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Sefirotic Diagram of the First Man
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According to the colophon, Natan Hammerschlag’s Ilan de-adam kadmon (Sefirotic Diagram of the First Man) was copied from the writings of Ḥayim Vital, the most prominent disciple of Isaac Luria…

Contributor:

Natan Hammerschlag

Places:

Moravia, Holy Roman Empire (Moravia, Czech Republic)

Date:

1691

Subjects:

Illuminated manuscripts, Sefirot, Kabbalah, Mysticism, Body image, Magical objects

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Print & book culture, Magical Texts
Manuscript page with Hebrew text in circular frames arranged as a diagram in the shape of a human head with crown.
Klausen Book of Psalms
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According to the colophon, the scribe in Prague who produced the Klausen Book of Psalms, Shabbetai Sheftel ben Zalman Auerbach (d. 1738), was descended from a family expelled from Vienna in 1669/70…

Contributor:

Shabbetai Sheftel Auerbach

Places:

Prague, Holy Roman Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)

Date:

1706

Subjects:

Illuminated manuscripts, Bible, Poetry, Writing, Artists

Categories:

Print & book culture, Biblical poetry
Page with Hebrew text of illustrations of men in turbans on either side of the text; cherub, vines, and birds at top of page; and six men in prayer shawls walking to building at bottom of page.