The collection of the Swiss collector René Braginsky is generally considered to be the largest private collection of Hebrew manuscripts in the world. It also contains a fair number of fine early printed books. The collection does not only contain codices, but also several hundreds illuminated marriage contracts and Esther scrolls.[1]

The oldest manuscript in the collection is the 1288 legal code of rabbinic scholar Moses of Coucy.[2]

The collection has been exhibited at the Jewish Museum of Switzerland (2003-2004), at the Bibliotheca Rosenthaliana, the Judaica and Hebraica Special Collections Division of the University of Amsterdam, (2009–2010), at the Yeshiva University Museum in New York (2010), the Israel Museum in Jerusalem[1] (2010–2011), at the Swiss National Museum in Zurich (2011–2012) and at the Jewish Museum in Berlin (2014).

Books

  • A Journey through Jewish Worlds: Highlights from the Braginsky Collection of Hebrew Manuscripts and Printed Books, Evelyn M. Cohen, Emile Schrijver, Sharon Mintz, Waanders Publishers, 2010.
  • Schöne Seiten: Jüdische Schriftkultur aus der Braginsky Collection, Emile Schrijver, Falk Wiesemann, Scheidegger & Spiess, 2011.

References

  1. 1 2 Adding the Personal to the Purely Sacred, Edward Rothstein, June 25, 2010, New York Times.
  2. ↑ An Illuminating Journey Through Seven Centuries, Diana Cole, June 11, 2010, Wall Street Journal.
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