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Paper cuts have been a tradition of Jewish folk art, with the earliest record of one dating to the fourteenth century. Given the widespread availability of paper in Europe by the mid-nineteenth…
Contributor:
Nachman ha-Kohen Bialsker
Places:
Bielsk, Russian Empire (Bielsk Podlaski, Poland)
Date:
1862
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This silver plate from Padua, Italy, was made for use in the brit milah, the circumcision ritual celebrated when a baby boy is eight days old. In this detailed depiction of the ritual, the baby seems…
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Artist Unknown
Places:
Padua, Venice (Padua, Italy)
Date:
17th Century