The writing on the wall : a catalogue of Judaica broadsides from the Valmadonna Trust Library

Folger bibliographic ID: 352158
Folger call number: Z228.H4 W75 2015
Folger holdings ID: 500796
Accession Number: 269807

This groundbreaking volume includes 554 catalogue entries which provide essential information and concise descriptions of each broadside in the Collection. Featuring scholarly essays by Dvora Bregman, Elisheva Carlebach, Ruth Langer, and Nahum Rakover, all leading academics in their respective fields, whose areas of research have in the past made extensive use of the types of material found in the Valmadonna Collection. These essays provide the reader with a richer contextualization and a fuller understanding of the catalogued materials. Thirty-six highlighted broadsides feature full-color images and more comprehensive narratives, augmented by English translations for the benefit of the lay reader. Additional material includes a numerical conversion chart for the cross-referencing of catalogue numbers with preexisting Valmadonna Collection reference numbers, an index of first lines of poems, and a general index

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Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Extended title: The writing on the wall : a catalogue of Judaica broadsides from the Valmadonna Trust Library / edited by Sharon Liberman Mintz, Shaul Seidler-Feller, David Wachtel
Alternate titles: Catalogue of Judaica broadsides from the Valmadonna Trust Library

Printing, Hebrew Broadsides Valmadonna Trust. Library

subject: Valmadonna Trust. Library
editor: Mintz, Sharon Liberman
editor: Seidler-Feller, Shaul
editor: Wachtel, David (Special Collections Consultant)
associated with: Valmadonna Trust. Library