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The High Holidays
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Between 1723 and 1737, illustrator Bernard Picart partnered with the Dutch bookseller, editor, and publisher Jean-Frédéric Bernard on Cérémonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde (R…

Contributor:

Bernard Picart

Places:

Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Date:

1725

Subjects:

Holidays, Yom Kippur, Synagogue, Ritual & observance, Mourning

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Print & Book Culture, Cartooning & Graphic Art
Print depicting two scenes with French text under frames: top shows men in prayer shawls sitting while one man on central platform sounds a ram's horn. Bottom image shows men in prayer shawls sitting and standing in room with several lit candles.
Morning Prayer
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Text
To one who honors you, Lord, be just, And may my sonorous work be blessed. Dear lord, by your will be it wrought That out of nothing comes a new Thought. Let it be pure, proud, faithful…

Contributor:

Catulle Mendès

Places:

Paris, France

Date:

1900

Subjects:

Piety, Prayer, Art, Profession, Writing

Categories:

Literature, Poetry