The Brother Haggadah: A Medieval Sephardi Masterpiece in Facsimile
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| Rating | : | 4.56 (813 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0500110298 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 208 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-05-25 |
| Language | : | English |
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“This Haggadah…represents the integration of hand, heart, eye and mind in a way that enables us to glimpse the true genius of the medieval illuminator’s workshop” - The Jewish Week“first-ever facsimile edition of one of the most beautifully decorated Hebrew manuscripts” - The American Jewish World“vibrant….spirited illustrations and handsome scribal work” - Jewish Book Council
The book also contains a translation of the poems and commentary in the manuscript by the late Raphael Lowe, former Goldsmid Professor of Hebrew at University College London, and a translation of the Haggadah liturgy. This exquisitely produced facsimile of the “Brother” Haggadah is accompanied by an introduction by medieval scholar professor Marc Michael Epstein focusing on the historical background of the Passover and iconographic scheme of the manuscript; an essay on its provenance by Ilana Tahan, head of the Hebrew and Christian collections at the British Library; and an essay by Hebrew scholar Eliezer Laine that looks at the Shaltiel family, former owners of the manuscript. Created by Sephardi (or “southern”) artists and scribes in Catalonia in the second quarter of the fourteenth century, it sets out the liturgy and sequence of the Passover Seder. The first-ever facsimile edition of one of the most beautifully decorated and important Hebrew manuscripts from medieval Europe Commissioned by wealthy patrons in the Middle Ages, the Haggadot are among the most beautifully decorated Hebrew manuscripts. The "Brother" Haggadahso-called because of its close, fraternal relationship to the Rylands Haggadah in the collection of the John Rylands Library, Manchesteris one of the finest of these to have survived. 120 color illustrations
He is acknowledged as one of the world’s finest scholars of medieval art made by and for Jews. Paschall (1899) and Norman Davis Chair of Religion and Visual Culture at Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York. Professor Marc Michael Epstein is the Mattie M. His book The Medieval Haggadah: Art, Narrative, and the Religious Imagination was selected by The Times Literary Supplement as one of the best books of 2011, and his most recent book, Skies of Pa
Gorka Bartolomé Anguita said A must for Jewish scholars.. Great presentation and edition. The first one got lost on the way, but they sent an other one right away.