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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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Devorà Ascarelli
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Venice, Republic of Venice
(Venice, Italy)
Date:
1601
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To that courageous, versatile man,
In whom learning and greatness are contained,
And whose fruit is a holy object of praise, namely, my exalted leader and ruler, his honored eminence master Moses…
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Salamone de Rossi
Places:
Mantua, Duchy of Mantua
(Mantova, Italy)
Date:
1622/23
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If the Lord shepherds me in the wilderness,
I will find that my cup runs over for me
With vines, fig trees, and pomegranates;
There my soul will be satisfied and live.
A…
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Abraham ben Shabbetai Kohen
Places:
Zante, Republic of Venice
(Zakynthos, Greece)
Date:
Before 1719
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This poem expresses the idea that since today is the day when seats are set up [for judgment], since the Jewish people has declared the New Month, therefore we need to run to God and prostrate…
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Joseph Yedidya Carmi
Places:
Modena, Duchy of Modena and Reggio
(Modena, Italy)
Date:
1626
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With devout accents, the beautiful Hebrew woman
Implored the exalted choirs for their grace,
Indeed, midst heavenly stars, in sacred fires,
She holds supreme minds happily in her grip:
Upon the sound…
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Sarra Copia Sullam
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Venice, Republic of Venice
(Venice, Italy)
Date:
1623
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Asleep in songs and lullabies was my heart, while I was dreaming, imagining myself amidst poets, as eloquent and intelligent as the finest wine yeast.
From my drunken slumber an illustrious man…
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Leone Modena
Places:
Venice, Republic of Venice
(Venice, Italy)
Date:
1599
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May the language of truth be established forever, or as the poet …
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Leone Modena
Places:
Venice, Republic of Venice
(Venice, Italy)
Date:
1622/23