BEZALEL NARKISS

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

1. “Rothschild Miscellany, Ms. 24”, Ha’aretz, 15.4.1957 (in Hebrew).
2. “The Kaufmann Haggadah Facsimile” (review), Qiryat Sefer, 34, 1959, pp. 71 - 79 (in Hebrew).
3. “History of the Hanuka Lamp”, Youth Aliyah Review, Winter 1959, pp. 279 - 320.
4. “Biography of Mordechai Narkiss”, Eretz Israel, 6, Jerusalem, 1960 (In Hebrew).
5. “Bibliography of Mordechai Narkiss”, Eretz Israel, 6, Jerusalem, 1960, pp. 5 - 19.
6. “Art Objects”, List of Manuscripts, Books, Documents and Art Objects acquired by the Ministry of Education and Culture after World War Two, Jerusalem, 1961, pp. 107 - 112 (in Hebrew).
7. “A List of Hebrew Books (1300) and a Contract to Illuminate Manuscripts (1335) from Majorca”, with J.N. Hillgarth, Revue des Etudes Juives, Ille Serie, Tome III (CXX), Paris, 1961, pp. 297 - 320.
8. Ha’enoshut (Civilization), History of Culture and Art, 8 vols., Tel-Aviv, 1964 - 1966 (in Hebrew). Editor for Art.
9. Introduction to Mahzor Lipsiae: 68 Facsimile plates of the Medieval Illuminated Hebrew Manuscript in the possession of the Leipzig University Library (Ed. Elias Katz), Leipzig, 1964, pp. 85 - 110. In German: Erläuternde Einführung in den Machsor Lipsiae, S. 31 - 59.
10. “Does Jewish Art Exist?”, Ha’universita, 11, 2-3, Jerusalem, 1965, pp. 31 - 40 (in Hebrew).
11. E. Baer, Sphinxes and Harpies in Medieval Islamic Art, Jerusalem, 1965, review in Ariel, 20.
12. “On Art Education”, Maba, 3, Jerusalem, 1966, pp. 40 - 41 (in Hebrew).
13. “The Leipzig Mahzor”, Ariel, 13, Jerusalem, 1966, pp. 80 - 83.
14. “Mediaeval Illuminated Haggadot”, Ariel, 14, Jerusalem, 1966, pp. 35 - 40.
15. “On the Order of the Illustrations in the Kaufmann Haggadah”, Qiryat Sefer, 42, 1967, pp. 104 - 107 (in Hebrew).
16. Hebrew Illuminated Manuscripts from Jerusalem Collections, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Catalogue No. 40, October-November 1967. Introduction and description of 19 manuscripts.
17. “A Tripartite Illuminated Mahzor from a South German School of Hebrew Illuminated Manuscripts around 1300”, Fourth World Congress of Jewish Studies, 1968, pp. 125 - 135, figs. 30 - 33.
18. “An Illuminated Mishneh Torah in Jewish National and University Library”, Qiryat Sefer, 43, 1968, pp. 285 - 300 (in Hebrew). In English: “An Illuminated Maimonides Manuscript”, Ariel, 21, Jerusalem, 1968, pp. 51 - 59.
19. “The Image of Jerusalem in Art”, Ha’universita, 13, 3, 1968, pp. 11 - 20 (in Hebrew).
20. “General Description of the Manuscript” and “The Iconography of the Illustrations”, The Bird’s Head Haggadah of the Bezalel National Art Museum in Jerusalem. Introductory Volume to the Complete Facsimile, with E.D. Goldschmidt, H.L.C. Jaffee and M. Shapiro, Ed. M. Spitzer, Jerusalem, 1968, pp. 21 - 29, 89 - 110.
21. Hebrew Illuminated Manuscripts, Jerusalem, New York, 1969. The same, entitled Illuminated Hebrew Manuscripts, New York, 1983.
22. “Towards a Further Study of the Ashburnham Pentateuch”, Cahiers Archéologiques, XIX, Paris, 1969, pp. 45 - 60.
23. The Golden Haggadah, Introductory Volume to the Facsimile, London, 1970.
24. Encyclopaedia Judaica, 16 vols., Jerusalem, 1970 (Editor of Art and  Illustrations).
25. Picture History of Jewish Civilization, with S. Abramsky, D. Flusser, A.S. Schlit and M. Ziv, Jerusalem, 1970 (in Hebrew) and New York,  1970 (in English).
26. “The Musician’s Siddur”, Tazlil, for Music Research and Bibliography, 5, Haifa, 1970, pp. 33 - 40 (in Hebrew).
27. Cecil Roth, Jewish Art. An Illustrated History, Revised Edition by Bezalel Narkiss. Jerusalem, 1971 (in Hebrew and English).
28. The Illustrations of the Amsterdam Haggadah and Its Place in the History of Hebrew Printing, Introduction to the Facsimile Edition, Jerusalem, 1972.
