Palaces of time: jewish calendar and culture in early modern europe
Auteur :
Carlebach, Elisheva
Éditeur :
Harvard University Press
ISBN :
9780674052543
Date de publication :
4 avr. 2011
Dimensions :
25,4 x 17,5 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Palaces of Time resurrects the seemingly banal calendar as a means to understand early modern Jewish life. Elisheva Carlebach has unearthed a trove of beautifully illustrated calendars, to show how Jewish men and women both adapted to the Christian world and also forged their own meanings through time.