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Amulet with Coat of Arms
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Silver amulet typical of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Italian Jewish homes. This example from Venice is unusual in that it contains an unidentified family coat of arms whose main feature is a…

Contributor:

Artist Unknown

Places:

Venice, Venice (Venice, Italy)

Date:

ca. 1750

Subjects:

Amulets, Birth, Children, Class, Animals

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Magical Objects, Decorative Arts
Silver amulet with designs around edge and lion in center.
Amulet to Be Hung over the Crib of a Newborn
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The Hebrew word Shaddai—another name for God—is etched in the center of this ornate silver amulet from Italy.

Contributor:

Artist Unknown

Places:

Date:

ca. 1750

Subjects:

Amulets, Birth, Children, Class, Art

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Magical Objects, Decorative Arts
Silver amulet with decorative edges and Hebrew word etched in center.
Time with his pointed shafts
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Time with his pointed shafts has hit my heart and split my gut, laid open my entrails, landed me a blow that will not heal, knocked me down, left me in lasting pain. Time wounded me…

Contributor:

Judah Abravanel

Places:

Date:

1503

Subjects:

Diaspora, Conversion, Pogroms, Children, Parenthood

Categories:

Literature, Poetry, Popular Poetry