Illuminated Knights and Tales of Romance in the Rothschild Miscellany

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Abstract

there are Four scenes displaying knights in the Rothschild Miscellany (Jerusalem, Israel Museum, MS 180/51), produced in Northern Italy in 1470–1480 (Figs. 1–4).1 The volume, which has 473 folios and measures 21 by 15.9 cm, was commissioned by Moshe ben Yekutiel ha-Kohen, probably of Ashkenazi origin,2 and copied by Shabbetay the scribe. It includes thirty-seven different texts—some in the centres of the pages and some in the margins—and many illuminations. Scholars still debate about the workshops where the illuminations were produced, but they all agree that it was produced in Northern Italy.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMedieval and Early Modern Jewish Romance
EditorsCaroline Gruenbaum, Annegret Oehme
PublisherARC Humanities Press
Pages49-69
ISBN (Electronic)9781802701333
ISBN (Print) 9781802700121
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2023

Publication series

NameJewish Engagements

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