[Fwd: WOID #III-33. Review: Jewish Books and texts.]

[George Robinson <GRComm...>]

I thought this might be of interest to list members.

George Robinson
Author, "Essential Judaism" (published 3/14/00 in hardcover by Pocket
Books)

Paul T Werner wrote:
> 
> A Mirror of Jewish Life. A Selection from the Moldovan Family Collection
> Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion
> West Fourth Street between Broadway and Mercer
> Through June 21.
> 
> The lobby of the Jewish Institute of Religion at NYU is hosting what may
> be the most thorough survey of traditional calligraphy and typography on
> view in New York right now - even if most of it is in Hebrew or Yiddish.
> 
> Among the manuscripts, a pretty vellum page from Germany, circa 1300 (a
> Mahzor) stands for the grand tradition of illuminated manuscripts, but the
> more personal works are more interesting, for instance a series of tiny
> manuals from the eighteenth-century, and what appears to be an amulet -
> the signage, which is poorly placed overall, is missing in this case. For
> variety's sake there is a good example of Roman chancery script from 1555
> - a license to bear arms written out to a Jewish merchant,  as well as a
> 1461 deed in bastarde.
> 
> The printed books are particularly fine: a gorgeous red-and-black Grammar
> by Johannes Reuchlin (Haguenau, 1518), the Prague Haggadah of 1606,
> etc...Of course, there are a few kettuboth (nineteenth century, and less
> interesting), as well a woodcut maps, an odd Soviet propaganda poster of
> 1928 against anti-semitism, and a few children's books from the 1930s.
> 
> Oh, and the Ben Shahn poster. It's not a survey of Jewish art without the
> Ben Shahn poster, though I wonder why it looks like the same poster every
> time. Otherwise, it's an unusual, interesting and instructive show.
> 
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> Paul Werner, New York City
> http://pages.nyu.edu/~ptw1
>      DRAGONSBLOOD AND ASHES: a project to research and teach the
> techniques of the Medieval scribe and artist.
>      THE ORANGE PRESS: most recent titles: "Vellum Preparation:
> History and Technique," and "Dragonsblood and Ashes: the Beta
> Version."
>      WOID: a journal of visual language in New York, including reviews,
> listings and resources.

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