"The Creation of the World. Illustrated Manuscripts from the Braginsky Collection"
Invitation to the Press Conference
Press Release, Thu 20 Mar 2014
The largest private collection of Hebrew manuscripts worldwide will be shown at the Jewish Museum Berlin from 4 April: The exhibition "The Creation of the World. Illustrated Manuscripts from the Braginsky Collection" includes rare Jewish documents dating back as far as the 13th century. The lender and entrepren€ René Braginsky has been collecting rare historic jewels of manuscript art from Europe, Asia, Africa and the Middle East for more than 30 years.
The exhibition provides the opportunity to discover a true treasure of Jewish tradition. More than 120 objects give an insight into the richness and variety of Jewish book history and demonstrate the importance of text and scripture in Judaism. Divided into three thematic areas, richly illustrated books, wedding contracts (Ketubbot) and Esther scrolls (Megillot) are artfully presented. Every object category is marked with a specific color which provides visual guidance to the visitor through the course of the exhibition.
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One of the most valuable and important manuscripts presented is a copy of the law code "Mishneh Torah" created by Moses Maimonides. It was produced in 1355 in Germany. To this date, the Mishneh Torah is considered the most important systematic summary of the religious law.
After exhibits in Amsterdam, New York, Jerusalem and Zurich, the collection can now be viewed in Germany for the first time, including its most recently acquired items. The exhibition at the Jewish Museum Berlin provides the last opportunity to see the treasures from the Braginsky collections before the exhibits are returned to the private library of the collector.
We are happy to give you the chance to view the exhibition before its actual opening date and hereby invite you to our Press Conference.
| Press Conference | 3 April 2014 |
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| Accreditation | from 10.30 am |
| Start | 11 am |
| Where | Old Building, first level Please allow sufficient time for security checks at the entrance. |
| Participants of the Press Conference | Cilly Kugelmann, Program Director of the Jewish Museum Berlin René Braginsky, lender and entrepren€ from Zurich Emile Schrijver, guest curator from Amsterdam |
Over the whole course of the exhibition, a Torah scribe will be working in the balcony room of the exhibition at selected times. Furthermore, calligraphers of Arabic, Latin and Chinese manuscript art will show their skills in a separate room.
At the press conference, the Torah scribe Rabbi Reuven Yaacobov will demonstrate his craftsmanship.
As part of the accompanying program the museum will invite to an Art Breakfast on Sundays. On 16 May, a symposium on the prohibition of images in Judaism and Islam will be held as part of the Jewish-Islamic Forum.
The catalog "Schöne Seiten. Jüdische Schriftkultur aus der Braginsky Collection" has been published by Scheidegger & Spiess. (336 pages, 226 color illustrations, 45 Euro)
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