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Wooden synagogues were a distinctive style of vernacular architecture that first developed in the lands of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the sixteenth century and then flourished in the…
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Gwoździec, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Hvizdets, Ukraine)
Date:
Mid–17th Century
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The Pinkas Synagogue is the second-oldest extant synagogue in Prague. It is believed that a synagogue was found in that location as early as 1492. The structure now housing the synagogue was founded…
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Judah Goldschmied
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Prague, Holy Roman Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
1535
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In this table, giving the notation for chanting the Torah, the musical notes indicate the melody of each cantillation mark, while the Hebrew words below them indicate the name and shape of the mark.
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Unknown
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Holy Roman Empire (Germany)
Date:
ca. 1611