Multilingual Exemplar Leaf
Iehudah Machabeu
1655
This sheet by the calligrapher and scribe Iehudah Machabeu presents samples of different “lettering,” including Hebrew (at the top), Arabic, Greek, Castilian, English, French, Italian, and Latin. It was produced in La Rochelle, France.
Credits
Collection Ets Haim - Livraria Montezinos, Amsterdam, EH Pl A 20. Photo by Ardon Bar-Hama.
Published in: The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, vol. 5.
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