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A book of Hebrew letters / Mark Podwal.
Fine Arts Library NC139.P59 A4 1978
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LIBRA - Rare NC139.P59 A4 1978 Potok copy
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Podwal, Mark H., 1945-2024.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Podwal, Mark H., 1945-2024.
- Podwal, Mark H.
- Podwal, Mark H., 1945-.
- Hebrew language--Alphabet--Illustrations.
- Hebrew language.
- Hebrew language--Alphabet.
- Penn Provenance:
- Potok, Adena (donor) (Potok Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 64 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- [First edition].
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1978 5739.
- Notes:
- Title-page printed in red and black.
- "Designed by Adrianne Onderdonk Dudden."
- "The Hebrew letters in this book are written in the Ashkenazi square script in a style developed by the scribe and artists Joen ben Simeon, who lived in Germany and Italy in the fifteenth century."
- "The drawing on the end papers is based on a Shiviti word-picture, Iran, 19th-20th century. This is a chart hung on the wall of the synagogue near the Ark. The writing is headed by Psalm 16:8 ("I am ever aware of the Lord's presence"), which begins with the Hebrew word shiviti."--Dust jacket.
- Local Notes:
- Potok Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Adena Potok.
- Potok Collection copy: dust jacket retained.
- ISBN:
- 0827601174.:
- 0827601182
- OCLC:
- 4761507
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