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Contributor:
Doña Reina Mendes
Places:
Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
(Istanbul, Turkey)
Date:
ca. 1593–1595
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This watercolor from the Gennadius Library’s Costume Album collection, in Athens, depicts two Jewish women—a widow (left) and a married woman (right)—in the colorful traditional attire of…
Contributor:
Artist Unknown
Places:
Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
(Istanbul, Turkey)
Date:
1574
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Contributor:
Artist Unknown
Places:
Smyrna, Ottoman Empire
(İzmir, Turkey)
Date:
1830
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The Gerush (Hebrew for “expulsion”) synagogue in Bursa, Turkey, dates back to the early sixteenth century and is unique in its dual-ark design; one upper section is located in the women’s gallery…
Places:
Bursa, Ottoman Empire
(Bursa, Turkey)
Date:
Early 16th Century
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This Jewish woman of the Ottoman Empire wears a blue jacket worn over a black dress, with red shoes and a tall hat draped in a veil (“Dona Ebrea in casa”).
Contributor:
Artist Unknown
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Date:
17th Century