Monday, April 29, 2013

NY, Israel museums jointly buy Hebrew manuscript

This undated photo provided by Sotheby’s in New York shows a page from the Mishneh Torah, which has been jointly purchased by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and The Israel Museum in Jerusalem. The 15th century Torah from the Michael and Judy Steinhardt Judaica Collection is the second of a two-volume illuminated manuscript with text by the Middle Age Jewish philosopher Moses Maimonides. The first volume is housed in the Vatican Library. (AP Photo/Sotheby's, Ardon Bar-Hama) NEW YORK (AP) — The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and The Israel Museum in Jerusalem have jointly acquired a 15th-century illuminated Hebrew manuscript, they announced Monday.








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