Language:
English
Pages:
Illustrationen
Year of publication:
2007
Titel der Quelle:
Ars Judaica : the Bar-Ilan journal of Jewish art
Publ. der Quelle:
Ramat-Gan
Angaben zur Quelle:
3 (2007), Seite 19 - 30
Keywords:
Ferrer, Bassa
;
Machsor
;
Mikrographie
;
Hebräisch
Abstract:
The Catalan Micrography Mahzor for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur (Jerusalem, Jewish National and University Library, MS Hebr 8?6527 is decorated entirely in micrography - minute script that forms the outline of an image. The book has twenty-three full-page panels, concentrated in two quires at the beginning of the manuscript, and thirty-four candelabra tree decorations, which adorn the outer margins of the text, usually on facing pages and frequently inhabited by birds. Other decorations include a geometric scroll as a text separation and animal designs in the outer margins. Apart from the micrographic decoration, two initial words are written in gold set in decorated panels [...]
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