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Synagogue Judaica
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This is the frontispiece of a 1661 edition of Synagoga Judaica, a study of the customs and culture of German Jewry by Christian Hebraist, and polemical critic of Judaism, Johannes Buxtorf the Elder…

Contributor:

Johannes Buxtorf

Places:

Basel, Switzerland

Date:

1661

Subjects:

Print, Christian-Jewish relations, Education, Circumcision, Jewish languages

Categories:

Print & book culture
Printed page with Latin text in the center, surrounded by two images, the top of people sitting in front of a teacher and board with Hebrew letters on it, and the bottom of men sitting around a baby.
Multilingual Exemplar Leaf
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This sheet by the calligrapher and scribe Iehudah Machabeu presents samples of different “lettering,” including Hebrew (at the top), Arabic, Greek, Castilian, English, French, Italian, and Latin. It…

Contributor:

Iehudah Machabeu

Places:

La Rochelle, France

Date:

1655

Subjects:

Language & linguistics, Jewish languages, Scribal culture, Education, Scholarship

Categories:

Language & Linguistics, Lists & catalogues
Decorative page of birds, flowers, and rectangular sections of different scripts.