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This siddur from Greece contains the prayers of the Romaniote (Greek-speaking Jewish) community of the eastern Mediterranean. It is open at a piyyut (liturgical poem) called “God’s Beloved Daughter,”…
Contributor:
Joseph ben Ḥayim de Vitali
Places:
Ottoman Empire (Aitoloakarnania, Greece)
Date:
1528
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This shadai’a (dedicatory plaque) from the Romaniote community in Ioannina, Greece, is made of repoussé silver with an engraved Hebrew inscription. The central inscription is a rhymed text dedicated…
Contributor:
Artist Unknown
Places:
Ioannina, Ottoman Empire (Ioannina, Greece)
Date:
1728