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Marriage Ceremony
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This illustration depicting a Jewish wedding taking place under a huppah (wedding canopy) near a synagogue appeared in the book Jüdisches Ceremoniel (Jewish Ceremonial Customs), by Paul Christian…

Contributor:

Paul Christian Kirchner

Places:

Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire (Nuremberg, Germany)

Date:

1724

Subjects:

Life cycle, Marriage, Women, Dress, Ritual & observance

Categories:

Print & book culture, Dress & Adornment
Print engraving of crowd of people outside of building gathered around couple under wedding canopy.
Lighting the Sabbath and Festival Candles
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This woodcut depicts Jewish women and girls lighting candles to mark the beginning of the Sabbath or a holiday. The illustration appears in a Yiddish translation by Shim’on Levi Gintsburg, printed in…

Contributor:

Isaac Tyrnau, Shim’on Levi Gintsburg

Places:

Venice, Venice (Venice, Italy)

Date:

1600

Subjects:

Women, Holidays, Sabbath, Ritual & observance, Dress

Categories:

Print & book culture, Household objects
Printed page with Yiddish text below illustration of women and children lighting a hanging lamp next to dining table.
Jewish Wedding
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In this engraving from a Dutch translation of Leone Modena’s Historia de’ riti Ebraici (History of the Jewish Rites), a Jewish wedding in Amsterdam is pictured. Groom and bride stand under the huppah…

Contributor:

Jan Luyken

Places:

Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Date:

1683

Subjects:

Marriage, Synagogue, Ritual & observance, Dress, Ethnography

Categories:

Print & book culture, Dress & Adornment
Print engraving of indoor scene with people standing around couple under large canopy with musicians in background.