Here are some books in the Lincoln City Libraries collection related to the subject of Illuminated Manuscripts, one of the topical themes of People of the Book:

• Illumination of Books and Manuscripts [subject heading]
• Bibles and Bestiaries: A Guide to Illuminated Manuscripts by Elizabeth B. Wilson [j745.67 Wil] [1994]
• Illuminating the Word: The Making Of St. John’s Bible by Christopher Calderhead [745.67 qCal] [2005]
• A Jeweler’s Eye: Islamic Arts of the Book by Glenn D. Lowry [709.55 qLow] [1988]
• A History of Book Illustration: The Illuminated Manuscript and the Printed Book by David Bland [745.67 qBla 1969] [1969]

Here are some selected web sites containing information about Illuminated Manuscripts:

• Entry on Illuminated Manuscripts on Wikipedia
• Medieval and Renaissance Illuminated Manuscripts from Western Europe [New York Public Library Digital Gallery]
• Digital Library of Illuminated Manscripts [from Lehigh University]
• Examples of Illuminated Haggadah [Klau University, Cincinnati]
• Illuminated Manuscripts in the J. Paul Getty Museum [Los Angeles]
• Making of a Medieval Book and Making of a Medieval Book [Getty Museum – Los Angeles]
• Leaves of Gold Learning Center – How Illuminated Manuscripts Were Made (broken firewall to access)
• Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts from the Dutch Royal Library (no longer available)
• Catalog of Illuminated Manuscripts, British Library
• British Library Online Gallery Sacred Texts – Lindisfarne Gospels
• The Saint Johns Bible

Here are some books in the Lincoln City Libraries collection related to the subject of of Haggadah and/or Haggodot, one of the topical themes of People of the Book:

• Haggadah (Talmud) [subject heading]
• Haggodot [subject heading]

Here are some selected web sites containing general information about Haggadah:

• Background on Haggadah from Wikipedia

Here are some selected web sites containing information specifically about the Sarajevo Haggadah:

• The official web site of the Sarajevo Haggadah – National Museum in Sarajevo
• The Sarajevo Haggadah on Wikipedia
• Images from the Sarajevo Haggadah at the National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Google Search timeline of events associated with the history of the Sarajevo Haggadah
• Order a facsimile reproduction of the Sarajevo Haggadah from online vendor Levenger (no longer available)

Here are some books in the Lincoln City Libraries collection related to the subjects of Bosnia, Sarajevo and the old Yugoslavia, some of the topical themes of People of the Book:

• Blood and Vengeance: One Family’s Story of the War in Bosnia by Chuck Sudetic [949.742 Tic] [1998]
• Bosnia: A Short History by Noel Malcolm [949.742 Mal] [1994]
• The Bosnian Muslims: Denial of a Nation by Francine Friedman [949.742 Fri] [1996]
• The Bridge Betrayed: Religion and Genocide in Bosnia by Michael A. Sells [949.742 Sel] [1996]
• Hearts Grown Brutal: Sagas of Sarajevo by Roger Cohen [949.742 Coh] [1998]
• Letters From Sarajevo: Voices of a Besieged City compiled by Anna Cataldi [949.742 Cat] [1993]
• The Suitcase: Refugee Voices from Bosnia and Croatia… [949.7 Sui] [1997]
• Sarajevo: Exodus of a City by Dzevad Karahasen [949.742 Kar] [1993]
• Sarajevo: A War Journal by Zlatko Dizdarevic [949.742 Diz] [1993]

Here are some selected web sites containing information about the subjects of Bosnia, Sarajevo and the old Yugoslavia:

• Bosnia and Herzegovina article in Wikipedia
• Bosnia and Herzegovina article in the CIA’s World Fact Book
• Bosnia and Herzegovina directory of links in the DMOZ Open Directory Project (no longer available)
• Official Sarajevo web site
• Sarajevo article in Wikipedia

Here are some books in the Lincoln City Libraries collection related to the subjects of Australian Art and Artists, one of the topical themes of People of the Book:

• Dreamings: The Art of Aboriginal Australia… by Peter C. Sutton [709.94 qSut] [1988]
• Visions From the Past: The Archaeology of Australian Aboriginal Art by Mike J. Morwood [eBook] [2002]

Here are some selected web sites containing information about Australian Art and Artists:

• Aboriginal Australia Art and Culture Center — Alice Springs
• National Gallery of Australia — Australian Art
• Australian Aboriginal Art [OneWorldMagazine.org] (no longer available)
• Visual Arts of Australia [Wikipedia historical article]

Here are some books in the Lincoln City Libraries collection related to the subjects of stolen and/or hidden art, some of the topical themes of People of the Book:

