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catalog abstract "Annotation This is the first comprehensive study of the images in five profusely illustrated Yiddish books that were produced in sixteenth-century Italy: a manuscript of Jewish customs illustrated by its scribe, and two book of customs, a chivalric romance, and a book of fables, all printed at Christian presses in Venice and Verona. The long-neglected manuscript includes more than one hundred drawings, here reproduced for the first time, which are strikingly inventive and full of a joie de vivre that gives the lie to the lachrymose view of Jewish history. This volume, which explores how Yiddish imagery constructs women, Jewish memory, and Jewish identity, will interest art historians, feminist scholars, Jewish Studies specialists, and specialists in the history of the book. Annotation This is the first comprehensive study of the images in five profusely illustrated Yiddish books that were produced in sixteenth-century Italy: a manuscript of Jewish customs illustrated by its scribe, and two books of customs, a chivalric romance, and a book of fables, all printed at Christian presses in Venice and Verona. The long-neglected manuscript includes more than one hundred drawings, here reproduced for the first time, which are strikingly inventive and full of a joie de vivre that gives the lie to the lachrymose view of Jewish history. This volume, which explores how Yiddish imagery constructs women, Jewish memory, and Jewish identity, will interest art historians, feminist scholars, Jewish Studies specialists, and specialists in the history of the book.".
catalog contributor b13305232.
catalog created "2004.".
catalog date "2004".
catalog date "2004.".
catalog dateCopyrighted "2004.".
catalog description "Annotation This is the first comprehensive study of the images in five profusely illustrated Yiddish books that were produced in sixteenth-century Italy: a manuscript of Jewish customs illustrated by its scribe, and two book of customs, a chivalric romance, and a book of fables, all printed at Christian presses in Venice and Verona. The long-neglected manuscript includes more than one hundred drawings, here reproduced for the first time, which are strikingly inventive and full of a joie de vivre that gives the lie to the lachrymose view of Jewish history. This volume, which explores how Yiddish imagery constructs women, Jewish memory, and Jewish identity, will interest art historians, feminist scholars, Jewish Studies specialists, and specialists in the history of the book.".
catalog description "Annotation This is the first comprehensive study of the images in five profusely illustrated Yiddish books that were produced in sixteenth-century Italy: a manuscript of Jewish customs illustrated by its scribe, and two books of customs, a chivalric romance, and a book of fables, all printed at Christian presses in Venice and Verona. The long-neglected manuscript includes more than one hundred drawings, here reproduced for the first time, which are strikingly inventive and full of a joie de vivre that gives the lie to the lachrymose view of Jewish history. This volume, which explores how Yiddish imagery constructs women, Jewish memory, and Jewish identity, will interest art historians, feminist scholars, Jewish Studies specialists, and specialists in the history of the book.".
catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-274) and index.".
catalog description "pt. 1. An illustrated manuscript of Jewish customs (Paris BN MS. Heb. 586) -- Ch. 1. Introduction to the Paris book of customs -- Ch. 2. The beginnings of a new pictorial tradition -- Ch. 3. Representing Jewish ritual and identity in the Paris book of customs and its Christian counterparts -- Ch. 4. Representing diversity within the community : the absence of Rabbis and the presence of women -- pt. 2. The printed books of customs (Venice, 1593 and 1600) -- Ch. 5. Introduction to the printed books of customs -- Ch. 6. Marriage and memory : images of marriage rituals in Yiddish books of customs -- Ch. 7. Remembering Amalek and Nebuchadnezzar : biblical warfare and symbolic violence in images in the Yiddish books of customs.".
catalog extent "xxxiii, 283 p., [120] p. of plates :".
catalog identifier "9004139052".
catalog isPartOf "Brill's series in Jewish studies, 0926-2261 ; v. 36".
catalog issued "2004".
catalog issued "2004.".
catalog language "eng".
catalog publisher "Leiden : Boston : Brill,".
catalog spatial "France Paris.".
catalog spatial "Italy".
catalog subject "745.6/7/089924045 22".
catalog subject "Bibliothèque nationale de France. Manuscript. Héb. 586 Illustrations.".
catalog subject "Christianity and other religions Judaism.".
catalog subject "Illustrated books Italy History 16th century.".
catalog subject "Illustration of books Italy 16th century.".
catalog subject "Jews in art.".
catalog subject "Judaism Relations Christianity.".
catalog subject "Manuscripts, Yiddish France Paris.".
catalog subject "NC982 .W65 2004".
catalog subject "Women in art.".
catalog subject "Yiddish imprints Italy History 16th century.".
catalog tableOfContents "pt. 1. An illustrated manuscript of Jewish customs (Paris BN MS. Heb. 586) -- Ch. 1. Introduction to the Paris book of customs -- Ch. 2. The beginnings of a new pictorial tradition -- Ch. 3. Representing Jewish ritual and identity in the Paris book of customs and its Christian counterparts -- Ch. 4. Representing diversity within the community : the absence of Rabbis and the presence of women -- pt. 2. The printed books of customs (Venice, 1593 and 1600) -- Ch. 5. Introduction to the printed books of customs -- Ch. 6. Marriage and memory : images of marriage rituals in Yiddish books of customs -- Ch. 7. Remembering Amalek and Nebuchadnezzar : biblical warfare and symbolic violence in images in the Yiddish books of customs.".
catalog title "Picturing Yiddish : gender, identity, and memory in the illustrated Yiddish books of Renaissance Italy / by Diane Wolfthal.".
catalog type "text".