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            Manuscript page with Hebrew text above illustration of city walls with central domed building.
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            Map of the Temple in Jerusalem

            1564
            Illustration of a sphere circled by rings at various angles, including illustrations of zodiac symbols.
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            Illustration of an Armillary Sphere

            1576
            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.
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            Medical Diploma of Emanuel Colli from the University of Padua

            1692
            Manuscript page with Hebrew text above illustration of man on horse and man blowing horn walking into a city gate with flowers and two smaller figures below.
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            Maḥzor

            1662
            Manuscript page with Yiddish text and illustrations below of person blowing horn, several people seated with Torah scroll, someone standing with an open book, and a turret with door.
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            Yiddish Book of Customs

            1500
            Facing-page manuscript with Hebrew text and an illustration of a naked boy sitting next to a deer on bottom margin of left-hand page.
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            Moses Narboni’s Commentary on Ibn Tufayl’s Ḥay ibn Yaqzan

            1527
            Drawing of circle with many lines forming squares and rectangles within it.
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            Paper Astrolabe

            ca. 1629
            Page of Aramaic text with floral border.
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            Ketubah (Damascus)

            1706
            Page of Hebrew text with pointed top and floral border.
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            Karaite Ketubah (Crimea)

            1719
            Page of Aramaic text with illustrations of figure on left side of text holding tablets and figure on right side of text with hat, tents above text, and animals and burning bush below text.
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            Ketubah between God and Israel for Shavuot

            17th–18th Century
            Facing-page manuscript with Hebrew text on left-hand page and image of archway with decorative border on right-hand page.
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            Prayer book

            1528
            Manuscript page with drawing of building complex with inner courtyards.
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            Synagogue in K’ai-fêng (Kaifeng, China)

            1722

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