsch (scribe-artist)
Astronomy/Astrology
Baruch ben Shemariah (scribe-artist)
Bouton, Victor (scribe-artist)
Eliezer Sussmann Meseritsch (scribe-artist)
Evronot
Griselini, Francesco
Haggadot
Haggadot, illuminated manuscripts
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Ashkenaz, 12th–14th C
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Bohemia-Moravia & Germany, 17th–19th C
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Corfu
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, France, 17th–19th C
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Italy, 15th C
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Italy, 17th–19th C
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Portugal, 15th C
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Spain, 12th–14th C
Jacob ben Judah Leib Shamash (scribe-artist)
Joseph ben David of Leipnik (scribe-artist)
Judah Leib ben Meir of Glogau (scribe-artist)
Leib Zahr Sofer of Lackenbach (scribe-artist)
Meshullam Zimmel of Polna (scribe-artist)
Micrography
Mohel books
Moses Leib ben Wolf of Trebitsch (scribe-artist)
Nathan ben Simson of Meseritsch (scribe-artist)
Omer calendars
Papercuts
Prayers for the sovereign
Salom Italia, Esther scroll borders
Samuel ben Zvi Hirsch Dressnitz (scribe-artist)
Scrolls of Esther, cases
Scrolls of Esther, engraved borders
Scrolls of Esther, illuminated
Stellina bat Menachem (scribe-artist)
University diplomas, illuminated

Invitation to exhibition preview, folded card, 1 col. illus., 21 × 14.8 cm; Invitation to exhibition opening in Berlin, “Die Erschaffung der Welt. Illustrierte Handschriften aus der Braginsky Collection”, single card, 1 col. illus., 21.1 × 10.6 cm.

Jüdisches Museum Berlin, Germany (4 April–3 August 2014)