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Klausen Book of Psalms
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According to the colophon, the scribe in Prague who produced the Klausen Book of Psalms, Shabbetai Sheftel ben Zalman Auerbach (d. 1738), was descended from a family expelled from Vienna in 1669/70…

Contributor:

Shabbetai Sheftel Auerbach

Places:

Prague, Holy Roman Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)

Date:

1706

Subjects:

Illuminated manuscripts, Bible, Poetry, Writing, Artists

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Print & Book Culture, Religion & Theology, Biblical Poetry
Page with Hebrew text of illustrations of men in turbans on either side of the text; cherub, vines, and birds at top of page; and six men in prayer shawls walking to building at bottom of page.
Minute Book of Psalms Society Serving in the Russian Army
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In 1827, Tsar Nicholas I issued a statute that effectively made Russian Jews liable to military service, as part of a policy that sought to transform the Jewish population into integrated subjects who…

Contributor:

Artist Unknown

Places:

Shkudy, Russian Empire (Skuodas, Lithuania)

Date:

1864–1867

Subjects:

Conscription, War, Ritual object, Prayer, Politics

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Print & Book Culture, Biblical Poetry, Poetry
Book page with Hebrew text surrounded by decorative border and animal on top.