A Mahzor from Worms: Art and Religion in a Medieval Jewish Community
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The Leipzig Mahzor is one of the most lavish Hebrew illuminated manuscripts of all time. A prayer book used during Jewish holidays, it was produced in the Middle Ages for the Jewish community of Worms in the German Rhineland. Though Worms was a vibrant center of Judaism in the eleventh and twelfth centuries and drew celebrated rabbis, little is known about the city's Jews in the later Middle Ages. In the pages of its famous book, Katrin Kogman-Appel...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0674064542
ISBN13:9780674064546
Release Date:April 2012
Publisher:Harvard University Press
Length:308 Pages
Weight:1.40 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 6.3" x 9.3"
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