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The love of books in the Jewish tradition extends back over many
centuries, and the ways of interpreting those books are as myriad
as the traditions themselves. Skies of Parchment, Seas of Ink
offers the first full survey of Jewish illuminated manuscripts,
ranging from their origins in the Middle Ages to the present day.
Featuring some of the most beautiful examples of Jewish art of all
time--including hand-illustrated versions of the Bible, the
Haggadah, the prayer book, marriage documents, and other beloved
Jewish texts--the book introduces readers to the history of these
manuscripts and their interpretation. Edited by Marc Michael
Epstein with contributions from leading experts, this sumptuous
volume features a lively and informative text, showing how Jewish
aesthetic tastes and iconography overlapped with and diverged from
those of Christianity, Islam, and other traditions. Featured
manuscripts were commissioned by Jews and produced by Jews and
non-Jews over many centuries, and represent Eastern and Western
perspectives and the views of both pietistic and liberal
communities across the Diaspora, including Europe, Israel, the
Middle East, and Africa. Magnificently illustrated with pages from
hundreds of manuscripts, many previously unpublished or rarely
seen, Skies of Parchment, Seas of Ink offers surprising new
perspectives on Jewish life, presenting the books of the People of
the Book as never before.
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Artificial Evolution - 11th International Conference, Evolution Artificielle, EA 2013, Bordeaux, France, October 21-23, 2013. Revised Selected Papers (Paperback, 2014 ed.)
Pierrick Legrand, Marc-Michel Corsini, Jin-Kao Hao, Nicolas Monmarche, Evelyne Lutton, …
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R2,429
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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 11th
International Conference on Artificial Evolution, EA 2013, held in
Bordeaux, France, in October 2013. The 20 revised papers were
carefully reviewed and selected from 39 submissions. The papers are
focused to theory, ant colony optimization, applications,
combinatorial and discrete optimization, memetic algorithms,
genetic programming, interactive evolution, parallel evolutionary
algorithms, and swarm intelligence.
An Illumination Of Blessings is a collection of thirty-six illustrated blessings with hand calligraphy drawn from the Jewish tradition with commentary by the author, Ilene Winn-Lederer and introduction by Marc Michael Epstein.
The book is a full-color perfect-bound trade paperback.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book
may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages,
poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the
original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We
believe this work is culturally important, and despite the
imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of
our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works
worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in
the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
This Book Is In French. Due to the very old age and scarcity of
this book, many of the pages may be hard to read due to the
blurring of the original text, possible missing pages, missing text
and other issues beyond our control.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone
Contenant Le Second Livre De Samuel. This Book Is In French.
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This
IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced
typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have
occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor
pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original
artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe
this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections,
have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing
commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We
appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the
preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
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Give! (Paperback)
Marc Michaels
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The Lombard Haggadah (Hardcover)
Milvia Bollati, Marc Michael Epstein, Flora Cassen
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R1,446
R1,109
Discovery Miles 11 090
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Telling the story of the flight of the Jews from Egypt based on the
biblical book of Exodus, the Haggadah was - and still is - used
during the Seder, the ritual meal of the first night of Passover.
The text of this remarkable manuscript has been richly illustrated
by many artists in different countries for over seven hundred
years. With its seventy-fi ve illustrations, occupying the margins
of almost every page, this manuscript expresses the elegant
language of the Gothic International style in Lombardy. Directly
related to the workshop of the renowned master builder, sculptor,
and illuminator Giovannino de' Grassi, who fl ourished under the
patronage of the noble Visconti family in Milan, the present volume
was probably commissioned by a wealthy individual. The presumed
date of origin of the Lombard Haggadah corresponds with a period
known for its wave of immigration into Lombardy of northern
European Jews, who were especially welcomed by Duke Gian Galeazzo
Visconti. Last on public exhibition in the Paris World's Fair in
1900, when it belonged to a French family, the Lombard Haggadah was
then sold in 1927 in London to the noted collector of Hebrew
manuscripts Salman Schocken. Little known, the manuscript has
remained in private hands ever since. It survives as the earliest
stand-alone Italian Haggadah. Of the greatest rarity, it is one of
three illustrated medieval Haggadahs still privately owned. Sharon
Liberman Mintz, Curator of Jewish Art, The Jewish Theological
Seminary, states "I have worked with Hebrew illuminated manuscripts
all of my professional life, and this one stands out for its fresh,
charming, and sometimes unique paintings as well as its historical
importance".
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