Accession number
MS M.1190
Object title
You Renew the Face of the Earth: Psalm 104 (MS M.1190).
Display Date
2006-2010
Created
New York, 2006-2010
Credit line
Gift of Joanna S. Rose, 2014.
Description
10 leaves : vellum (goatskin) unbound, matted ; varying dimensions; the largest, fol. 9, is 266 x 222 mm, the smallest, fol. 6, is 227 x 173 mm.
Provenance
Commission of Joanna S. Rose.
Notes
You Renew the Face of the Earth: Psalm 104 consists of ten unbound folios, decorated on the rectos only.
Begun in 2006 and the work was finished in 2010. Folios 4 and 5 are dated 2007; folios 7 and 8 are dated 2008; folios 1 and 3 are dated 2009; and folios 2, 6, 9, and 10 are dated 2010.
Fols. 1, 6, and 9 are in a simplified Ashkenazic script; fols. 2, 3, 4, 5, and 8 are in a Hebrew monoline script; and fols. 7 and 10 are in a squared Ashkenazic script.
List of illustrations: 1. Who Stretches Out the Heavens. 2. And the Mountains Rose. 3. Among the Branches They Sing. 4. To Bring Forth Grass. 5. Golden Grapes. 6. Who Appointed the Moon for Seasons. 7. The Earth is Full of Thy Creatures. 8. Leviathan Whom Thou Hast Formed. 9. Renew the Face of the Earth. 10. I Will Sing Unto the Lord.
The item relates to MS M.1191, the Rose Haggadah, illuminated by the same artist.
Begun in 2006 and the work was finished in 2010. Folios 4 and 5 are dated 2007; folios 7 and 8 are dated 2008; folios 1 and 3 are dated 2009; and folios 2, 6, 9, and 10 are dated 2010.
Fols. 1, 6, and 9 are in a simplified Ashkenazic script; fols. 2, 3, 4, 5, and 8 are in a Hebrew monoline script; and fols. 7 and 10 are in a squared Ashkenazic script.
List of illustrations: 1. Who Stretches Out the Heavens. 2. And the Mountains Rose. 3. Among the Branches They Sing. 4. To Bring Forth Grass. 5. Golden Grapes. 6. Who Appointed the Moon for Seasons. 7. The Earth is Full of Thy Creatures. 8. Leviathan Whom Thou Hast Formed. 9. Renew the Face of the Earth. 10. I Will Sing Unto the Lord.
The item relates to MS M.1191, the Rose Haggadah, illuminated by the same artist.
Contents
Excerpts from Psalm 104: fol. 1: Verse 1., fol. 2: Verses 6-8., fol. 3: Verse 12., fol. 4: Verse 14., fol. 5: Verse 15 (first two lines)., fol. 6: Verses 19-20., fol. 7: Verse 24 (first line)., fol. 8: Verses 25-26., fol. 9: Verse 30., fol. 10: Verse 33 (second line).
Script
simplified and squared Ashkenazic scripts, and Hebrew monoline script
Language
Hebrew
Resources
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