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Tel Aviv: Nahar Miskal, 1988. Facsimile edition. Hardcover. vg- to near fine. Large quarto. 21 English intro pages, 18 Hebrew intro pages, 184 double facsimile pages (368pp). Original blind-tooled brown leather with gold lettering on front cover and spine. Facsimile of the beautifully decorated Lisbon Bible, a unique medieval Hebrew manuscript that was completed in 1482. Copied and illuminated in elaborate micrographic form by Samuel Ibn Mussa (The Scribe) for Joseph aI-Hakim of Lisbon, the original manuscript has been part of the British Library collection since 1882. The 15th century was the Golden Age of Iberian Jewry, and the Lisbon Bible is considered one of the finest examples of Jewish art produced during this flourishing period. This is the first manuscript to display the elaborate ornamental technique used in the Lisbon studios. The Bible is illuminated in a rich array of colors and burnished gold. The intricate filigree of the drawings and border decorations includes a number of motifs:… Read More

Tel Aviv: Nahar-Miskal in association with the British Library, 1988. Facsimile edition. Hardcover. Very good, quite clean and unworn.. Large quarto, full brown leather tooled in blind and gilt, (22), 18 pp., 184 facsimile leaves (i.e., 368 pp) reproduced in full color. "On of the finest illuminated Medieval Hebrew manuscripts ever produced. The Lisbon Bible was copies and decorated by Samuel Ibn Mussa (The Scribe) for Joseph al-Hakim of Lisbon in 1482. Pentateuch, 368 pages, vocalised script illuminated in a rich array of colours and burnished gold." From publisher's prospectus (laid in).

Tel Aviv: Nahar Miskal, 1988. Facsimile edition. Hardcover. vg- to near fine. Large quarto. 21 English intro pages, 18 Hebrew intro pages, 184 double facsimile pages (368pp). Original blind-tooled brown leather with gold lettering on front cover and spine. Facsimile of the beautifully decorated Lisbon Bible, a unique medieval Hebrew manuscript that was completed in 1482. Copied and illuminated in elaborate micrographic form by Samuel Ibn Mussa (The Scribe) for Joseph aI-Hakim of Lisbon, the original manuscript has been part of the British Library collection since 1882. The 15th century was the Golden Age of Iberian Jewry, and the Lisbon Bible is considered one of the finest examples of Jewish art produced during this flourishing period. This is the first manuscript to display the elaborate ornamental technique used in the Lisbon studios. The Bible is illuminated in a rich array of colors and burnished gold. The intricate filigree of the drawings and border decorations includes a number of motifs:… Read More