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Tombstone of three cherubs and central Portuguese inscription, with engraving of wilted flower, skull, hourglass, and sun, with top panel of engraving of man riding in a procession through street and Hebrew text across the middle.

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Tombstone of Mordecai Hezekiah Namias de Crasto (replica)

1716

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Where Can Wisdom be Found?

Biblical Period

Cloth embroidered with columns on either side and building in the middle with turrets and dome, with small Hebrew inscription above.

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Torah Ark Curtain (Istanbul)

ca. 1735

Manuscript page with Hebrew writing in triangular pattern on top, large Hebrew word in center, some Hebrew text below, and faces drawn on left margin.

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Siddur (Parma)

1766

Manuscript page with Hebrew writing and Latin signatures underneath, with seal and ribbon on right side.

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Letter Hailing Shabbetai Tzvi as the Messiah

Eliah ben Michael Judah Leon

1666

Printed page of Hebrew text under cornucopia archway flanked by standing figures, and wreath at the bottom.

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Moses Maimonides’ Guide of the Perplexed

Moses Maimonides | Cornelio Adelkind

1553

Printed page with Hebrew text on right side and illustration of tall tower with wheels inside it on left side.

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Technical Diagram from Joseph Delmedigo’s Elim

Menasseh Ben Israel | Joseph Solomon Delmedigo

1629

Print of two hands with fingers in "V" shapes beneath a crown surrounded by decorative motifs.

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Printer’s Mark

Solomon Proops

1730

Printed page with English and two Hebrew sentences near top and bottom of page.

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A Grammar of the Hebrew Tongue

Judah Monis

1735

Manuscript page of Hebrew text in center framed with decorations and figures and scenes including two cherubs holding a crown at top, a king holding a harp, and a man holding censer, both with crowns above their heads, and figures at bottom.

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De Pinto Psalter

Meir Cohen Belinfante | Isaac Siprut

1728

Manuscript page with concentric circles, zodiacal signs and Hebrew labels in outer circles, and some Hebrew text above and below.

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Astronomical Illustration

Solomon ben Abraham Avigdor

16th Century

Facing-page print with left-hand page of Hebrew text with decorative border and woodcut illustration on bottom of man riding ox next to brick building and man playing horn, and right-hand page with Hebrew text surrounded by decorative border including cherubs playing instruments.

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Haggadah (Mantua)

Isaac ben Samuel Bassan | Giacomo Rufinelli

1560