Sephardic Book Art of the Fifteenth Century

Edited by Luis U Afonso Edited by Tiago Moita

Book cover: Sephardic Book Art of the Fifteenth Century

Extent: 259, 259 pages

Publisher: Harvey Miller

Subjects: Art & Art History, Jewish Studies, Medieval Studies

Series: Studies in Medieval and Early Renaissance Art History

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(June 2020)

ISBN: 9781909400597

Price: $157.00

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The current volume presents ten different studies dealing with the final stages of Hebrew book art production in medieval Iberia. Ranging from the Farhi Codex, copied and illuminated in the late 14th century, to the Philadelphia Bible, copied and illuminated in Lisbon in 1496, this volume discusses a wide scope of topics related with


The current volume presents ten different studies dealing with the final stages of Hebrew book art production in medieval Iberia. Ranging from the Farhi Codex, copied and illuminated in the late 14th century, to the Philadelphia Bible, copied and illuminated in Lisbon in 1496, this volume discusses a wide scope of topics related with the production, consumption and circulation of medieval decorated Hebrew manuscripts. Among the issues discussed in this volume we highlight the role played by three distinct artistic languages (Mudejar, Late Gothic and Renaissance) in the shapping of 15th century Sephardic illumination, the codicological specificity of some solutions in terms of layout and the relation between the layout of these manuscripts and Hebrew incunabula, the use of geometric decoration in scientific diagrams, or the afterlife of these manuscripts in Europe and Asia following the expulsion of the Jews from Iberia.

  • Edited by Luis U Afonso
  • Edited by Tiago Moita