The Ms. Parma 1959 in the context of portuguese hebrew illumination
The Ms. Parma 1959 in the context of portuguese hebrew illumination
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葡萄牙希伯来语照明背景下的《帕尔玛女士》1959
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2011
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D. Matos
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D. Matos
This dissertation focuses on the Ms. Parma 1959 within the context of Hebrew sacred book production in Portugal in the second half of the fifteenth century. The Ms. Parma 1959 offers a unique insight into Jewish intellectual life and artistry in mid-fifteenth century Portugal. It is a compilation of several texts dealing with the copy and illumination of Hebrew texts. However, it has never been considered in the Jewish production context. In fact, little attention has been given to the almost 60 Hebrew manuscripts associated with Portugal, more than half with illumination, and their role and relevance in the history of Portuguese and Jewish art is yet to be fully assessed. The first text included in the Ms. Parma 1959, the Livro de Como se Fazem as Cores das Tintas allows a rare glimpse of the state of craftsmanship regarding book illumination techniques in fifteenth-century Portugal. This text is the sole medieval Portuguese technical source concerning artistic practices, and its relationship with Latin and vernacular Portuguese manuscripts has already been confirmed. Despite being included in a predominantly Hebrew volume, the Livro das Cores is yet been studied in the context of Hebrew book illumination. The following dissertation is divided in three related parts: Part One establishes the historical, technical and artistic background of Hebrew book production in Portugal and, consequently, of the Ms. Parma 1959. In Part Two the texts included in the Ms. Parma 1959 are analysed, as well as its main codicological and palaeographical features and the most relevant iconographic elements. Part Three is dedicated to the Livro das Cores: the text is considered in the context of medieval treatises, the language used is evaluated in the context of JudeoPortuguese and the recipes included are analysed. The main conclusion of this dissertation is that the Ms. Parma 1959 is a coherent volume that can be divided in three main themes: (i) para-textual aspects in the copy of Hebrew sacred texts; (ii) halakhah; and (iii) Jewish liturgy and therefore should be considered in the general context of Hebrew book production in Portugal. According to the watermarks and the information on the colophon, the volume was most likely was copied c. 1462 by Abraham ibn Hayyim.