Italian Synagogue, Conegliano Veneto, Italy

Page of Aramaic text decorated with miniatures, cherubs, and vines surrounding text, and triangular bottom.

Ketubah (Rome)

This intricately decorated ketubah (marriage contract) marks the marriage of Gabriel ben Hezekiah Amron to Simḥa bat Shabbetai mi-Segni. It is richly decorated with biblical miniatures, including one…

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Painting of room featuring columns along side walls and second floor balcony, central podium, and Torah ark.

Interior of the Beth Elohim Synagogue Charleston, South Carolina (Solomon Nunes Carvalho)

The only image of the interior of the first synagogue of Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim, a congregation established in Charleston in 1749, is this picture, painted from memory by Solomon Nunes Carvalho. The…

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Ceramic handle with impression of stylized two-winged figure and Hebrew inscription.

Lamelekh Seal Impression with Winged Sun Disk

Many of the seal impressions, with the inscription lamelekh “(Belonging, or pertaining) to the king,” followed by the name of a city, feature a two-winged figure, probably a winged sun disk…

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Italian Synagogue, Conegliano Veneto, Italy

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