Preface . ixList of Illustrations . xiiiList of Maps and Diagrams . xxvIntroduction . 1Chapter One Acculturation, Assimilation, and Convivencia:The Iberian Peninsula in the Middle Ages . 10Islam and Christianity . 10The Population of Al-Andalus . 15Minorities in the Christian Lands .
16The Mudéjar Communities . 17The Jewish Communities . 19Cultural Exchange . 20Chapter Two The Artistic Environment of Illuminated Sephardic Bibles . 34Manuscripts of the Qur"an . 34Hebrew Manuscripts from the Middle East . 38Christian Art in Spain . 50The Art of the Mudéjares .
54Chapter Three The Castilian Workshops of the Thirteenth Century . 57The Earliest Illuminated Bible . 57From the Marseilles Bible to the Damascus Keter . 61The Parma Bible . 68Joseph ben Judah ibn Merwas . 88Echoes of Christian Art . 92Chapter Four Joshua ibn Gaon and Joseph Hatsarfati . 98Chapter Five The Catalan Workshops of the Fourteenth Century .
131The Perpignan Bible and its Relatives . 131Bibles from Barcelona and its Environs . 141The Foa and Farhi Bibles and the Renewal of Islamic Motifs . 150The King's Bible . 154The Saragossa Bible . 155A Closer Look at the Temple Depictions . 156Decoration of the Masorah Magna . 168Chapter Six Cultural Transition and the Art of the Hebrew Book .
171Islamic Culture, Aniconism, and the Sephardic Bibles . 173Christian Art, Pictorial Narrative, and the Sephardic Haggadot . 181The Cultural Climate within Late Medieval Sephardic Jewry . 185Joshua ibn Gaon and Joseph Hatsarfati . 199Maimonides' Texts Decorated . 200Chapter Seven Castilian Schools of the Fifteenth Century . 203Micrographic Decoration in New Castile . 204The First Kennicott Bible .
212French and Italian Influences . 215Conclusion . 220Bibliography . 225General Index . 235Index of Manuscripts . 242.