Jewish Book Art Between Islam and Christianity

The Decoration of Hebrew Bibles in Medieval Spain

AvKatrin Kogman-Appel

Inbunden, Engelska, 2004

Del 19 i serien Medieval and Early Modern Iberian World

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Beskrivning

This book discusses the decoration types of Sephardic illuminated Bibles. Unlike illuminated Passover manuscripts from the same period with their rich figurative and narrative picture cycles, Bibles are almost exclusively aniconic. Whereas the former borrow heavily from Christian art, the Bibles are entirely indebted to Islamic culture. The volume elaborates in particular on the cultural history of the decorative motifs and types of ornamentation in an era of cultural transition in Iberia and culture struggle within Spanish Jewry. The first two chapters describe the cultural, social and artistic background in which the Bibles were produced, whereas the other chapters describe the works of the different schools and discuss them within different cultural, historical and social contexts. The text is accompanied by 10 color plates and 141 black-and-white figures.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2004-06-29
Mått:155 x 235 x 30 mm
Vikt:902 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Medieval and Early Modern Iberian World
Antal sidor:374
Förlag:Brill
ISBN:9789004137899

Utforska kategorier

Konsthistoria inom Kultur
Judendom inom Filosofi och religion

Mer om författaren

Katrin Kogman-Appel, Ph.D. (1994) in Art History, Hebrew University, Jerusalem teaches Medieval Jewish and Christian Art at the Ben Gurion University of the Negev at Beer Sheva. She has published on various aspects of Hebrew illuminated mansucripts in Spain and Central Europe.

Innehållsförteckning

Preface .. ixList of Illustrations .. xiiiList of Maps and Diagrams .. xxvIntroduction .. 1Chapter One Acculturation, Assimilation, and Convivencia:The Iberian Peninsula in the Middle Ages .. 10Islam and Christianity .. 10The Population of Al-Andalus .. 15Minorities in the Christian Lands .. 16The Mudéjar Communities .. 17The Jewish Communities .. 19Cultural Exchange .. 20Chapter Two The Artistic Environment of Illuminated Sephardic Bibles .. 34Manuscripts of the Qur"an .. 34Hebrew Manuscripts from the Middle East .. 38Christian Art in Spain .. 50The Art of the Mudéjares .. 54Chapter Three The Castilian Workshops of the Thirteenth Century .. 57The Earliest Illuminated Bible .. 57From the Marseilles Bible to the Damascus Keter .. 61The Parma Bible .. 68Joseph ben Judah ibn Merwas .. 88Echoes of Christian Art .. 92Chapter Four Joshua ibn Gaon and Joseph Hatsarfati .. 98Chapter Five The Catalan Workshops of the Fourteenth Century .. 131The Perpignan Bible and its Relatives .. 131Bibles from Barcelona and its Environs .. 141The Foa and Farhi Bibles and the Renewal of Islamic Motifs .. 150The King’s Bible .. 154The Saragossa Bible .. 155A Closer Look at the Temple Depictions .. 156Decoration of the Masorah Magna .. 168Chapter Six Cultural Transition and the Art of the Hebrew Book .. 171Islamic Culture, Aniconism, and the Sephardic Bibles .. 173Christian Art, Pictorial Narrative, and the Sephardic Haggadot .. 181The Cultural Climate within Late Medieval Sephardic Jewry .. 185Joshua ibn Gaon and Joseph Hatsarfati .. 199Maimonides’ Texts Decorated .. 200Chapter Seven Castilian Schools of the Fifteenth Century .. 203Micrographic Decoration in New Castile .. 204The First Kennicott Bible .. 212French and Italian Influences .. 215Conclusion .. 220Bibliography .. 225General Index .. 235Index of Manuscripts .. 242