The Intentional Alteration of Jewish Manuscripts and the Houston Mahzor

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Images Pub Date : 2023-10-31 DOI:10.1163/18718000-12340172

Diane Wolfthal, Elisabeth Hollender

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Abstract Books are living forms that must be understood not simply as they were at the moment and place of their creation, but also as they changed through time and space. This article focuses on a little-known medieval mahzor from the Rhineland, currently in Houston, which has been published in only three catalogue entries. It begins by introducing the manuscript and then goes on to focus on what is perhaps its most remarkable aspect: its extensive mutilation. After examining how and why other medieval Jewish manuscripts were intentionally altered, this essay explores the various campaigns that modified the Houston Mahzor and what can be known about the manuscript’s missing texts and images. Reimagining the Mahzor as it once was reveals a richly illuminated manuscript with strikingly unusual images. Studying how it was intentionally altered over time uncovers a range of reactions from its varied audience, Jewish and Christian, German and Italian, medieval and modern.

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犹太手稿的故意篡改与休斯顿马祖尔

书籍是一种有生命的形式，不仅要理解它们在创作的时刻和地点，还要理解它们在时间和空间中的变化。本文关注的是一个来自莱茵兰的鲜为人知的中世纪mahzor，目前在休斯顿，它只在三个目录条目中出版。它从介绍手稿开始，然后继续关注它最显著的方面:它的广泛残缺不全。在研究了其他中世纪犹太手稿是如何以及为什么被故意修改的之后，本文探讨了修改休斯顿Mahzor的各种运动，以及手稿中缺失的文本和图像可以知道些什么。重新想象马祖尔曾经的样子，揭示了一份有丰富照明的手稿，上面有惊人的不同寻常的图像。研究它是如何随着时间的推移而被有意改变的，可以发现它的不同观众的一系列反应，犹太人和基督徒，德国人和意大利人，中世纪和现代。

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期刊介绍： The study of Jewish art and visual culture, which has been cultivated for over a century in European, American and Israeli institutions, has burgeoned in the last fifteen years. Major universities have established graduate programs that integrate Jewish art and visual studies and Jewish museums dot the landscape in Israel, Europe and North America. Contemporary scholarship on Jewish art and visual culture intersects with concerns of the wider academy; a lively interchange among scholars has ensued. The field has now achieved the breadth and maturity to sustain an international journal that represents the interests of this interdisciplinary community of scholars.