The Kabbalistic Tree as Material Text
Ilanot (Hebrew, “trees”) refers to a distinct kabbalistic iconotextual genre constituted by the marriage of schema and medium: the arboreal diagram and the parchment sheet. The present article seeks to highlight the latter and explore the ways in which the media of ilanot effected their meaning and...
Subtitles: | From Cairo to Amsterdam. Hebrew Scrolls from the 11th to the 18th Centuries (eds. Emma Abate and Justine Isserles) |
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Format: | Print Article |
Language: | English |
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Published: |
Ed. Morcelliana
2021
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In: |
Henoch
Year: 2021, Volume: 43, Issue: 1, Pages: 162-196 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Hebraica
/ Cabala
/ Iconography
/ Diagram
/ Trees (Motif)
/ Parchment
/ Role (Aufwicklung)
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RelBib Classification: | BH Judaism HB Old Testament |
Further subjects: | B
Visualization of Knowledge
B Ilanot B Diagrams B Kabbalah B Early Modern Jewish Culture B Material Text |