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Honored colleagues!
One sole consideration persuades me to accept the very high office to which your vote has appointed me, when dwindling forces barely enable the modest duties of teachers and of…
Contributor:
Ernesto Nathan
Places:
Rome, Kingdom of Italy (Rome, Italy)
Date:
1906
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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…
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Artist Unknown
Places:
Venice, Venice (Venice, Italy)
Date:
ca. 1750
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The Hebrew word Shaddai—another name for God—is etched in the center of this ornate silver amulet from Italy.
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Artist Unknown
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Date:
ca. 1750