Evelyn M. Cohen
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Evelyn M. Cohen is an American art historian.
Cohen is an expert in the art of medieval Jewish manuscripts.
Cohen was responsible for reuniting the two halves of the oldest dated Jewish manuscript from the German lands. While working in an archive, she recognized that the partial manuscript of a Jewish holiday prayer book that she was examining was the other half of a prayer book that she had examined in another archive. The manuscript was the personal prayer book of Qalonimos ben Yehuda dated 28 Tevet, 5050 (January 12, 1290), Esslingen am Neckar
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Cohen is noted particularly for her work on the role of Jewish women in commissioning, owning and using books in the medieval period and Renaissance. She has recovered and describes several prayer books
written in the feminine voice, including some that featue, among the blessings that begin the morning prayer, the blessing " "Blessed are you God, master of the universe, that You have made me a woman and not a man."
Other manuscripts that Cohen has studied feature women in the illuminations.
Cohen received the (winner of the National Jewish Book Award
for her book on the Rothschild Maḥzor of 1492 co-authored with Menachem Schmelzer.
Cohen is the daughter of Haskell Cohen
, the former Publicity Director of the NBA.
Cohen is an expert in the art of medieval Jewish manuscripts.
Cohen was responsible for reuniting the two halves of the oldest dated Jewish manuscript from the German lands. While working in an archive, she recognized that the partial manuscript of a Jewish holiday prayer book that she was examining was the other half of a prayer book that she had examined in another archive. The manuscript was the personal prayer book of Qalonimos ben Yehuda dated 28 Tevet, 5050 (January 12, 1290), Esslingen am Neckar
Esslingen am Neckar
Esslingen am Neckar is a city in the Stuttgart Region of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany, capital of the District of Esslingen as well as the largest city in the district....
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Cohen is noted particularly for her work on the role of Jewish women in commissioning, owning and using books in the medieval period and Renaissance. She has recovered and describes several prayer books
Siddur
A siddur is a Jewish prayer book, containing a set order of daily prayers. This article discusses how some of these prayers evolved, and how the siddur, as it is known today has developed...
written in the feminine voice, including some that featue, among the blessings that begin the morning prayer, the blessing " "Blessed are you God, master of the universe, that You have made me a woman and not a man."
Other manuscripts that Cohen has studied feature women in the illuminations.
Cohen received the (winner of the National Jewish Book Award
Jewish Book Council
The Jewish Book Council, founded in 1944, is an organization encouraging and contributing to Jewish literature. The goal of the council, as stated on its website, is "to promote the reading, writing and publishing of quality English language books of Jewish content in North America". It is the only...
for her book on the Rothschild Maḥzor of 1492 co-authored with Menachem Schmelzer.
Cohen is the daughter of Haskell Cohen
Haskell Cohen
Haskell Cohen was the public relations director of the National Basketball Association from 1950 to 1969. He is known as the creator of the NBA All-Star Game. He was inducted to the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame for his contributions in basketball.-Career:In 1951, Cohen joined the NBA...
, the former Publicity Director of the NBA.
Books
- A Journey through Jewish Worlds: Highlights from the Braginsky Collection of Hebrew Manuscripts and Printed Books, by Evelyn M. Cohen, Emile Schrijver, and Sharon Mintz, Waanders, 2010
- Pen and Parchment: Drawing in the Middle Ages, Metropolitan Museum of Art Publications, , co-author, 2007
- The Rothschild Mahzor, - Florence, 1492, 1983
- Chosen: Philadelphia's great Hebraica, Rosenbach Museum and Library, co-author with David Stern, 2007
- Omnia in Eo: Studies on Jewish Books and Libraries in Honour of Adri Offenberg Celebrating the 125th Anniversary of the Bibliotheca Rosenthaliana in Amsterdam, Peeters Publishers,co-author, 2006.
- "Hebrew Manuscript Illumination in Italy," in Gardens and ghettos: the art of Jewish life in Italy, University of California Press, co-author, 1989.
External links
- http://www.youtube.com/user/metmuseum#p/u/6/Vvgane7a9rcCohen lecturing at the Metropolitan Museum of ArtMetropolitan Museum of ArtThe Metropolitan Museum of Art is a renowned art museum in New York City. Its permanent collection contains more than two million works, divided into nineteen curatorial departments. The main building, located on the eastern edge of Central Park along Manhattan's Museum Mile, is one of the...
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