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This prayer book for the Rosh Hashanah festival from Crete is elaborately decorated inside with drawings of animals and people and has a colorful title page. Greek (Romaniote/Byzantine) Jews had lived…
Contributor:
Moses Bili ben Judah
Places:
Candia, Republic of Venice (Heraklion, Greece)
Date:
1614
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This decorated manuscript of the prayers for a circumcision ceremony was owned by one Joseph ben Samuel. On its title page (not shown) is an unidentified coat of arms decorated with the Order of the…
Contributor:
Uri Fayvesh Segal
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Altona, Kingdom of Denmark (Altona, Germany)
Date:
1750
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Musical notation and words for a lullaby sung to babies in the Bene Israel community in India.
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Early 20th Century
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This Haggadah, decorated in the Ashkenazic tradition, was copied in northern Italy. As is traditional for Ashkenazic Haggadahs, illustrations appear in the margins and frame the text. At the top left…
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Artist Unknown
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Date:
1502