Skies of Parchment, Seas of Ink

Name: Skies of Parchment, Seas of Ink
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Jewish Illuminated Manuscripts

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Skies of Parchment, Seas of Ink traces the rich tradition of Jewish illuminated manuscripts from the Middle Ages to the present. This comprehensive volume showcases hand-illustrated scriptural texts such as the Bible, Haggadah, and prayer books, highlighting their artistic beauty and diverse cultural origins. Featuring works commissioned and created across diasporic Jewish communities in Europe, Israel, the Middle East, and Africa, the book explores the interplay of Jewish aesthetic tastes with Christian, Islamic, and other traditions. Lavishly illustrated with hundreds of manuscript pages, many previously unseen, it offers fresh insights into Jewish life and learning through the ages.
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This book is ideal for readers interested in Jewish history, art history, religious studies, manuscript illumination, and cultural heritage. It appeals to academics, students, and anyone fascinated by the visual and interpretative traditions of Jewish sacred texts across centuries and continents.

The love of books in the Jewish tradition extends back over many centuries, and the ways of interpreting those books are as myriad as the traditions themselves. Skies of Parchment, Seas of Ink offers the first full survey of Jewish illuminated manuscripts, ranging from their origins in the Middle Ages to the present day. Featuring some of the most

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The love of books in the Jewish tradition extends back over many centuries, and the ways of interpreting those books are as myriad as the traditions themselves. Skies of Parchment, Seas of Ink offers the first full survey of Jewish illuminated manuscripts, ranging from their origins in the Middle Ages to the present day.

Featuring some of the most beautiful examples of Jewish art of all time—including hand-illustrated versions of the Bible, the Haggadah, the prayer book, marriage documents, and other beloved Jewish texts—the book introduces readers to the history of these manuscripts and their interpretation.

Edited by Marc Michael Epstein with contributions from leading experts, this sumptuous volume features a lively and informative text, showing how Jewish aesthetic tastes and iconography overlapped with and diverged from those of Christianity, Islam, and other traditions.

Featured manuscripts were commissioned by Jews and produced by Jews and non-Jews over many centuries, and represent Eastern and Western perspectives and the views of both pietistic and liberal communities across the Diaspora, including Europe, Israel, the Middle East, and Africa.

Magnificently illustrated with pages from hundreds of manuscripts, many previously unpublished or rarely seen, Skies of Parchment, Seas of Ink offers surprising new perspectives on Jewish life, presenting the books of the People of the Book as never before.

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Awarded the 2015 National Jewish Book Award in Visual Arts, Skies of Parchment, Seas of Ink has been praised for its erudition and passion. The New York Review of Books called it "gorgeously illustrated" and said it challenges assumptions about Jewish identity and art. The Times Literary Supplement and Hadassah commend the volume as a magnificent, accessible, and richly informative survey of illuminated Jewish manuscripts, with 278 colour illustrations and comprehensive scholarship.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780691165240

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 13 April 2015

Country: United States

Imprint: Princeton University Press

Illustration: 278 color illus. 11 halftones.

Contributors:

Edited by Marc Michael Epstein
Contributions by Eva Frojmovic
Contributions by Jenna Siman Jacobs
Contributions by Hartley Lachter
Contributions by Shalom Sabar
Contributions by Raymond P. Scheindlin
Contributions by Ágnes Vető
Contributions by Susan Vick
Contributions by Barbara Wolff

Audience: Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Width: 216.0mm

Height: 279.0mm

Weight: 1531g

Pages: 288

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Education & Reference Non-Fiction Religion & Spirituality

About the Author

Marc Michael Epstein is the Mattie M. Paschall (1899) and Norman Davis Chair of Religion and Visual Culture at Vassar College. His most recent book, The Medieval Haggadah: Art, Narrative, and Religious Imagination, was named one of the best books of 2011 by the Times Literary Supplement. Eva Frojmovic is lecturer in the history of art at the University of Leeds. Jenna Siman Jacobs is curatorial manager at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego. Hartley Lachter is the Berman Chair in Jewish Studies at Lehigh University. Shalom Sabar is professor of folklore and the arts at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Raymond P. Scheindlin is professor of medieval Hebrew literature at the Jewish Theological Seminary. gnes Vet teaches religion at Vassar College. Susan Vick is curator of Judaica at Goldsmith Museum of Chizuk Amuno Congregation in Baltimore and associate professor of art history at the University of Maryland. Barbara Wolff is a New York-based illuminator of manuscripts using medieval methods. Diane Wolfthal is the David and Caroline Minter Chair in the Humanities at Rice University.