De Pinto Psalter

Meir Cohen Belinfante

Isaac Siprut

1728

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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Creator Bio

Meir Cohen Belinfante

18th Century

Meir Cohen Belinfante was a scribe in Amsterdam in the eighteenth century.

Creator Bio

Isaac Siprut

17th Century

Isaac Siprut was an artist, active in Amsterdam and known for decorating the De Pinto Psalter. 

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