• Loot : The Battle Over the Stolen Treasures of the Ancient World by Sharon Waxman [364.162 Wax] [2008]
• The Lost masters : World War II and the Looting of Europe’s Treasurehouses by Brendan Pittaway [940.53 Har] [2000]
• The Lost Museum : The Nazi Conspiracy to Steal the World’s Greatest Works of Art by Hector Feliciano [940.531 Fel] [1995]
• Museum of the Missing: A History of Art Theft by Simon Houpt [364.162 Hou] [2006]
• Stealing History: Tomb Raiders, Smugglers and the Looting of the Ancient World by Roger Atwood [364.162 Atw] [2004]

Here are some selected web sites containing information about the subjects of stolen and/or hidden art:

• The Nazi Art Trail from Art Journal
• World War II and the Looted Art Problem (no longer available)
• Art Theft / Most Wanted Art / Recovery Project (site http://www.saztv.com/ appears to be inactive)
• The FBI’s Art Theft Program
• Interpol database dedicated to the return of Stolen Art

Here are some books in the Lincoln City Libraries collection related to Vienna, one of the topical themes of People of the Book:

• Vienna and Its Jews: The Tragedy of Success by George E. Berkley [943.6] [1988]
• The Rough Guide to Vienna by Rob Humphreys [914.361 Hum] [2001]
• Vanished Empire: Vienna, Budapest, Prague: The Three Capital Cities of the Habsburg Empire as Seen Today by Stephen Brook [914.361 Bro] [1988]
• Vienna [subject heading]

Here are some selected web sites containing information about Vienna:

• Vienna Webservice
• Natural History Museum Vienna — Naturhistorische Museum Wien
• Extensive Vienna information at Wikipedia
• “Living in Vienna, 1890-1939 [magazine article excerpt from Questia.com]

Here are some books in the Lincoln City Libraries collection related to the subjects of Venice and Carnival, some of the topical themes of People of the Book:

• Culture and Society in Venice, 1470-1790 by Oliver Logan [914.531 Log] [1972]
• A History of Venice by John Julius Norwich [945.31 Nor] [1982]
• Venice: Lion City: The Religion of Empire by Garry Wills [945.31 Wil] [2001]
• Venice Reconsidered : The History and Civilization of an Italian City-State, 1297-1797 by John Jeffries Martin [eBook] [2000]
• Venice (Italy) [subject heading]

Here are some selected web sites containing information about the subjects of Venice and Carnival:

• Venice Carnival official web site [in Italian language]
• What is the Venice Carnival
• The Carnival of Venice – historical information on Wikipedia
• History of Carnival in Venice (no longer available)
• Venice Carnival
• A History of the Venice Carnival from meetingvenice.it

Here are some books in the Lincoln City Libraries collection related to the subjects of Jewish History, one of the topical themes of People of the Book:

• Jewish Art and Civilization by Geoffrey Wigoder [704.948 fWig] [1972]
• Jews (Spain) [subject heading]
• Jews (Persecutions) [subject heading]
• Jews (History) [subject heading]

Here are some selected web sites containing information about the subject of Jewish History:

• Jewish History article on Wikipedia
• A History of the Jewish People on jewishhistory.org
• The Jewish History Resource Center
• The Center for Jewish History
• www.jewishhistory.org/

Here are some books in the Lincoln City Libraries collection related to historical Diasporas, one of the topical themes of People of the Book:

• The Penguin Atlas of Diasporas by Gerard Chaliand [1995] [R 304.8 Cha]
• Peoples and empires : a short history of European migration, exploration, and conquest, from Greece to the present by Anthony Pagden [909 Pag] [2001]
• The founding myths of Israel : nationalism, socialism, and the making of the Jewish state  by David Maisel [eBook] [1998]
• Diaspora [subject heading]

Here are some selected web sites containing information about historical Diasporas:

• Jewish Virtual Library — The Diaspora
• Beth Hatefutsoth – Nahum Goldmann Museum of the Jewish Diaspora
• Exodus and Exile: The Spaces of Diaspora

As of the fall of 2009, Lincoln, Nebraska and the Lincoln City Libraries appear to be one of the first cities to select People of the Book as the specific title for a full city-wide reading project!

In addition to Lincoln, other cities who’ve used this title are:

• Sandwich, Massachusetts — Sandwich Reads Together (no longer available)

If You Liked Reading People of the Book, You Might Like:

• The Septembers of Shiraz by Salia Sofer [2007]
• The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit by Luchette Magnado [2007]
• The Red Violin by [feature film on DVD] [1998]

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