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This book was printed in Belvedere, outside Constantinople, by Reina Nasi, the daughter of Gracia Nasi, and widow of Joseph. She was the first Jewish woman to establish her own press.
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Doña Reina Mendes
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Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Turkey)
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ca. 1593–1595
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This is the frontispiece of the Constantinople Polyglot Bible, the first of two multilingual editions of the Pentateuch printed by Eliezer Soncino in Constantinople. It contained the Hebrew text of…
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Artist Unknown
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Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Turkey)
Date:
1546
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Jacob Huli
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Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Turkey)
Date:
1730
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How great is the benefit of the printing houses, for thanks to the power of the printing press, the Torah is enhanced everywhere in the world. The rabbis are certainly making the effort to produce…
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Judah Papo
Places:
Sarajevo, Ottoman Empire (Sarajevo, Bosnia)
Date:
1870
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Joseph ben Ḥayim de Vitali
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Ottoman Empire (Aitoloakarnania, Greece)
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1528
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Romeyn de Hooghe
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1675
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From the day that God confused all the languages of the land [see Genesis 11:9], through the bitter and rapid exile of the expulsion from Spain, since then all good things have ended for us; our glory…
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Abraham Ibn Ya‘ish
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Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Turkey)
Date:
1505/6
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One day, I was reading a certain book, which contained eight commentaries on the Song of Songs. More precious than pearls they are; all of their commentaries are sapphires, the words of the living God…
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Isaac Akrish
Places:
Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Turkey)
Date:
ca. 1575–1578
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Unknown
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Buda, Ottoman Empire (Buda, Hungary)
Date:
1686