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Printed page with Hebrew and Judeo-Italian text in center, and side columns of Hebrew text, with decorated archway above columns and illustration of groups of men on the bottom of the page.

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Venice Haggadah

1629

Facing-page of printed Hebrew text on right side and illustration on left side of Hebrew text surrounded by four full-length figures, decorative border, and two animal-human hybrids on the bottom of page on either side of shield with lion.

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Haggadah from Prague, 1526

1526

Print depicting crowded interior of room with tall ceiling, chandelier, and columns and second floor balcony along perimeter of room, a floorplan in the upper left corner and an exterior view in the upper right corner.

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The Esnoga (Portuguese Synagogue) in Amsterdam

1675

Drawing of six people wearing various clothing styles, including ruffs, dresses, and cloaks.

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Jewish Clothing from Fürth

1705

Print image of two rows of people in front of river with fish in it.

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Pre-Yom Kippur Customs

1508

Drawing of man in hat stepping with one arm outstretched and the other grasping the hem of his robes with French heading.

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Jew in the Holy Land

1646

Print with central rectangular scene of men at podium surrounded by ten circles with images of figures and animals, and scene at bottom of large crowd outside city.

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Latin-Hebrew Edition of the Mishnah

1698

Printed page with Hebrew text in center under archway, flanked by two figures in robes, with a figure on top amid landscape background, and two figures below text under stone archway.

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Yom Tov Lipmann Mühlhausen’s Sefer ha-nitsaḥon

Late 14th to early 15th Century

Facing-page print with Hebrew text on left page and engraving on right page depicting man seated on a throne with lions and people below him and cherubs holding crown above him, and Hebrew inscription, and illustration below of men seated around a table with a crowd of people beyond.

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Tikun keriyah le-kol laylah ve-yom (Supplications for Every Day and Night)

1666

Printed page with Hebrew text in circular frame and images of four figures around central text: a man with turban, frond, and censer on left, a man with staff and tablets on right, a king on bottom left, and a man playing harp on bottom right, and animal next to pitcher on top of page.

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Talmud

1697–99

Newstrip comic with two rows of headings across the top, and two rows of three comic panels each with image and English text in bubbles, featuring man in suit speaking to another man in an office.

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“The Spirit,” June 2, 1940

1940

Page with diagonal and horizontal Yiddish and German text.

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Cover of Albatros, No. 3

1923