Mahzor From Worms - Art and Religion in a Medieval Jewish Community

Informationen zum Autor Katrin Kogman-Appel is Evelyn Metz Memorial Research Chair in Art, Department of the Arts, at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Zusammenfassung In the Leipzig Mahzor! one of the most lavish Hebrew illuminated manuscripts of all time! Kogman-Appel has discovered a fascinating portal into the life of the fourteenth century Jewish community in Worms. A prayer book used only during holidays! it brings to life the religious culture and customs of medieval Ashkenazi Jews.

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• Authors: Katrin Kogman-Appel, Kogman-Appel Katrin
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.04.2012
• EAN: 9780674064546
• ISBN: 978-0-674-06454-6
• No. of pages: 308
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism; HISTORY / Jewish, ART / History / Medieval, ART / Subjects & Themes / Religious, RELIGION / Judaism / Sacred Writings, History of Art, Judaism, Sociology & anthropology, Medieval style, Religious and ceremonial art