Showing Results 1 - 3 of 3
Collection of Yiddish Stories from Southern Germany
Restricted
Image
This page is from a manuscript containing stories in Yiddish. It was copied and illustrated in Tannhausen, Germany between 1580 and 1600, for the Ulma family, who owned a number of important…

Contributor:

Isaac bar Yuda Reutlingen

Places:

Holy Roman Empire (Germany)

Date:

1580–1600

Subjects:

Illuminated manuscripts, Yiddish, Writing, Women, Children

Categories:

Print & book culture, Cartooning & graphic art
Manuscript page with Yiddish text and a small drawing in the middle of the right side depicting a queen kneeling before a king, a burning fire behind her, and two infants on the ground before her.
Ketubbah
Restricted
Image
This ketubah (marriage contract) from London was written for the marriage of Isaac di Matos-Lopes and Sarah di Matos-Lopes. It also has, as one of its signatories, prominent scholar David Nieto, first…

Contributor:

David Nieto

Places:

London, Great Britain (London, United Kingdom)

Date:

1724

Subjects:

Ketubot, Marriage, Illuminated manuscripts, Women, Family

Categories:

Legal documents, Print & book culture
Manuscript page with Aramaic text surrounded by border of flowers, vines, and animals, and illustrations of couple on top right corner and of figure with two children on top left corner.
A Woman Drawing Water from a Well
Public Access
Image
Sifre ‘evronot—manuals for calculating the Jewish calendar, including leap years and holidays—were a popular genre of Ashkenazic illustrated manuscripts in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries…

Contributor:

Artist Unknown

Places:

Holy Roman Empire (Germany)

Date:

1619–1624

Subjects:

Women, Agriculture, Profession, Family, Illuminated manuscripts

Categories:

Print & book culture, Cartooning & graphic art
Manuscript page with illustration of woman drawing water from a well as another individual stands behind her with a pitcher of water on head, and Hebrew text above.