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B3411. Hebrew Manuscripts / Tahan
Hebrew Manuscripts: The Power of Script and Image by Ilana Tahan. 2007. 160pp. 10.25x7.5. Hardcover $35.00
Presents the work of medieval Jewish scribes and artists from Europe (Germany, Holland, Portugal, Italy, France, & Spain), as well as India, Afghanistan, Persia, Yemen, & Egypt. The exquisitely crafted images, influenced by local artistic trends, are a vivid testimony to a distinctly Jewish creativity and passion for books. The pages are beautifully decorated and illuminated with a wealth of imagery, both abstract and figurative. Insights are provided for each of the nearly 150 manuscript pages. All are shown full-page and in full color. Glossary, Index. Ilana Tahan is Curator of Hebrew texts at the British Library.
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B2255. Book of Hebrew Script/Yardeni
The Book of Hebrew Script: History, Paleography, Script Styles, Calligraphy and Design
By Ada Yardeni. 1997. 364pp. 8.5"x12". Hardcover. Retail Price $69.95
A comprehensive work by a noted paleographer, graphic
artist and type designer. Covers history of the alphabet
and the birth of the Hebrew script, Hebrew script in early manuscripts, printed Hebrew script, and Hebrew paleography. A series of alphabet charts follow on the various hands. The final section is on Hebrew calligraphy with techniques and exemplar alphabets. Originally published in Hebrew. Now available in English. 290 illustrations.
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B1619. Hebrew Calligraphy Styles/Jonas
Hebrew Calligraphy Styles
By Gina Jonas. 1996. Second edition. 24pp. 5.25"x 8.25". Paper.
Jonas has revised & reprinted her instructional manual adding three contemporary styles & reworking some of the original ones to make them closer to historical models.
Covers Sephardi, Ashkenazi, Ancient, & Mizrachi. Exemplar, ductus & notes on construction given for each style.
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C69. Ketubbot Boxed Notecards
Ketubbot: Traditions in Judaic Ornamentation. Notecards. $14.95
The decorated ketubbah (marriage contract) has been an integral part of Jewish marriages for over two millennia; nowadays, it can often be seen prominently displayed in the homes of married Jewish couples. A legal document bearing the signatures of two witnesses, it outlines the bridegroom's obligations toward his bride, including a repeated commitment to "cherish, honor, support, and maintain" her. The laws regulating the relations between Jewish wives and husbands and their commitments to each other - symbolically embodied in the ketubbah - have remained remarkably consistent.
The ketubbot reproduced on these cards are from the collection of The Library of The Jewish Theological Seminary, one of the finest such collections in the world.
Twenty assorted 5"x7" blank note cards (5 each of 4 styles) with envelopes and decorative box.
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C74. Jewish Illumination Note Cards
Jewish Illuminations Note Cards. Each card reproduces a page from the extraordinary Rothschild Mahzor, an illuminated Jewish prayer book commissioned by a wealthy Italian family in Florence in 1490 and still in immaculate condition.
The full-sized note cards (6.75" x 4.75") come in a keepsake box with envelopes. 20 cards, 5 each of 4 different designs.
$14.95. SALE $9.95. 2/$8.95ea 3/$7.95ea (same or assorted)
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