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Circumcision Ceremony
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Between 1723 and 1737, illustrator Bernard Picart partnered with the Dutch bookseller and publisher Jean-Frédéric Bernard on Cérémonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde (Religious…

Contributor:

Bernard Picart

Places:

Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Date:

1722

Subjects:

Life cycle, Circumcision, Family, Children, Ritual & observance

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Print & Book Culture
Print of two scenes, both with French text below: the top of baby on man's lap surrounded by people with bed in background, the bottom showing many people in ornate room with baby crib.
Circumcision Set
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This silver circumcision set was crafted in Salonika in the Ottoman Empire. The cylindrical silver casket holds a circumcision knife; its handle is made from agate. A similarly shaped powder box and…

Contributor:

Artist Unknown

Places:

Salonika, Ottoman Empire (Thessaloniki, Greece)

Date:

18th Century

Subjects:

Ritual object, Circumcision, Children, Synagogue, Ritual & observance

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Ritual Objects, Decorative Arts
Set of objects: a box lined with velvet, a small box with lid next to it, and two small shields.