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The Bechhofen Synagogue (built in 1685) is believed to have been the largest wooden synagogue in Germany. The interior of the synagogue was painted with lavish decorations in 1732 and 1733, in typical…
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Bechhofen, Holy Roman Empire (Bechhofen, Germany)
Date:
1684
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In this seventeenth-century map, Jerusalem is depicted as a fairly dense city within a wall, with only a few structures outside. Men in Arab dress stand in small groups conversing with one another in…
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George Braun, Franciscus Hogenberg
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Cologne, Holy Roman Empire (Cologne, Germany)
Date:
1612
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This elaborately decorated title page is from a book of Psalms created by the scribe Nathan ben Samson in Gross Meseritsch, Moravia (today Velké Meziříčí, Czech Republic). On the left is Aaron in his…
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Nathan ben Samson of Meseritsch
Places:
Gross Meseritsch, Holy Roman Empire (Velké Meziříčí, Czech Republic)
Date:
1728