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Women played key roles in preparing the deceased for burial. This painting shows women’s involvement in the ultimate act of generosity.
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Artist Unknown
Places:
Praha, Holy Roman Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
ca. 1780
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Now we have already informed all those present of the main point: we have come to inform and announce and make known to His Excellency, because this is the custom, what it is his duty toward us. For…
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Unknown
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Prague, Holy Roman Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
1640
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The incident was as follows: A woman came before me from a backwater Jewish town weeping bitterly over the sins of her youth, as she had been unfaithful to her first husband before she married her…
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Unknown
Places:
Holy Roman Empire (Moravia, Czech Republic)
Date:
1689