The Rothschild Miscellany
Unknownca. 1460 - ca. 1480
The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Jerusalem, Israel
The Rothschild Miscellany is a unique collection of 37 distinct texts: biblical and liturgical books; Rabbinic exegesis (midrash); texts on Jewish law, ethics, and philosophy; astronomy and historical legend; and even entertaining literature. With illumination on almost every leaf, this 946-page manuscript contains more than 200 detailed vignettes illustrating the text, dozens of gold and painted initial-word panels, and a variety of animal and floral ornamental depictions. Produced in a master workshop in Renaissance Italy, it represents the creative pinnacle of Hebrew manuscript painting.
Credit: Gift of James A. de Rothschild, London
- Title: The Rothschild Miscellany
- Creator: Unknown
- Date Created: ca. 1460 - ca. 1480
- Location: Veneto, Northern Italy
- Type: Illuminated manuscript
- Rights: The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Photo © Israel Museum, Jerusalem, by Ardon Bar Hama Digital photography funded by George S. Blumenthal, New York
- External Link: Israel Museum, Jerusalem
- Medium: Handwritten on vellum; brown ink, tempera, gold and silver leaf; square and semi-cursive Ashkenazic script
- Dimensions: H: 21; W: 15.9 cm
- Curator: Raccah-Djivre, Daisy; Nizza, Anna
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