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Moses Bili ben Judah
Places:
Candia, Republic of Venice
(Heraklion, Greece)
Date:
1614
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The Harrison Miscellany is an early eighteenth-century codex of sixty leaves featuring delicate gouache illustrations and Hebrew texts. Each illustration (likely executed by a Venetian, non-Jewish…
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Artist Unknown
Places:
Corfu, Republic of Venice
(Corfu, Greece)
Date:
ca. 1720
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Artist Unknown
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Candia, Republic of Venice
(Heraklion, Greece)
Date:
1500–1549
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Elijah Menaḥem Ḥalfan
Places:
Venice, Republic of Venice
(Venice, Italy)
Date:
1533
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Silver amulet typical of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Italian Jewish homes. This example is unusual in that it contains an unidentified family coat of arms whose main feature is a rampant lion…
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Artist Unknown
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Venice, Republic of Venice
(Venice, Italy)
Date:
ca. 1750
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This rabbinic ordination certificate granted to Judah ben Eliezer Briel was printed as a broadside in Venice and signed by prominent Venetian rabbis. It certifies his learning and his fitness to…
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Artist Unknown
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Venice, Republic of Venice
(Venice, Italy)
Date:
1677
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This diploma of Doctor of Medicine was awarded to Jacob Mahler by the University of Padua, Italy. Mahler, born in Bingen-on-Rhine, Germany, studied medicine and philosophy, and in 1695 was awarded a…
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Artist Unknown
Places:
Padua, Republic of Venice
(Padua, Italy)
Date:
1695
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The second-oldest building in the Venetian ghetto is the Scuola Canton Synagogue. Built several years after the Scuola Grande Tedesca, the Canton Synagogue also served the Ashkenazic community. The…
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Venice, Republic of Venice
(Venice, Italy)
Date:
1532
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Contributor:
Moses ben Elijah Gallena
Places:
Crete, Republic of Venice
(Crete, Greece)
Date:
1715