Illustrated Daily Prayer Book

Hijman (Ḥayim ben Mordecai), Marcus, and Anthonie Binger

1820

Illuminated Hebrew manuscript page with ornate columns surrounding text, decorated borders, and two figures on top with crown and tablets.
Following his retirement, Hijman Binger created a daily prayer book, drawing its texts from well-known sources and illustrating the manuscript with the help of his children. Completed in 1820, the prayer book is a striking example of a handwritten, illuminated Hebrew manuscript from the early nineteenth century.

Credits

Bibliotheca Rosenthaliana, Special Collections of the University of Amsterdam.

Published in: The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, vol. 6.

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Creator Bio

Hijman (Ḥayim ben Mordecai), Marcus, and Anthonie Binger

Hijman, 1756–1830; Marcus and Anthonie, 18th–19th Centuries

Born in Amsterdam in the mid-eighteenth century, Hijman Binger worked initially as a bookkeeper, and then in a clothing rental business. He is known for a prayer book that he compiled and illustrated after his retirement with his two sons, Marcus and Anthonie, about whom nothing else is known.

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