Jewish Chivalry in Late Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts

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Abstract


This chapter deals with the way that the chivalric urban space is manifested in Hebrew illuminated manuscripts of different genres of literary works from the fourteenth- to late fifteenth-century German lands and Italy. I explore the meanings of coats of arms, knights, and other features of warfare borrowed from Christian society, touching on the dissonance between art and reality. Going into detail regarding the chivalric displays allows us to broaden our understanding of the role these images played vis-à-vis the Jewish patrons who commissioned them and of the purpose for which they were ordered. I begin with the realia of Jews bearing arms and Jewish presence in fight books from Germany and then turn to the imagined identities, focusing on three case studies from Hebrew illuminated manuscripts.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationPerception and Awareness
Subtitle of host publicationArtefacts and Imageries in Medieval European Jewish Cultures
EditorsKatrin Kogman-Appel, Elisheva Baumgarten, Elisabeth Hollender, Ephraim Shoham-Steiner
PublisherBrepols
Pages153-173
ISBN (Electronic)9782503583952
ISBN (Print)9782503583945
DOIs
StatePublished - 2024

Publication series

NameMedieval Identities: Socio-Cultural Spaces
PublisherBrepols
Volume11
ISSN (Print)2565-8654

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