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Medical Diploma of Emanuel Colli from the University of Padua
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This diploma of Doctor of Medicine was awarded to Emanuel Colli by the University of Padua, Italy. Designed as a small, illuminated book, its four leaves are decorated with floral borders, and include…

Contributor:

Ioannes Aloysius Foppa de Rota

Places:

Padua, Venice (Padua, Italy)

Date:

1692

Subjects:

Illuminated manuscripts, Education, Medicine, Profession, Portrait

Categories:

Pedagogy & Schooling, Legal documents
Facing-page manuscript with left-hand side of three framed images surrounded by flora and birds: the top image of two men holding a book and cup, the middle of man with curly hair and collar, and bottom of a bird; and right-hand side of Latin text surrounded by decorative flora.
Contract of David Oppenheim with the Prague Jewish Community
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David Oppenheim (1664–1736) was the chief rabbi of Prague. Born in Worms, he was the son of a communal leader and nephew of Samuel Oppenheim (1630–1703), financier and war contractor to the Habsburg…

Contributor:

The Jewish Community of Prague

Places:

Prague, Holy Roman Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)

Date:

1702

Subjects:

Rabbis, Profession, Cities, Community, Synagogue, Law

Categories:

Law, Legal documents, Print & book culture
Page with Hebrew text of decorative border and Star of David located in bottom section, with signatures in the Roman alphabet below.