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From the MSS Collections of the State Jewish Museum in Prague (Illuminated MSS)
From the MSS Collections of the State Jewish Museum in Prague (Illuminated MSS)

Author(s): Vladimir Sadek
Subject(s): Cultural history, Jewish studies, Museology & Heritage Studies, Ethnohistory, 18th Century, 19th Century
Published by: Židovské Muzeum v Praze
Keywords: MSS Collections; State Jewish Museum; Prague; manuscripts; 18th century; 19th century; Moravia;

Summary/Abstract: In the collections of the State Jewish Museum there are also illuminated manuscripts dating from the 18th and 19th centuries. They are twelve manuscripts of Czech and Moravian provenance (prayers and hazkaroth, taqqanoth Hewra qadisha, Qitsur Macavar Jabboq, and others) made out by or under the influences of the scribes belonging to the 18th century Moravian penman school.

  • Issue Year: X/1974
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 105-112
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: English