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Map of the Temple in Jerusalem
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This map of the Temple in Jerusalem made in Safed by a Jewish scribe comes from an example of a “pilgrimage scroll,” also known as an “itinerary,” because they included instructions for visiting holy…

Contributor:

Uri of Biella

Places:

Safed, Ottoman Empire (Safed, Israel)

Date:

1564

Subjects:

Illuminated manuscripts, Jerusalem, Temple, Leadership, Prayer

Categories:

History, Visual & Material Culture, Print & Book Culture
Manuscript page with Hebrew text above illustration of city walls with central domed building.
Tikun keriyah le-kol laylah ve-yom (Supplications for Every Day and Night)
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The frontispiece of this book of penitential prayers, printed in Amsterdam by David de Castro Tartas, proclaims the pro-Sabbatean beliefs that were then widespread in the Amsterdam Jewish community…

Contributor:

David de Castro Tartas

Places:

Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Date:

1666

Subjects:

Print, Messianism, Prayer, Repentance, Leadership

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Print & Book Culture, Cartooning & Graphic Art
Facing-page print with Hebrew text on left page and engraving on right page depicting man seated on a throne with lions and people below him and cherubs holding crown above him, and Hebrew inscription, and illustration below of men seated around a table with a crowd of people beyond.
Livro de ascamot (Book of Regulations): On a Banned Book
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In meetings of the community’s Mahamad [board of governors], past and present, discussions were held about a book that Gideon [Abudiente] ordered printed concerning the…

Contributor:

The Spanish and Portuguese Jewish Community of Amsterdam

Places:

Hamburg, Holy Roman Empire (Hamburg, Germany)

Date:

1666

Subjects:

Apocalypse, Leadership, Crime, Excommunication, Print

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Print & Book Culture, Law