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Illustrations from Sefer minhagim (Book of Customs)
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These woodcuts appeared in Sefer minhagim (Book of Customs), a very popular Yiddish book published by Giovanni di Gara, the leading publisher of Jewish books in Venice from 1564 to 1609. It was the…

Contributor:

Artist Unknown

Places:

Venice, Venice (Venice, Italy)

Date:

1600/1

Subjects:

Holidays, Purim, Passover, Music, Food and drink

Categories:

Print & book culture, Cartooning & graphic art
Woodcut illustration of six standing figures, three of whom are wearing masks and holding instruments, with Yiddish text above and below.
The Way to a Man’s Heart ("The Settlement" Cook Book)
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The Settlement Cook Book, first published in 1901 as a pamphlet, soon became a mainstay of American domestic culture and was published in more than forty editions before its final publication in 1991…

Contributor:

Lizzie Black Kander

Places:

Milwaukee, United States of America

Date:

1901

Subjects:

Food and drink, Women, Gender, Family

Categories:

Food & drink, Print & book culture
Printed page with English title and image of figure in robe playing flute instrument at the top left.
The Order of Grace after Meals
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This page from a birkon (Grace after Meals) is an example of the work of Aaron Wolf Herlingen (Aaron Schreiber), a prominent eighteenth-century scribe and artist known for his illustrated Grace after…

Contributor:

Aaron Wolff Herlingen of Gewitsch

Places:

Vienna, Holy Roman Empire (Vienna, Austria)

Date:

1724

Subjects:

Illuminated manuscripts, Prayer & liturgy, Blessings & curses, Food and drink

Categories:

Print & book culture, Food & drink
Manuscript page of Hebrew text with illustration of woman sitting on bed holding a book by candlelight.