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The printing of books: began [lit. “was located”] in the city of Mainz, by a Christian man named Johannes Gutenberg of Strasbourg, and this was in the first year of the pious emperor, Friedrich, in…
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David Ganz
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Prague, Habsburg Empire
(Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
1592
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This is both Sinai and the uprooter of mountains, the book Sefer Hatashbeṣ, which was composed by the king, the great eagle, the renowned sage, the grand prince, the light of…
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Meir Crescas
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1739
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These ordinances have been decreed by us on Thursday, the twenty-first of Tammuz, corresponding to the twenty-first of June, of the year 5314 (1554) here at Ferrara.
- Printers shall not be permitted to…
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The Synod of the Italian Jewish Communities
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Ferrara, Duchy of Ferrara
(Ferrara, Italy)
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1554
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Statesman, merchant, and communal leader Baron Manuel (Isaac Nunes) de Belmonte was Spanish agent general in the Netherlands from 1664 and resident (consul) of the King of Spain from 1674. He…
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Romeyn de Hooghe
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands
(Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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ca. 1700
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Artist Unknown
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ca. 1750
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Artist Unknown
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands
(Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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1666
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Artist Unknown
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Prague, Holy Roman Empire
(Prague, Czech Republic)
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1637
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The great value of prayer is well known. It is formulated in the Torah, the Prophets, and the Writings, and explained further in the words of our rabbis of blessed memory. It is called the service of…
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The Council of the Four Lands
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Lublin, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
(Lublin, Poland)
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1617
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Joining the meeting [of the Mahamad; board of governors] was ḥakham [R.] David Cohen who reported that it was brought to his attention that a very scandalous book from…
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The Portuguese Jewish Community of Hamburg
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Hamburg, Holy Roman Empire
(Hamburg, Germany)
Date:
1656
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“That which is well known needs no proof,” and the root cause is the skilled operating of the printing shop in the holy community of Żółkiew [Zhovkva], may the Rock preserve it, which was established…
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The Council of the Four Lands
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Lublin, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
(Lublin, Poland)
Date:
1699