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Artist Unknown
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Padua, Republic of Venice
(Padua, Italy)
Date:
17th Century
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Eidlitz, Holy Roman Empire
(Údlice, Czech Republic)
Date:
ca. 1805
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Nachman ha-Kohen Bialsker
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Bielsk, Russian Empire
(Bielsk Podlaski, Poland)
Date:
1862
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This silk cushion cover, embroidered with metallic thread and metallic braid, is thought to have been made in Istanbul. Divided into two horizontal planes, with a narrow border running on three of its…
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Artist Unknown
Places:
Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
(Istanbul, Turkey)
Date:
Late 17th or Early 18th Century
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This silver circumcision set was crafted in Salonika in the Ottoman Empire. The cylindrical silver casket holds a circumcision knife; its handle is made from agate. A similarly shaped powder box and…
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Artist Unknown
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Salonika, Ottoman Empire
(Thessaloniki, Greece)
Date:
18th Century
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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.
Contributor:
Koppel ben Moses Heller
Places:
Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria
(Munich, Germany)
Date:
1814