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Tikun keriyah le-kol laylah ve-yom (Supplications for Every Day and Night)
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The frontispiece of this book of penitential prayers, printed in Amsterdam by David de Castro Tartas, proclaims the pro-Sabbatean beliefs that were then widespread in the Amsterdam Jewish community…

Contributor:

David de Castro Tartas

Places:

Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Date:

1666

Subjects:

Print, Messianism, Prayer, Repentance, Leadership

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Print & Book Culture, Cartooning & Graphic Art
Facing-page print with Hebrew text on left page and engraving on right page depicting man seated on a throne with lions and people below him and cherubs holding crown above him, and Hebrew inscription, and illustration below of men seated around a table with a crowd of people beyond.
Shadai’a (Dedicatory Plaque)
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This shadai’a (dedicatory plaque) from the Romaniote community in Ioannina, Greece, is made of repoussé silver with an engraved Hebrew inscription. The central inscription is a rhymed text dedicated…

Contributor:

Artist Unknown

Places:

Ioannina, Ottoman Empire (Ioannina, Greece)

Date:

1728

Subjects:

Ritual object, Prayer, Mourning, Repentance, Romaniote

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Ritual Objects, Decorative Arts
Plaque with Hebrew text and two chains hanging from the bottom.
Dutch Translation of Penitential Prayers and Psalms
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This page of selichot (penitential prayers) is from a Dutch translation of penitential Prayers and Psalms made for Sarah de la Farra in Amsterdam.

Contributor:

David de Aron Uziel Cardoso

Places:

Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Date:

1714

Subjects:

Illuminated manuscripts, Prayer, Repentance, Language and linguistics, Assimilation

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Print & Book Culture, Prayer & Liturgy
Manuscript page of Dutch text framed in lined border with illustrations of birds and flowers on top and Dutch words around frame.
Portrait of Nathan of Gaza
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Nathan of Gaza (also known as Nathan Benjamin ben Elisha Ḥayim ha-Levi Ashkenazi) was born in Jerusalem and moved to Gaza in around 1663. The son of a respected religious scholar, he became a scholar…

Contributor:

Artist Unknown

Places:

Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Date:

1669

Subjects:

Portrait, Print, Messianism, Prophets, Repentance

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Print & Book Culture, Cartooning & Graphic Art
Print engraving of man in head covering pointing to open book with one hand and gesturing with the other, with Dutch and French text underneath.