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Flyer for Redeeming Captured Jews
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This flyer calls for the Jewish community to pay a ransom to rescue Jewish captives from the 1686 siege of Buda, which resulted in the capture of the Hungarian city from the Ottoman Empire by armies…

Contributor:

Unknown

Places:

Buda, Ottoman Empire (Buda, Hungary)

Date:

1686

Subjects:

Print, War, Slavery, Christian-Jewish relations, Muslim-Jewish relations

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, History, Print & Book Culture
Printed page with Hebrew text, floral border, and small image of person with tablets and crowd of people on top of page.
Mūsā nāma (The Book of Moses)
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Mūsā nāmā (The Book of Moses) is a retelling of the biblical story of Moses, composed in Judeo-Persian verse by the poet Mowlānā Shāhīn-i Shīrāzī. In this scene, Phinehas (bottom right) surprises the…

Contributor:

Mowlānā Shāhīn-i Shīrāzī, Artist Unknown

Places:

Tabriz, Ottoman Empire (Tabriz, Iran)

Date:

1686

Subjects:

Midrash, Bible, Muslim-Jewish relations, Sex, Miracles

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Print & Book Culture, Midrash
Manuscript page with illustration of two figures embracing in center, surrounded by two figures watching, another watching with face covered, another prodding them from underneath, and an image of a room, with Judeo-Persian text on top and bottom of page.
Torah Ark Curtain
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The embroidered structure in the center of this silk Torah ark curtain is thought to be a loose representation of the Blue Mosque in Istanbul, with its six minarets and entryway stairs. A somewhat…

Contributor:

Artist Unknown

Places:

Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Turkey)

Date:

ca. 1735

Subjects:

Ritual object, Textiles, Synagogue, Muslim-Jewish relations, Islam

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Ritual Objects, Decorative Arts
Cloth embroidered with columns on either side and building in the middle with turrets and dome, with small Hebrew inscription above.