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The Medieval Origins of Anti-Jewish Iconography.” Lipton has amassed a rich trove of Christian art as data for her study, and has brought to bear on these materials the eye and mind of a well ...
Nestled in the heart of Sarajevo, the National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina houses one of the most extraordinary ...
A Jewish ceremonial wedding ring from the late ... examples of craftsmanship and upend expectations about what medieval art looks and feels like. The Colmar Treasure includes rings decorated ...
Paintings of everyday life were popular in ... which was considered less desirable real estate. Although medieval Jewish law isn’t even a minor focus of the exhibit, a comparison can be made ...
The 14th-century Shem Tov Bible is now being exhibited at the National Library of Israel, a year after a family bought it for ...
The Met’s presentation under the supervision of curators Barbara Boehm and Melanie Holcomb has made every effort to present the miniature narrative cycle to its full advantage; “turning the ...
Studies in Iconography (ISSN 0148-1029, e-ISSN 2693-8456) is an annual journal hosted by the Index of Medieval Art and published in partnership ... Gothic rent books, Jewish ritual images, and ...
This makes it the oldest known medieval Jewish artifact ... and Middle Eastern Art Week. The announcement coincides with the eve of Passover, the holiday commemorating the liberation of the ...
Painstakingly created by the eponymous Rabbi in the early 14th century, it’s considered one of the most important manuscripts to have escaped medieval Spain. This survival is no accident.
gold leaf and medieval margin art to complete his re-creation of a 12th-century poem as it would have been originally crafted in traditional Jewish scribal art. The poem is called the “Sefer ...