Why the Rylands Haggadah needed pictures, or: how Spanish Jews defined their identities through art
| Dates: | 18 June 2015 |
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| Times: | 19:00 - 20:30 |
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| What is it: | Lecture |
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| Organiser: | John Rylands Research Institute |
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| How much: | £4.00 |
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| Who is it for: | Adults, Alumni, Current University students, General public |
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| Speaker: | Dr Eva Frojmovic |
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The John Rylands Library, part of the University of Manchester, is custodian of one of the great illuminated Jewish books in the world: The Rylands Haggadah, written and painted in what is today Catalonia in the 14th century. There were others like this in the region: Who were they made for? Why are they so splendid? How might their pictures have been a kind of mirror for their Jewish owners' identities? This talk , organised and hosted by the Manchester Jewish Museum, will focus on the elite leadership of the Jewish communities in medieval Barcelona and Aragon/Catalonia, and how they defined their identity both in relation to traditional piety and to fashionable forms of displaying status through art.
Speaker
Dr Eva Frojmovic
Role: Researcher/Lecturer
Organisation: University of Leeds
Biography: Dr Eva Frojmovic researches and teaches about medieval Jewish art at the University of Leeds. Her essay about Moses' wife in the Rylands Haggadah was published in 2005
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The Manchester Jewish Museum
190, Cheetham Hill Road
Manchester
GB
