Abstract: Torah pointers are the most recent addition to the array of ceremonial objects associat... more Abstract: Torah pointers are the most recent addition to the array of ceremonial objects associated with the Torah scroll, beautifying it and enhancing mitzvot in the synagogue. It was long after the introduction of Torah finials and shields, probably in the Greco-Roman ...
"Genizat Germania" - Hebrew and Aramaic Binding Fragments from Germany in Context
This chapter was conceived by the author in November 2006 when he received an image of a Mahzor f... more This chapter was conceived by the author in November 2006 when he received an image of a Mahzor fragment that Professor Andreas Lehnardt sent to him for art-historical identification. The author was asked to localize and date the Mahzor fragment on the basis of its illustration and to comment on the frequency with which such decorative devices appear in contemporary Hebrew manuscripts. The chapter examines the method for dating and localizing a manuscript by using art-historical criteria. It presents the methodology by which non-textual features may serve as keys for the study of a manuscript and for ascribing it to a specific place and time, using style as the main parameter for evaluation. Script and image are the two main components of an illuminated manuscript; the examination of these two components leads to quite different results regarding the origin and dating of a manuscript. Keywords: art-historical criteria; Hebrew manuscripts; image; Mahzor
Abstract: Torah pointers are the most recent addition to the array of ceremonial objects associat... more Abstract: Torah pointers are the most recent addition to the array of ceremonial objects associated with the Torah scroll, beautifying it and enhancing mitzvot in the synagogue. It was long after the introduction of Torah finials and shields, probably in the Greco-Roman ...
"Genizat Germania" - Hebrew and Aramaic Binding Fragments from Germany in Context
This chapter was conceived by the author in November 2006 when he received an image of a Mahzor f... more This chapter was conceived by the author in November 2006 when he received an image of a Mahzor fragment that Professor Andreas Lehnardt sent to him for art-historical identification. The author was asked to localize and date the Mahzor fragment on the basis of its illustration and to comment on the frequency with which such decorative devices appear in contemporary Hebrew manuscripts. The chapter examines the method for dating and localizing a manuscript by using art-historical criteria. It presents the methodology by which non-textual features may serve as keys for the study of a manuscript and for ascribing it to a specific place and time, using style as the main parameter for evaluation. Script and image are the two main components of an illuminated manuscript; the examination of these two components leads to quite different results regarding the origin and dating of a manuscript. Keywords: art-historical criteria; Hebrew manuscripts; image; Mahzor
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