Buy this book on-line (JT) Grafman, R; Vivian B Mann : CROWNING GLORY: SILVER TORAH ORNAMENTS OF THE JEWISH MUSEUM, NEW YORKNew York; Jewish Museum, New York, Under The Auspices Of The Jewish Theological Seminary Of America, 1996
Publishers cloth. 4to. XV, 398 pages. 32 cm. First edition. “Featuring essays by Vivian B. Mann tracing the history of Torah ornaments, and Rafi Grafman analyzing the styles and development of the pieces themselves, "Crowning Glory" will prove invaluable for scholars and collectors of Judaica, as well as an indispensable reference work for anyone concerned with silver, Jewish decorative art, or with fine art in general. ” (Publishers note) A gorgeous book which showcases the finely wrought silver Torah ornaments housed in New York's Jewish Museum. Includes over 800 duotone illustrations and 33 color plates, as well as descriptions of almost a thousand specimens. Some of the catalog listings give the inscriptions in Hebrew and English: in the "Index of person and place. Names in the inscriptions" the "Names in the inscriptions" is in Hebrew only. Subjects: Torah ornaments - Catalogs. Jewish art and symbolism - New York (State) - New York - Catalogs. Zilversmeedkunst. Tora. Ornamentiek. The Jewish Museum. Art juif - Collectionneurs et collections - États-Unis - New York (N. Y. ) . Jewish Museum (New York, N. Y. ) - Catalogs. Jewish museum (New York, N. Y. ) -Catalogues. Institutional bookplate on endpage; otherwise fresh. Very good condition. (ART-18-40A) Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of (JT) Grafman, R; Vivian B Mann : CROWNING GLORY: SILVER TORAH ORNAMENTS OF THE JEWISH MUSEUM, NEW YORK. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including libri rari, livres rares, first editions, antiquarian books and used books. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |