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Eugène Delacroix
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Tangier, Kingdom of Morocco
(Tangier, Morocco)
Date:
1832
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Artist Unknown
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Isfahan, Sublime State of Iran
(Isfahan, Iran)
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1887
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The gravestone of Judah Loew (1520–1609; known as the Maharal) and his wife, Pearl (1528–1610), is located in the Old Jewish Cemetery of the Jewish quarter in Prague. A prominent scholar and kabbalist…
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Prague, Holy Roman Empire
(Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
1609 and 1640
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Artist Unknown
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Bingen, Holy Roman Empire
(Bingen, Germany)
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1700
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This ketubah (marriage contract) from Damascus, signed on the 21st of Shevat 5466, or February 5, 1706, features a text set within an arch, and flanked on both sides and above with green and orange…
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Artist Unknown
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Damascus, Ottoman Empire
(Damascus, Syria)
Date:
1706
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While ketubot (marriage contracts) are usually written in Aramaic, Karaite ketubot are written in Hebrew. They are often pentagonal in shape, most often with a pointed bottom. This example has a…
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Artist Unknown
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Chufut-Kale, Russian Empire
(Hora Chufutkale, Ukraine)
Date:
1719
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This exquisite jewelry box was crafted in Nuremberg, Germany, before 1540 and given to a bride for her wedding. Etched in steel, copper plated, and partly gilt, the panels, on four sides and the lid…
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Artist Unknown
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Free Imperial City of Nuremburg, Holy Roman Empire
(Nuremberg, Germany)
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Before 1540
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Johannes Alexander Böner
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Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire
(Nuremberg, Germany)
Date:
1705
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17th Century