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Scroll manuscript page with Hebrew text in four columns, with illustrations on top of figures seated talking to each other, working by a tree, and walking; the middle sections feature ladders and people working on trees; the bottom features elephants and rhinoceroses.

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Scroll of the Book of Esther

ca. 1630

Manuscript page of concentric circles with Hebrew words and stars in the outer circles, and Hebrew text on top and bottom of page.

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Illustration of the (Aristotelian) Cosmos

18th Century

Manuscript page with a grid of Hebrew letters and words set within two domed columns with flags, with image of naked man and woman next to tree between the columns at the top of the page, and man holding scales in middle of page.

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‘Evronot Manuscript (Rules for Calculation of the Calendar)

1624

Manuscript page with Yiddish text and a small drawing in the middle of the right side depicting a queen kneeling before a king, a burning fire behind her, and two infants on the ground before her.

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Collection of Yiddish Stories from Southern Germany

1580–1600

Manuscript page with Hebrew writing on top and illustration below of three central figures in hats and holding swords, next to a horse, camel, dogs, and two tents, with people in the left background and mountains beyond.

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Haggadah

1737

Decorated page framed with foliate design featuring two angels on left and right, Hebrew text in middle, and lions on bottom register.

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Passover Haggadah with German Translation

1842

Manuscript page with illustration of man on a ladder and angel above him, with Hebrew text beneath.

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Calendar Manual

1716

Facing-page manuscript with Hebrew text on right-hand page and illustration of figures wearing hats and robes under Hebrew text on left-hand page.

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The Order of Circumcision Prayers

1750

Facing-page Hebrew manuscript with charts with Hebrew letters on left side, and geometric drawings on right side.

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Toledot Adam (The Generations of Adam)

1734

Manuscript page with illustration of woman drawing water from a well as another individual stands behind her with a pitcher of water on head, and Hebrew text above.

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A Woman Drawing Water from a Well

1619–1624

Manuscript page of Hebrew text.

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Likute Yosef (The Compilation of Joseph)

17th Century

Page of Aramaic text surrounded by ornate illustrations, including couple under wedding canopy at the top of the page with many well-dressed people around them and two angels flying overhead, and two women on pedestals on either side of the bottom of the page on either side of a wreath with text inside.

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Ketubah (Hamburg)

1690