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If you look at this book,
讀這本書
you can see in some ways the Jewish artist
你能看到猶太藝術(shù)家
really celebrating the mixed traditions of medieval Spain.
頌揚(yáng)了中世紀(jì)西班牙融合的信仰
Some of it really clearly
這其中的一些
has roots in Islamic traditions.
明顯有伊斯蘭的痕跡
And this is a wonderful image, rather like a carpet,
這幅圖真的很棒 像地毯一樣
and, at first sight, it looks very, very Islamic.
第一眼看上去 它很像伊斯蘭教的風(fēng)格
Then you discover, when you look carefully,
如果仔細(xì)觀察 你就會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)
that it's got this incy-wincy writing all around it,
它周圍全是這種蜘蛛腿一樣的文字
micrography, it's called, which is really distinctively Jewish.
這種小字明顯就是猶太風(fēng)格
So, it's a wonderful bit of cultural blending in itself.
所以這里有著完美的文化融合
And there are bits of Christian tradition,
里面還有點(diǎn)基督教的元素
a wonderful picture of King David
一幅絕妙的大衛(wèi)王[以色列國王]圖像
actually based on a European playing card.
它是根據(jù)一種歐洲紙牌畫出來的
Now, the man who did these extraordinary images
畫這些圖畫的那個(gè)人
very proudly signs his name
在書后的一整頁上
over a whole page at the very end of the book.
自豪地簽上了他的大名
He says that
他說
"I Joseph Ibn Hayyim decorated and finished this."
"是我約瑟夫.伊本.海依姆畫完的"
Now, these Jewish bibles are not very often signed,
現(xiàn)在這些猶太教圣經(jīng)一般不會(huì)署名
certainly not signed in a way that takes a whole page.
反正肯定不會(huì)像這樣把名字簽滿一整頁
This is a wonderful chutzpah,
這很肆意大膽
it's a kind of artist who
這位藝術(shù)家
even at the very end of his work
就算在快要完成作品的時(shí)候
can't keep that artistry in.
也無法收住自己的藝術(shù)氣息
But this is much more than a name.
不過這不僅僅是個(gè)簽名
Here Joseph Ibn Hayyim is addressing the fundamental issue
約瑟夫.伊本.海依姆解決了一個(gè)關(guān)鍵問題
of word and image that divides so many religions.
即文字和圖像帶來的宗教隔離
And, in his own way, he settles the debate.
而他用自己的方法化解了矛盾
In his hands, they're one and the same thing.
在他筆下 它們合而為一
The poignant fact is
令人心酸的是
that under 20 years after this page was completed,
在這頁書完成的二十年后
the Catholics expelled the Jews from Spain.
天主教徒把猶太人趕出了西班牙
This Bible survives not only as a witness to integration,
這本圣經(jīng)不僅成功見證了宗教融合
but also to religious war.
也見證了宗教戰(zhàn)爭
So too in England.
在英格蘭也是一樣