29. “Reconstruction of Some of the Original Quires of the Ashburnham Pentateuch”, Cahiers Archéologiques, XXI, Paris, 1972, pp. 19 - 38.
30. “Illuminated Hebrew Children's Books From Medieval Egypt”, Scripta Hierosolymitana. Vol. XXIV, Studies in Art, ed. by M. Barash, Jerusalem, 1972.
31. “Manuscrits hébreux enluminés conservés dans les bibliothèques de France”, with G. Sed-Rajna, Revue des Etudes Juives, Ille Serie, Tome XIV, Paris, 1972, pp. 1 - 15.
32. “Mediaeval Hebrew Illuminated Letters”, Ariel, 32, Jerusalem, 1973, pp. 161 - 176. In German: “Der illuminierte hebraische Buchstabe im Mittelalter”, Ariel, 17, 1973, S. 161 - 176. In French: “La lettre Ornementale Hébraïque au Moyen-Age”, Ariel, 28, 1973, pp. 161 - 176. In Spanish: “Letras Hebreas Ornamentadas en el Medioevo”, Ariel, 26, 1973, pp. 161 - 176.
33. The Venice Haggadah of 1609, Introduction to the Facsimile Edition, Jerusalem, 1974.
34. “The Relations Between the Author, Scribe, Massorator and Illuminator in Mediaeval Manuscripts”, La Paléographie Hébraïque médiévale, Paris, 1974, pp. 79 - 86.
35. “Jewish People, Art of”, Encyclopaedia Britannica, vol. 10, Chicago et al., 1974, pp. 196 - 208.
36. “Index Iconographique des Manuscrits Enlumines”, Revue d’Histoire des Textes, Tome 4, 1974, pp. 427 - 429, pls. XIII - XIX.
37. “A Scheme of the Sanctuary from the Time of Herod the Great”, Journal of Jewish Art, 1, Chicago, 1974, pp. 6 - 15.
38. “La première Bible de Josue ben Abraham Ibn Gaon”, with G. Sed-Rajna, Revue des Etudes Juives, CXXX, Paris, 1974, pp. 4 - 15.
39. Journal of Jewish Art, vols. 1 - 11, Chicago, 1974 - 1978, Jerusalem, 1978 - 1985, Editor-in-Chief.
40. “Introduction”, in G. Sed-Rajna, L’Art Juif, Paris, 1975, pp. 8 - 29 (in French); New Jersey, 1985 (In English).
41. “Medieval Illuminated Hebrew Bibles”, Mareh Miqra, Jerusalem, 1976, pp. 30 - 59 (in Hebrew).
42. “The Main Plane as a Compositional Element in the Macedonian Renaissance”, Acts of the Fifteenth Byzantine Congress, Athens, 5 - 11 September 1976.
43. Index of Jewish Art, Vol. 1, Index of Hebrew Illuminated Manuscripts: Four Haggadot, with G. Sed-Rajna, Jerusalem and Paris, 1976.
44. The Erna Michael Woodblocks, Introduction to original printing of 29 blocks from the Belforti Haggadah, Livorno 1822, at Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 1976.
45. “The Jewish Realm”, Age of Spirituality. Late Antique and Early Christian Art, 3rd - 7th Centuries, ed. K.Weitzmann, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New - York, 1979, pp. 366 - 394.
46. “The Sign of Jonah”, Gesta. International Center of Medieval Art, vol. XVIII/I, 1979, pp. 63 - 76.
47. Index of Jewish Art, Vol. 2, Index of Hebrew Illuminated Manuscripts: Three Haggadot, with G. Sed-Rajna, Jerusalem, Paris and Munich, 1980.
48. “Un objet de culte: la lampe de Hanuka”, Art et archéologie des Juifs en France médiévale, Toulouse, 1980, pp. 187 - 206.
49. Armenian Art Treasures of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, 1979; London, 1980; Munich, 1981 (in German).
50. Index of Jewish Art, Vol. 7, Shoshanim Le David: A Synagogue and Its Ritual Objects, with B. Yaniv, Jerusalem, 1981 (in Hebrew).
51. Hebrew Illuminated Manuscripts in the British Isles: Spanish and Portuguese Manuscripts, vol. 1, with A. Cohen-Mushlin and A. Tcherikover, Jerusalem and London, 1982.
52. Index of Jewish Art, Vol. 3, Index of Hebrew Illuminated Manuscripts: The Rothschild Miscellany, with G. Sed-Rajna, Jerusalem, 1983.
53. "On the Zoocephalic Phenomenon in Medieval Ashkenazi Manuscripts", Norms and Variations in Art, Hebrew University Studies in Literature and Art, Special Issue in Honour of Moshe Barash. Jerusalem, 1983.
54. “Some Compositional Aspects of the Carolingian Ada Group”, International Congress of Art History, Bologna, 1983, pp. 76 - 79.
