You Renew the Face of the Earth: Psalm 104

Accession number:

MS M.1190

Title:

Created:

New York, 2006-2010

Credit:

Gift of Joanna S. Rose, 2014.

Description:

10 leaves : vellum (goatskin) unbound, matted ; varying dimensions; the largest, fol. 9, is 266 x 222 mm, the smallest, fol. 6, is 227 x 173 mm.

Provenance:

Commission of Joanna S. Rose.

Notes:

You Renew the Face of the Earth: Psalm 104 consists of ten unbound folios, decorated on the rectos only.
Begun in 2006 and the work was finished in 2010. Folios 4 and 5 are dated 2007; folios 7 and 8 are dated 2008; folios 1 and 3 are dated 2009; and folios 2, 6, 9, and 10 are dated 2010.
Fols. 1, 6, and 9 are in a simplified Ashkenazic script; fols. 2, 3, 4, 5, and 8 are in a Hebrew monoline script; and fols. 7 and 10 are in a squared Ashkenazic script.
List of illustrations: 1. Who Stretches Out the Heavens. 2. And the Mountains Rose. 3. Among the Branches They Sing. 4. To Bring Forth Grass. 5. Golden Grapes. 6. Who Appointed the Moon for Seasons. 7. The Earth is Full of Thy Creatures. 8. Leviathan Whom Thou Hast Formed. 9. Renew the Face of the Earth. 10. I Will Sing Unto the Lord.
The item relates to MS M.1191, the Rose Haggadah, illuminated by the same artist.

Script:

simplified and squared Ashkenazic scripts, and Hebrew monoline script

Language:

Hebrew

Resources:

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Genres:

Manuscripts

Single leaves

Vellum (parchment)

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Classification:

Manuscript

Department:

Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts