Braginsky Collection
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The Braginsky Collection is a notable private collection of Jewish manuscripts and books. René Braginsky is the Swiss collector.

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

The collection was shown in 2010 at the Biblioteca Rosenthaliana, the Judaica and Hebraica Special Collections Division of the University of Amsterdam, at the Yeshiva University Museum
Yeshiva University Museum
The Yeshiva University Museum is a teaching museum and the cultural arm of Yeshiva University. Along with the American Jewish Historical Society, the American Sephardi Foundation, the Leo Baeck Institute, and the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, it is a member organization of the Center for...

 at the Center for Jewish History
Center for Jewish History
The Center for Jewish History is a partnership, or consortium, of five Jewish organizations based in Manhattan. It is a partnership of five organizations of Jewish history, scholarship, and art: the American Jewish Historical Society, the American Sephardi Federation, the Leo Baeck Institute, the...

 in New York, and is scheduled to be exhibited at the Israel Museum
Israel Museum
The Israel Museum, Jerusalem was founded in 1965 as Israel's national museum. It is situated on a hill in the Givat Ram neighborhood of Jerusalem, near the Bible Lands Museum, the Knesset, the Israeli Supreme Court, and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem....

 in Jerusalem in the fall of 2010.

Books

  • A Journey through Jewish Worlds: Highlights from the Braginsky Collection of Hebrew Manuscripts and Printed Books, Evelyn M. Cohen
    Evelyn M. Cohen
    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...

    , Emile Schrijver, Sharon Mintz, Waanders Publishers, 2010.
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