by hadassah | Jan 28, 2009 | Mamluke Period
Mamluke Period, 1295-1517 Highlights- Golden Haggadah, c. 1320 First Map of the Holy Land, 1475 Edict of the Expulsion of the Jews from Spain, 1492 First Printed Mishnah, 1492 Jerusalem was now back under the control of the Egyptian court, but only for a little...
by hadassah | Jan 26, 2009 | Mamluke Period
Columbus’ Notes Handwritten notes by Christopher Columbus on the Latin edition of Marco Polo’s Le Livre des Merveilles. Marco Polo’s description of the Far East and its riches inspired Christopher Columbus’ decision to try to reach those lands by a...
by hadassah | Jan 26, 2009 | Mamluke Period
Christopher Columbus On Aug. 3, 1492, the day after the expulsion of the Jews from Spain, Christopher Columbus set sail from Spain in search of India. Columbus wrote in his first entry in Journal of the First Voyage- So after having expelled the Jews from your...
by hadassah | Nov 23, 2008 | Bible and Beyond, Mamluke Period
Damascus, Syria Exodus 20 This is one of the most significant manuscripts in the British Library’s collections, and reveals the Smaritan scribal tradition of copying manuscripts of the Pentateuch. It was written in Samaritan majuscule Hebrew characters by the...
by hadassah | Nov 4, 2008 | Jews of Yemen, Mamluke Period
San’a Pentateuch San’a Pentateuch, Yemen, 1469 The poem Give Ear; Deuteronomy 32. A fine 15th-century example of illumination in a Pentateuch. Hebrew manuscripts from Islamic lands contained no images, but were decorated with Jewish elements and adapted Islamic...
by hadassah | Nov 4, 2008 | Mamluke Period
Barcelona Haggadah Barcelona Haggadah, Catalonia, Spain, 14th century. Mnemonic for Passover Stunningly illustrated with people, flowers, birds and imaginary creatures, this prayer book for the festival of Passover is one of the most richly pictorial of all Jewish...
