This illustration of an armillary sphere is from a treatise on astronomy, Sefer mareh ha-ofanim (The Appearance of the Heavenly Beings), by Solomon ben Abraham Avigdor. The treatise was mostly a…
This woodcut from Libellus de Judaica confessione siue sabbato afflictionis (A Pamphlet Concerning the Jewish Faith or the Sabbath of Affliction), the second treatise of a zealous Christian convert…
Jar with governor of the city inscription, Kuntillet Ajrud, Sinai Peninsula, late 9th or early 8th century BCE. The inscription reads: “To/of the governor of the city.” This title also appears in the…