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

Contributor:

Bernard Picart

Places:

Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Date:

1723

Subjects:

Marriage, Ritual & observance, Ritual object, Community, Cities

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Print & Book Culture
Two-panel drawing, the top of many people in interior room, some seated on right side under canopy, and the bottom of many people outside with a central figure with veil.
Interior of the Synagogue in Fürth
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This print depicting a service in the synagogue in Fürth is from the beginning of the eighteenth century, a period of prosperity for the city’s Jewish community. There were between 350 and 400 Jewish…

Contributor:

Johannes Alexander Böner

Places:

Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire (Nuremberg, Germany)

Date:

1705

Subjects:

Synagogue, Jewish quarters, Community, Ritual & observance

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Print & Book Culture, Architecture
Print engraving of large room with rows of pews with men in prayer shawls standing with books, vaulted ceiling, many chandeliers, and raised platform along far wall.