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CONTENT:
Language: English
ISBN: 84-604-1864-2
Index:
Preface
Introduction
Spain and the Sephardi Heritage
Jewish-Christian Relations in Medieval Spain
The Biblia de Alba and its Times
The Biblia de Alba, its Patron, Author and Ideas
The Artists of the Biblia de Alba
Catalogue Raisonné of the Miniatures
The Making of the Biblia de Alba
Moses Arragel as Translator and Commentator
Bibliography
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The Contributors
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Shlomo Ben-Ami, former diplomat, politician, and Israeli historian, analyzes the contribution of Sephardic Jews to Spanish civilization.
Sonia Fellous-Rozenblat, researcher at the C.N.R.S. and professor of Jewish Art at the Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales in Paris, studies the context in which the manuscript was commissioned and details the symbolism of its magnificent iconography. She later published an illustrated work on this subject: Histoire de la Bible de Moïse Arragel (Somogy éditions d?art, France, ISBN 2-85056-516-4).
Adriaan Keller, doctoral researcher at the University of Leiden, examines the codicology and paleography of the manuscript.
Moshe Lazar, professor of Comparative Literature at U.C.L.A., analyzes the biblical translation and the manuscript?s commentaries.
Angus McKay, professor of Medieval Spanish History at the University of Edinburgh, studies Jewish-Christian relations in Castile during the time of the Biblia de Alba.
The study volume is bound in Moroccan leather, matching the facsimile.
CONTENT:
Language: English
ISBN: 84-604-1864-2
Index:
Preface
Introduction
Spain and the Sephardi Heritage
Jewish-Christian Relations in Medieval Spain
The Biblia de Alba and its Times
The Biblia de Alba, its Patron, Author and Ideas
The Artists of the Biblia de Alba
Catalogue Raisonné of the Miniatures
The Making of the Biblia de Alba
Moses Arragel as Translator and Commentator
Bibliography
Register
The Contributors
Colophon
Full-color study volume, by:
Facsimile Editions
From the publisher to the reader:
Full-color study volume by:
Shlomo Ben-Ami, former diplomat, politician, and Israeli historian, analyzes the contribution of Sephardic Jews to Spanish civilization.
Sonia Fellous-Rozenblat, researcher at the C.N.R.S. and professor of Jewish Art at the Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales in Paris, studies the context in which the manuscript was commissioned and details the symbolism of its magnificent iconography. She later published an illustrated work on this subject: Histoire de la Bible de Moïse Arragel (Somogy éditions d?art, France, ISBN 2-85056-516-4).
Adriaan Keller, doctoral researcher at the University of Leiden, examines the codicology and paleography of the manuscript.
Moshe Lazar, professor of Comparative Literature at U.C.L.A., analyzes the biblical translation and the manuscript?s commentaries.
Angus McKay, professor of Medieval Spanish History at the University of Edinburgh, studies Jewish-Christian relations in Castile during the time of the Biblia de Alba.
The study volume is bound in Moroccan leather, matching the facsimile.
