Jewish Life in the Middle Ages: Illuminated Hebrew Manuscripts of the Thirteenth to the Sixteenth Centuries

by Therese Metzger, Mendel Metzger

Study of the Jewish culture as seen by the Jews themselves and by Christians encompassing historic and geographic background

318 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1982

Reviews

[Rebecca]

A unique perspective of tracking medieval Jewish history via manuscript illuminations and miniatures. Among things I learned include that Jewish dress was almost indistinguishable from Christian dress and that medieval Jews were into the zodiac, among many others.