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Prayer
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These are the “prayers” that Brites Henriques recited and the notary transcribed. Every Morning [Prayers] Praised be the Lord Who is so enlightened, May you, My Lord, be served By making me…

Contributor:

Brites Henriques

Places:

Lisbon, Portuguese Empire (Lisbon, Portugal)

Date:

1674

Subjects:

Women, Prayer, Piety, Inquisition, Torture

Categories:

Religion & Theology, Prayer & Liturgy
Sefer yuḥasin (Book of Genealogies)
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Thus said Abraham the son of Samuel the son of Abraham Zacuto, may his memory be for the world to come. [ . . . ] [T]o bring merit upon myself and others, I was motivated to write this…

Contributor:

Abraham Zacuto

Places:

Salamanca, Spanish Empire (Salamanca, Spain)
Beja, Portuguese Empire (Beja, Portugal)
Tunis, Hafsid Ifriqiya (Tunis, Tunisia)

Date:

ca. 1505

Subjects:

Antisemitism, Monarchy, Exile, Plague, Conversos

Categories:

History, Historical Writing
Tratado dos Cometas que apareceram em novembro passado de 1618 (Treatise about the Comets That Appeared in November 1618)
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In order to know whether our comet was one of the those that the astrologers described, it is necessary to…

Contributor:

Jacob Rosales

Places:

Lisbon, Portuguese Empire (Lisbon, Portugal)

Date:

1619

Subjects:

Astronomy, Astrology, Monarchy

Categories:

Science & Philosophy, Astronomy