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A journey through Jewish worlds : highlights from the Braginsky Collection of Hebrew manuscripts and printed books. edited by Evelyn M. Cohen, Sharon Liberman Mintz, Emile G.L. Schrijver.

Title
A journey through Jewish worlds : highlights from the Braginsky Collection of Hebrew manuscripts and printed books. edited by Evelyn M. Cohen, Sharon Liberman Mintz, Emile G.L. Schrijver.
Publication
Amsterdam : Bijzondere Collections, Universiteit van Amsterdam ; Zwolle : Distributed by Waanders, 2009.

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Additional Authors
  • Cohen, Evelyn M.
  • Mintz, Sharon Liberman
  • Schrijver, Emile G. L.
  • Bibliotheca Rosenthaliana
  • Universiteit van Amsterdam. Bibliotheek. Bijzondere Collecties
  • Yeshiva University. Museum
  • Muzeʼon Yiśraʼel (Jerusalem)
Description
295 : col. ill.; 28 cm.
Summary
This unique edition shows highlights from one of the world's foremost private collections of Hebrew manuscripts and printed books belonging to the Swiss collector René Braginsky. Attention is given, among others, to Medieval Hebrew manuscripts, lavishly illustrated books, decorated Jewish marriage contracts and richly illustrated scrolls of the story from the book of Esther, with their accompanying exquisite wood or precious metal cases. Exhibition: Bijzondere Collecties, University of Amsterdam, 16 October 2009 - 17 January 2010.
Alternative Title
Braginsky Collection of Hebrew manuscripts and printed books
Subject
  • Braginsky, René > Art collections > Exhibitions
  • Braginsky Collection
  • Manuscripts, Hebrew > Private collections > Netherlands > Amsterdam > Exhibitions
  • Jewish illumination of books and manuscripts > Private collections > Netherlands > Amsterdam > Exhibitions
  • Hebrew imprints > Private collections > Netherlands > Amsterdam > Exhibitions
Genre/Form
  • Bibliography
  • exhibition catalogs.
  • bibliographies.
  • Bibliographies
  • Exhibition catalogs
  • Catalogues d'exposition.
  • Bibliographies.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 290-295).
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
ISBN
  • 9789040076541
  • 9040076545
OCLC
  • 466662420
  • SCSB-11967916
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library