The dedication page for Charles VI and his wife, Elizabeth Christina

Meshulam Zimmel ben Moses of Polna

1733

Printed page with three columns of Hebrew, German in Hebrew characters, Latin, and Aramaic text in various fonts and sizes, interspersed with small portraits of a man and a woman, and surrounded by decorative border.
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Meshulam Zimmel ben Moses of Polna

18th Century

The scribe and copper engraver Meshullam Zimmel ben Moses of Polna was active in Prague, Polna (in Bohemia), and Vienna in the early eighteenth century. He was one of the most important Jewish scribes and artists of the eighteenth century. His patrons for his work as a scribe included the wealthiest Viennese court Jews of the time, but it is likely that he needed to work as a copper engraver in order to earn a living. Most of his works were privately commissioned small prayerbooks and Haggadahs.

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