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Maḥzor
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On this illustrated page from a prayer book, written in an Ashkenazic hand, the scribe Simeon ben Naphtali has added, to the prayers said at a wedding, an image of the prophet Elijah (on the left)…

Contributor:

Simeon ben Naphtali

Places:

Marckolsheim, France

Date:

1662

Subjects:

Illuminated manuscripts, Prayer, Ritual & observance, Holidays, Family

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Prayer & Liturgy, Print & Book Culture
Manuscript page with Hebrew text above illustration of man on horse and man blowing horn walking into a city gate with flowers and two smaller figures below.
Maḥzor for the Rite of Carpentras
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This maḥzor (holiday prayer book) contains the festival prayers for the whole year, according to the rite of Carpentras, and was copied in Provence. The Jews of the former papal territory of Comtat…

Contributor:

Artist Unknown

Places:

Carpentras, Papal States (Carpentras, France)

Date:

1540/1

Subjects:

Illuminated manuscripts, Prayer, Passover, Folklore, Animals

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Print & Book Culture, Religion & Theology, Prayer & Liturgy
Manuscript page with Hebrew text, with some words set apart in rectangular frames, surrounded by border of branches, flowers, and birds, and small illustration of boy and animal with tail in bottom margin.