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The Girona Judaica Collection

The Call de Girona Municipal Board has published a representative volume on an annual basis since 2004. This may be concerned with any aspect of Jewish culture. These volumes make up the Girona Judaica Collection, which currently consists of four works. These works may be acquired at the Museum shop, which also has an on-line sales service.

The Poems of Messullam de Piera- Girona, 13th century

A collection of poems by this disciple of Mossé ben Nahman, popularly known as Vides of Girona, who was at the same time one of the main leaders of the city's Jewish community. These verses, translated and edited by the late Dr. Josep Ribera Florit, are the work of one of the greatest exponents of poetry in Hebrew to be found in medieval Catalonia. Messullam de Piera produced in this work a compendium of his cryptic, highly intellectual poetry, which won him considerable recognition in his own lifetime.

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Ribera Florit, Josep; Jiménez, Esther. Poemes de Meixul·lam de Piera. Girona s. XIII. Girona Judaica Collection 4. Pub.: Patronat Call de Girona. Girona, 2008.

Public power and the synagogues in the 13th-14th century

An in-depth study of documents concerning the former medieval synagogues in the Kingdom of Aragon. In this book we find, firstly, a study of the relationship that public authorities maintained with the synagogues, and secondly, a full collection of relevant documents, i.e., a series of texts from all over the territories governed by the Crown of Aragon, transcribed in chronological order.

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Riera i Sans, Jaume. Els poders públics i les sinagogues segles XIIIXV. Girona Judaica Collection 3. Pub.: Patronat Call de Girona. Girona, 2006.

Jewish Nights. Traditional legends of Israel

A collection of traditions and legends taken from Hebrew literature and showing the Jewish vision of the world and man's place in it. A work that contains a good selection of some of the texts that defined medieval Jewish culture.

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Ferrer, Joan; Martínez, Assumpta; Boix, Marc (illustrations). Les Nits Jueves. Llegendes de la tradició d'Israel. Girona Judaica Collection 2. Pub.: Patronat Call de Girona. Girona, 2005.

Hebrew Deeds of Catalan Jews 1117-1316

A work that won the 2nd Mossé ben Nahman Prize (1999) and includes an in-depth analysis of documents written in Hebrew by Catalan Jews from Girona and Barcelona between the 12th and 14th centuries.

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Klein, Elka. Documents hebraics de la Catalunya medieval. Hebrew Deeds of Catalan Jews 11171316. Girona Judaica Collection 1. Pub.: Patronat Call de Girona and Societat Catalana d'Estudis Hebraics. Barcelona, 2004.