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Libraries and Manuscripts
This fascinating and inspirational new volume provides a thematic journey through the rich and diverse collections of the National Library of Israel and the Jewish people worldwide. Selected by the Library’s curators and collections experts, this fine-art volume presents 100 of the most precious items in the Library’s collections, from fifth-century Babylonia to modern-day Tel Aviv, and shares illuminating stories and anecdotes about these significant works and the intriguing people behind them.
Treasures from the National Library of Israel
Raquel Ukeles, Hezi Amiur, Yoel Finkelman, Stefan Litt and Samuel Thrope
Raquel Ukeles, PhD, Head of Collections. Hezi Amiur, PhD, Israel Collection Curator. Yoel Finkelman, PhD, Haim and Hanna Solomon Judaica Collection Curator.
Stefan Litt, PhD, Humanities Collection Curato. Samuel Thrope, PhD, Islam and Middle East Collection Curator.
Published to celebrate the opening of the Library’s new building in autumn 2022 in Jerusalem, designed by world-renowned architects Herzog & de Meuron.
Colin B. Bailey, Daria Rose Foner, Barry Bergdoll, Andrew Dolkart, Christine Nelson and Brian Regan
Colin B. Bailey is the Director of The Morgan Library & Museum. Daria Rose Foner is Research Associate to the Director.
Barry Bergdoll is the Meyer Schapiro Professor of Art History, Columbia University. Andrew Dolkart is Professor of Historic Preservation, Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. Christine Nelson is the former Drue Heinz Curator of Literary and Historical Manuscripts, The Morgan Library & Museum, now Fellowships Manager, the Library Company of Philadelphia. Brian Regan is an architectural advisor and former Deputy Director, The Morgan Library & Museum.
This beautifully illustrated publication celebrates the first-ever restoration of the exterior of J. Pierpont Morgan’s Library – the historic heart of The Morgan Library & Museum. Four essays provide a history and interpretation of the Library’s genesis and architectural significance and context, and a fifth essay is an account of its recent restoration. The Library has stood as a significant cultural landmark since it was commissioned by J. Pierpont Morgan at the start of the twentieth century.
The Morgan Library: An American Masterpiece
112 pages; hb 270×205 mm 978 1 85759 217 7 £24.95 / $45
THE MORGAN LIBRARY & MUSEUM SELECT BACKLIST
The Brontës: A Family Writes
96 pages; pb 222×222 mm 978 1 78551 060 1 £25 / $35
The Medieval Calendar: Locating Time in the Middle Ages
112 pages; pb 280×216 mm 978 1 78551 107 3 £25 / $35
