"I am the scribe, Joel ben Simeon"
By: Sandra Hindman and Sharon LIberman Mintz ; with an essay by Lucia Raspe
Contributors: Mintz, Sharon Liberman, author; Raspe, Lucia, 1965- writer of added textual commentary; British Library
Series: Satellite series -- volume 2; Satellite series -- v. 2.
Publisher: Les Enluminures
Published: 2020
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Number of pages: 159
ISBN-13: 9782956702443
Copyright date: 2020
Subjects: Jewish Scribes; Biography; Haggadot; Texts; Seder; Liturgy; Jewish illumination of books and manuscripts; Scribes juifs; Biographies; Textes; Enluminure juive; Manuscrits hébreux
Description: "This publication focuses on the Veneto Siddur-Sefer Minhagim, a Hebrew manuscript newly attributed to the artist-scribe Joel ben Simeon, made for a Jewish immigrant family from Germany probably living in Treviso. Joel ben Simeon (active c. 1440s - c. 1490) is one of the most famous figures in late medieval Hebrew manuscript production. Born in Germany, he spent most of his career in northern Italy as an itinerant craftsman. Previously unrecorded in the extensive literature on Joel ben Simeon, the present manuscript includes the earliest known copy of this version of the Sefer Minhagim, written in 1449/1450, and more than 500 pen and ink drawings added by Joel around 1470, thus significantly increasing the artist's corpus"--Cover
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 152-159).