The Rothschild Miscellany

Institution

The Israel Museum, Jerusalem

Object description:

The Rothschild Miscellany is a unique collection of 37 distinct texts: biblical and liturgical books; Rabbinic exegesis (midrash); texts on Jewish law, ethics, and philosophy; astronomy and historical legend; and even entertaining literature. With illumination on almost every leaf, this 946-page manuscript contains more than 200 detailed vignettes illustrating the text, dozens of gold and painted initial-word panels, and a variety of animal and floral ornamental depictions. Produced in a master workshop in Renaissance Italy, it represents the creative pinnacle of Hebrew manuscript painting.

Object/Work type:

illuminated manuscripts

Cultural Heritage type:

Information Forms (hierarchy name)

Location:

Jerusalem - Israel

Object measurements:

H: 21; W: 15.9 cm

Production

Unidentified scribe

Date: ca. 1460�80

Material/Technique: Handwritten on vellum; brown ink, tempera, gold and silver leaf; square and semi-cursive Ashkenazic script

Subject/theme:

Jewish Art, Manuscripts, Jewish Art and Life

Resource

Rights Type:  

Record

Source: The Israel Museum, Jerusalem

Identifier: 199819