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Hardcover Jewish Book Art Between Islam and Christianity: The Decoration of Hebrew Bibles in Medieval Spain Book
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ISBN: 9004137890

ISBN13: 9789004137899

Jewish Book Art Between Islam and Christianity: The Decoration of Hebrew Bibles in Medieval Spain

(Part of the The Medieval and Early Modern Iberian World Series)

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This book discusses the decoration types of Sephardic illuminated Bibles. Unlike illuminated Passover manuscripts from the same period with their rich figurative and narrative picture cycles, Bibles are almost exclusively aniconic. Whereas the former borrow heavily from Christian art, the Bibles are entirely indebted to Islamic culture. The volume elaborates in particular on the cultural history of the decorative motifs and types of ornamentation...

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