The tradition of building up to lighting eight oil lamps (plus one shamash, or servitor) over the Hanukkah period began in ...

The Vatican Film Library holds more than 200 full or partial facsimiles of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts. A manuscript facsimile is a published, printed photographic reproduction that captures ...

A luxurious Jewish manuscript appears at the core of a new publication authored by Prof ... She discusses the decoration of a prayer book, commonly known as the Leipzig Mahzor, and attributes it to ...

The first complete look at the social status and daily life of medieval Jewish women. This volume, an amazing act of historical recovery and reconstruction, offers a comprehensive examination of ...

Sotheby’s said the item went to a “renowned American collector, who has one of the most significant collections of Medieval Hebrew manuscripts in the world.” In an email to the Jewish ...

A fascinating analysis of why there are no female mystics in medieval Judaism. This book addresses a central question in the study of Jewish mysticism in the medieval and early modern periods: why are ...

"The survival rate of medieval Scottish manuscript volumes is generally low. "For example, only 1% of religious manuscripts of Roman Catholic use - many of which were systematically destroyed ...

“The manuscripts and the jewels are both venerating narratives which are of great importance," says Joy BC, on the interplay between her own work and the Medieval artworks. "They also both use ...

To register your interest please contact collegesales@cambridge.org providing details of the course you are teaching. Science in Medieval Jewish Cultures provides the first comprehensive overview by ...

They range from Maasai [tribe] armlets donated by a colonial administrator, a small mammal collected in a Boer War (1899-1902) concentration camp, a collection of medieval Jewish manuscripts and ...