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The Florence scroll : a 14th-century pictorial pilgrimage from Egypt to the Land of Israel / Rachel Sarfati.
Fine Arts Library ND2935 .S2713 2021 v.1-2
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sarfati, Rachel, author.
- Series:
- Ḳaṭalog (Muzeʼon Yiśraʼel (Jerusalem)) ; mis. 699.
- Catalogue ; no. 699
- Standardized Title:
- Megilat Firentseh. English
- Language:
- English
- Hebrew
- Subjects (All):
- Palestine--In art--Exhibitions.
- Palestine.
- Eretz Israel--Maps--History--To 1500.
- Eretz Israel--In art.
- Eretz Israel--History--Middle Ages, 500-1500.
- Eretz Israel--Geography.
- Jewish illumination of books and manuscripts--Exhibitions.
- Jewish illumination of books and manuscripts.
- Jewish illumination of books and manuscripts--Facsimiles.
- Jewish pilgrims and pilgrimages--Palestine--History--To 1500--Exhibitions.
- Jewish pilgrims and pilgrimages.
- Sacred space in art--Exhibitions.
- Sacred space in art.
- Pilgrims and pilgrimages--Eretz Israel--History.
- Jews--Eretz Israel--History--Middle Ages, 500-1500.
- Illumination of books and manuscripts, Hebrew--Eretz Israel--Exhibitions.
- Exhibition catalogs--Israel.
- Manuscripts, Hebrew--History.
- Genre:
- Exhibition catalogs.
- Facsimiles.
- Accordion fold books.
- Physical Description:
- 2 volumes : color illustrations ; 25 x 31-32 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Jerusalem : Israel Museum ; [Florence] : Biblioteca nazionale centrale di Firenze, [2021]
- Summary:
- "This book presents the exciting results of research conducted on a little-known 14th-century scroll whose illustrations and texts trace the journey of its maker, a Jewish Egyptian painter, from Cairo to Lebanon through the land of Israel and its holy sites. Eleven meters long and featuring some 130 places and landmarks, the Florence Scroll (so-called because it is housed in the National Central Library of Florence) is the second oldest extant document - after the 6th-century Madaba map - to offer a detailed and extensive portrayal of the Land of Israel. The first volume analyzes the scroll from a historical, cultural, and artistic perspective, presenting fascinating finds about such important sites as the Cave of the Patriarch, the Western Wall, and the Temple Mount. A prominent, two-meter long illustration reflects a tradition - common to both Jews and Muslims in the Middle Ages - that saw the Dome of the Rock as representing Solomon's Temple and preserving its sanctity. This illustration - and the entire scroll - reveals a cultural world in which Judaism and Islam coexisted in a close and reciprocal relationship. The book's second volume consists of a high-quality and almost real-size facsimile of the Florence Scroll." -- Publisher's website.
- Notes:
- Volume 2 contains facsimiled scroll in accordian fold.
- Published in conjunction with the exhibition Painting a pilgrimage : a 14th-century Hebrew scroll unveiled, curated by Rachel Sarfati.
- English translation by Simon Montagu; English editing by Evelyn Grossberg.
- Includes bibliographical references (volume 1, pages 150-159).
- ISBN:
- 9789652785169
- 9652785164
- OCLC:
- 1292429913
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