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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.
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Koppel ben Moses Heller
Places:
Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria
(Munich, Germany)
Date:
1814
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Artist Unknown
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Augsburg, Holy Roman Empire
(Augsburg, Germany)
Date:
ca. 1690
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Caspar Birckenholtz
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Frankfurt am Main, Holy Roman Empire
(Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
Date:
1661–1690
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Johann Conrad Weiss
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Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire
(Nuremberg, Germany)
Date:
1711/1712
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Johann Adam Boller
Places:
Frankfurt am Main, Holy Roman Empire
(Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
Date:
1706–1732
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This pitcher from Nuremberg, Germany, was made around 1650. Cast in silver, the repoussé piece is finely traced and engraved with floral patterns. On its lid sits a shield engraved with a Hebrew…
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Artist Unknown
Places:
Free Imperial City of Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire
(Nuremberg, Germany)
Date:
ca. 1650|1732
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Johann Valentin Schüler
Places:
Frankfurt am Main, Holy Roman Empire
(Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
Date:
Late 17th Century
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Rötger Herfurth
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Frankfurt am Main, Holy Roman Empire
(Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
Date:
ca. 1769–1776
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Contributor:
Jacob Koppel Gans
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(Bavaria, Germany)
Date:
1772–1773
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One of Charlotte von Rothschild’s most outstanding works is the only known nineteenth-century Hebrew manuscript to have been illuminated by a woman.
Contributor:
Charlotte von Rothschild
Places:
Frankfurt am Main, German Confederation
(Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
Date:
1842