Scuola Grande Tedesca (Venice)

Print with small Hebrew text arranged in the shape of a columned building, with a ribbon of text and two fish in the center.

Purim Page (Mi-she-nikhnas adar)

This lithograph of a micrographic drawing, believed to be from Poland, reproduces the text of the scroll of Esther in its entirety, as well as prayers and poems for the holiday of Purim. In the center…

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Ivory panel of lion with claws and teeth gripping bull in partial rectangular frame.

Ivory-openwork Panel with a Sphinx Striding through Lotus Flowers

Sphinxes are among the most ubiquitous images on Iron Age Levantine ivories. The sphinx combines the features of several animals; it has the head of a human, the wings of an eagle, and the body of a…

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Sivlonot Belt

Sivlonot were, traditionally, gifts from the groom to his bride before the wedding. German Jewish brides and grooms gave each other belts, which were then worn during the wedding ceremony, sometimes…

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