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Mayse-bukh (Book of Stories)
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The Mayse-bukh (Book of Stories), a collection of more than two hundred and fifty stories in Yiddish, was popular among Jews in Western and Eastern Europe from the sixteenth to the nineteenth…

Contributor:

Unknown

Places:

Rovere, Venice (Roverè Veronese, Italy)

Date:

1585–1590

Subjects:

Yiddish, Anthologies, Writing, Leisure

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Print & Book Culture, Folklore
Single manuscript page with Yiddish text.
Maḥzor
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This magnificent maḥzor (holiday prayer book) was copied—and most likely decorated—by the scribe Isaac bar Mordechai ha-Kohen (Isaac Lankosh of Kraków). (In several places, the name “Isaac” has…

Contributor:

Isaac Lankosh of Kraków

Places:

Kraków, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Kraków, Poland)

Date:

1560

Subjects:

Illuminated manuscripts, Prayer, Art, Writing, Artists

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Print & Book Culture, Religion & Theology, Prayer & Liturgy
Manuscript page with Hebrew text in a diamond shape under an illustration of an archway, decorated with heads and flowers.
Collection of Yiddish Stories from Southern Germany
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This page is from a manuscript containing stories in Yiddish. It was copied and illustrated in Tannhausen, Germany between 1580 and 1600, for the Ulma family, who owned a number of important…

Contributor:

Isaac bar Yuda Reutlingen

Places:

Holy Roman Empire (Germany)

Date:

1580–1600

Subjects:

Illuminated manuscripts, Yiddish, Writing, Women, Children

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Print & Book Culture, Cartooning & Graphic Art
Manuscript page with Yiddish text and a small drawing in the middle of the right side depicting a queen kneeling before a king, a burning fire behind her, and two infants on the ground before her.