Maimonides Gets a Portrait
The proliferation of printing enabled not only the mass dissemination of Maimonides’ writings, it also gave him a face. Or, more precisely, lent him a portrait that people could associate with him.
The proliferation of printing enabled not only the mass dissemination of Maimonides’ writings, it also gave him a face. Or, more precisely, lent him a portrait that people could associate with him.