Author: Gold, Leonard Singer Title: A Sign and a Witness. 2,000 Years of Hebrew Books and Illuminated Manuscripts
Description: New York and Oxford, The New York Public Library and Oxford University Press, 1988. First edition. Stiff decorated paper wrappers. xiii, 223 pp. Illus. with b/w and color reproductions. 4to. Includes: Dead Sea Scrolls: Light on the Text and Canon of the Bible, How Hebrew Manuscripts Are Made, The Decoration of Medieval Hebrew Manuscripts, the Hebrew Manuscript As Source for the Study of History and Literature, Forming the Great Collections, Early Hebrew Painting, The Development of Hebrew Printing in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, The Hebrew Book in a Christian World, Publishing and the Rise of Modern Hebrew Literature, The Art of the Hebrew Book in the Twentieth Century, Between Western Culture and Jewish Tradition: Translations, Text and Texture: Early Adventures in the Fourth Dimension, plus bibliography. A fine copy.
Keywords: , Books about Books, Judaica, Books on Books, Hebrew Books, Hebrew Illuminated Manuscripts,
Price: US$ 50.00 Seller: Kaaterskill Books
- Book number: 27204
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