55. Hebrew Illuminated Manuscripts, revised edition, Jerusalem, 1984 (in Hebrew).
56. “On Rashi’s Maps of the Land of Canaan”, Jubilee Volume in Honour of Zeev Vilnai, Jerusalem, 1984, pp. 435 - 439 (in Hebrew).
57. “The Three Jewish Patrons in Medieval Italy”, Jubilee Volume in Honour of Reuven Hecht, Jerusalem, 1984, pp. 317 - 328 (in Hebrew), 296 - 307 (in English).
58. "Pharaoh Is Dead and Living at the Gates of Hell", Journal of Jewish Art, 10, Jerusalem, 1984, pp. 6 - 13.
59. The Kennicott Bible. Introduction to the Facsimile, with A. Cohen - Mushlin. London, 1985.
60. Index of Jewish Art. Vol. 8. Gross Family Collection: Objects, with B. Yaniv. Jerusalem, 1985.
61. Index of Jewish Art. Vol. 9. Gross Family Collection: Manuscripts, with B. Yaniv and Y. Zirlin. Jerusalem, 1985.
62. “Illustrations of the Ten Commandments in The Tiny Mahzor of the 13th Century”, The Ten Commandments, Jerusalem, 1985, pp. 389 - 407 (in Hebrew).
63. “Judaica and Ethnography in the Israel Museum”, Ariel, 60, Jerusalem, 1985, pp. 78 - 86.
64. “On the Illumination of the Manuscripts in Parma”, Introduction, with Y. Zirlin, Hebrew Manuscripts from the Palatine Library, Parma, Jewish National and University Library, Jerusalem, 1985 (in Hebrew, English and Italian), pp. 8 - 9, x - xi, xii.
65. The Worms Mahzor, Introduction to the Complete Facsimile, with M. Beit-Arie (ed.), A. Cohen-Mushlin, E. Fleischer, H. Schmeruk and O. Wächter, Jerusalem, 1985, pp. 79 - 89 (in English), 61 - 69 (in Hebrew).
66. “Manuscript Illumination: Hebrew”, Dictionary of the Middle Ages, vol. 6, New York, 1986.
67. “Pagan, Christian and Jewish Elements in the Art of Ancient Synagogues”, The Synagogue in Late Antiquity, Philadelphia, 1987, pp. 183 - 188.
68. “The Main Plain in Macedonian Renaissance Illumination”, Dumbarton Oaks Papers, In Honour of Ernst Kitzinger, 42, 1987, pp. 425 - 441.
69. “The Gerona Hanukkah Lamp: Fact and Fiction”, Jewish Art, 14, Jerusalem, 1988, pp. 6 - 15.
70. Index of Jewish Art, Vol. 4, Index of Hebrew Illuminated Manuscripts: The Kaufmann Collection, with G. Sed-Rajna, Budapest, 1990.
71. Illuminations of Hebrew Bibles of Leningrad. New Introduction to a Facsimile Edition of  Baron D. Günzburg and V. Stasov L'ornement hébreu, Jerusalem, 1990.
72. “The Art of the Washington Haggadah”, The Washington Haggdah: A Facsimile Edition of an Illuminated 15th century Hebrew Manuscript at the Library of Congress signed by Joel ben Simeon, ed. M. Weinstein, Washington, 1991, pp. 27 - 102.
73. Index of Jewish Art. Vol. 5. Index of Hebrew Illuminated Manuscripts: Illuminated Manuscripts of the Copenhagen Collection, with G. Sed-Rajna. Jerusalem, 1994.
74. “The Heikhal, Bimah and Tevah in Sephardi Synagogues”, Jewish Art, 18, Jerusalem, 1992, pp. 30 - 47.
75. “”Living the Dead Became”: The Prophet Elijah as a Holy Image in Early Jewish Art”, Byzantine East, Latin West. Art-Historical Studies in Honor of Kurt Weitzmann, Princeton, 1995, pp. 75 - 78.
76. “Jewish Iconography before 1600”, The Dictionary of Art, vol. XIII, London, 1995, pp. 409 - 440.
77. "The Golden Haggadah", The British Library, London, 1997.
78. “The Menorah in Medieval Hebrew Illuminated Manuscripts,” To the Light of the Menorah, Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 1998, pp. 73-77 (in Hebrew).
79. “Synagogue-Church-Mosque: A Comparison of Typologies” in: I. Serageldin, E. Shluger and J. Martin-Brown (ed.), Historic Cities and Sacred Sites: Cultural Roots for Urban Futures, The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, The World Bank, 2001, pp. 11-17.
80. “The Synagogue and Its Sacred Space” in: I. Serageldin, E. Shluger and J. Martin-Brown (ed.), Historic Cities and Sacred Sites: Cultural Roots for Urban Futures, The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, The World Bank, 2001, pp. 318-324.
81. Introduction to the Facsimile The Ashburnham Pentateuch – Le Pentateuque de Tours, Patrimonio Ediciones, Valencia 2007.