Jews among Christians : Hebrew book illumination from Lake Constance / Sarit Shalev-Eyni.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shalev-Eyni, Sarit, 1964-

Contributor:

John G. Hartman Memorial Library Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jewish illumination of books and manuscripts--Constance, Lake, Region.

Jewish illumination of books and manuscripts.

Jewish illumination of books and manuscripts--Germany--Konstanz.

Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval--Constance, Lake, Region.

Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval.

Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval--Germany--Konstanz.

Illumination of books and manuscripts, German--Germany--Konstanz.

Illumination of books and manuscripts, German.

Maḥzor (Tripartite).

Jewish art and symbolism.

Germany--Konstanz.

Physical Description:

xi, 227 pages : illustrations, facsimiles ; 28 cm

Other Title:

Hebrew book illumination from Lake Constance

Place of Publication:

London ; Turnhout : Harvey Miller, [2010]

Summary:

This volume explores a corpus of illuminated Hebrew manuscripts of the Lake Constance region produced in the first decades of the 14th century. It provides a detailed and insightful study of the content, design, and iconography of the illustrations and decorations of a group of Ashkenahzi codices, thereby uncovering a surprising interface between Jews and Christians in the urban workshops of the time. A close comparison with other manuscripts places the corpus firmly in the Lake Constance region and all but confirms the instructor to be one Hayyim, the scribe. The author's historical overview of the relations between Jews and Christians deepens our understanding of the religious and cultural dialogue between the two faiths, not only in the production of this group of manuscripts but in the course of every-day life in the Middle Ages.

Contents:

I. Hebrew illuminated manuscripts of the Lake Constance Region

II. Structure, liturgy, interpretation : the decoration programmes

A Jewish-Christian visual dialogue

IV. The urban workshop : the Hebrew school of illumination and the Gradual of St. Katharinenthal

V. Ḥayyim : a Jewish scribe in a Christian workshop

VI. Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 200-215) and indexes.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the John G. Hartman Memorial Library Fund.

ISBN:

9781905375097

1905375093

OCLC:

270994150