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How could the wise of heart envisage the final outcome of the matter,
Seeing that, when he was just a quarter of a year old, they placed him in the bulrushes?
None has arisen like him amongst the…
Contributor:
Naphtali Herts Wessely
Places:
Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia
(Berlin, Germany)
Date:
1789–1802
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This Torah binder, made for boys at birth and later brought by young men as a symbol of participation in the synagogue, illustrates the fixed nature of traditional gender expectations.
Contributor:
Koppel ben Moses Heller
Places:
Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria
(Munich, Germany)
Date:
1814
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Artist Unknown
Places:
Westheim, Holy Roman Empire
(Westheim, Germany)
Date:
ca. 1750
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Printed birth amulet. The decorative borders are composed of printers’ devices and decorations that were used by printers in Fürth (Bavaria), so it is assumed that this amulet was printed in that city…
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Artist Unknown
Places:
Fürth, Holy Roman Empire
(Fürth, Germany)
Date:
ca. 1750
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Eighteenth-century German amulet printed with unique designs. The use of the names of the three angels, Sanoi, Sansanoi, and Smangalaf, indicates the use of this amulet as a birth protection for…
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Artist Unknown
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Date:
ca. 1750
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Printed amulet for infant boy. This amulet has a companion, for a female child; however, the pair were separated. The text in the center of the amulet is surrounded by a Baroque design with decorative…
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Artist Unknown
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Date:
ca. 1750