On June 1, 2009 Director of the Contemporary museum of calliraphy Alexey Shaburov and his Counsellor Ludmila Kulanina were officially met in Jerusalem by the Head of the National Library of Israel. During the meeting Director General Mr. Shmuel Har-Noy introduced to his Russian guests the heads of different library departments who told about their work
From left to right: Ludmila Kulanina, Shmuel Har-Noy, Alexey Shaburov, Avraham Borshevsky
They showed invaluable illustrated medieval folio written in Hebrew, old maps of the Holy Land, ornate Ketubbot (traditional Jewish marriage contracts) made in baroque Italy.
The Western Wall of the Jerusalem Temple
The National Library of Israel was founded in 1892 based on private collections, and in a year already it became the largest scientific and research center of Israel. Gems of the collection are rare Biblical and Hebraic samples, manuscripts by Maimonides (1135 — 1204) and other illustrious rabbis, personal archives of Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein. Continuously increasing collection of the Library count about 5,000,000 storage units that are being digitized to be shown in the Internet.
Archives of the National Library of Israel
Management of the Library bore with the International exhibition of calligraphy represented by its general manager. Understanding importance of the project the National Library of Israel kindly donated to the Contemporary museum of calligraphy reproductions of the traditional Hebrew calligraphy masterpieces. These artworks demonstrate the close interconnection between the ancient art of the Book People and contemporary works of the two leading Israeli calligraphers participating in the project.
National Library of Israel
The exhibits donated by the National Library of Israel will be demonstrated to the wide audience at the II International exhibition of calligraphy to be held in Sokolniki exhibition center from October 14 to November 14, 2009.
Mordecai Ardon’s stained glass window (1984) dedicated to Isaiah’s vision of eternal peace National Library of Israel
