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Maḥzor for the Rite of Carpentras
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This maḥzor (holiday prayer book) contains the festival prayers for the whole year, according to the rite of Carpentras, and was copied in Provence. The Jews of the former papal territory of Comtat…

Contributor:

Artist Unknown

Places:

Carpentras, Papal States (Carpentras, France)

Date:

1540/1

Subjects:

Illuminated manuscripts, Prayer, Passover, Folklore, Animals

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Print & Book Culture, Religion & Theology, Prayer & Liturgy
Manuscript page with Hebrew text, with some words set apart in rectangular frames, surrounded by border of branches, flowers, and birds, and small illustration of boy and animal with tail in bottom margin.
Psalm 8
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For the leader; on the gittith. A psalm of David. O Lord, our Lord, How majestic is Your name throughout the earth, You who have covered the heavens with Your splendor! From the mouths of…

Places:

Land of Israel (Israel)

Date:

Biblical Period

Subjects:

Prayer, Monotheism, Ecology, Animals, Poetry

Categories:

Literature, Poetry, Prayer & Liturgy, Biblical Poetry, Religion & Theology