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February 10, 2023

Reviving the Lost Art of the Illuminated Hebrew Manuscript

Combining 14th-century techniques with 21st-century sensibilities.

The illuminated manuscript may seem like a genre of the past, but the contemporary artist Barbara Wolff has decided to make it her own, working with Hebrew-language biblical and liturgical texts. Currently an exhibit of her work is on display at New York City’s Congregation Or Zarua. Benjamin Marcus writes:

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February 10, 2023

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