The Order of Circumcision Prayers

Uri Fayvesh Segal

1750

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Uri Fayvesh Segal

18th Century

The eighteenth-century scribe and illustrator Uri Fayvesh ben Isaac Segal was a significant member of the Hamburg-Altona school of illustrated manuscript production. Seven manuscripts signed by Uri Fayvesh Segal are known, and five further unsigned manuscripts are attributed to him.

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