Jewish Book Illumination in the Middle Ages – Semester Seminar
This is not a lecture or a series of lectures, but a seminar given at the Institute with about 15 sessions.
First Part
Extensive Introduction to Jewish settlement in the early Middle...
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Jewish Book Illumination in the Middle Ages – Semester Seminar
This is not a lecture or a series of lectures, but a seminar given at the Institute with about 15 sessions.
First Part
Extensive Introduction to Jewish settlement in the early Middle Ages in Iberia, Southern Italy, Northern France and the Rhineland
Possibility of Jewish monumental art – deductible from several sources
Iconophobic positions among Jewish scholars (Ephraim von Regensburg, Pietists, Meir von Rothenburg)
Book illumination from the 10th century in the Middle East and from the 13th century in Europe; hypothesis that a Jewish book illumination existed in Antiquity, but was not preserved due to persecutions
Introduction to codicology
The rest broadly corresponds to
The Main Holy Days in Medieval Ashkenazi Mahzorim illustrations (https://phaidra.univie.ac.at/detail_object/o:472552?q=472552&page=1&pagesize=10)
Illumination in medieval Germany (https://phaidra.univie.ac.at/detail_object/o:472633?q=o%3A472633&page=1&pagesize=10)
Illuminated Manuscripts and Jewish Artists (https://phaidra.univie.ac.at/detail_object/o:472662?q=o%3A472662&page=1&pagesize=10)
Jewish Symbolism in art
(https://phaidra.univie.ac.at/detail_object/o:472713?q=o%3A472713&page=1&pagesize=10)
Spanish Book Illumination
(https://phaidra.univie.ac.at/detail_object/o:474398?q=o%3A474398&page=1&pagesize=10)
The discussion is somewhat more extensive, especially in terms of picture material, as the manuscripts were often shown in their entirety during the course of the lectures; for instance the miscellany from northern France, now in London, is represented with numerous illustrations, as is the 13th century Mishna Torah manuscript in Budapest (Cologne or Northern France). The discussion of these is enriched with many Christian examples for comparison; Hamburg miscellany.
Biography of Joel ben Simeon (Rhineland and Northern Italy, fl. circ. 1450-1490) and the list of works ascribed to him with focus on specific examples, particularly from the Haggadah illustration
In addition, the following works are described in detail, which in earlier lectures were only mentioned briefly or not at all: the Second Darmstadt Haggadah with a list of illustrations; the Munich Haggadah with a list of illustrations; Erna Michael Haggadah; the first Darmstadt Haggadah; Cincinnati Haggadah
(Translator: Joan Avery)
The Corresponding illustrations, selected by the Center of Jewish Art (Hebrew University, Jerusalem), can be found here: http://phaidra.univie.ac.at/o:526508
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