Illustrated Daily Prayer Book
Hijman (Ḥayim ben Mordecai), Marcus, and Anthonie Binger
1820
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Following his retirement, Hijman Binger created a daily prayer book, drawing its texts from well-known sources and illustrating the manuscript with the help of his children. Completed in 1820, the prayer book is a striking example of a handwritten, illuminated Hebrew manuscript from the early nineteenth century.
Credits
Bibliotheca Rosenthaliana, Special Collections of the University of Amsterdam.
Published in: The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, vol. 6.
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Behold the Lord, my soul, look up to Him
Who made you, give Him worship due,
Lest you be lost when He be wroth with you—
For your sin, O wayward one, your grievous sin.
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Behold the Lord, my soul, lookup to Him
Behold the Lord, my soul, look up to Him
Who made you, give Him worship due,
Lest you be lost when He be wroth with you—
For your sin, O wayward one, your grievous sin.
On wisdom’s wing, ascend to…
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