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Klausen Book of Psalms
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According to the colophon, the scribe in Prague who produced the Klausen Book of Psalms, Shabbetai Sheftel ben Zalman Auerbach (d. 1738), was descended from a family expelled from Vienna in 1669/70…

Contributor:

Shabbetai Sheftel Auerbach

Places:

Prague, Holy Roman Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)

Date:

1706

Subjects:

Illuminated manuscripts, Bible, Poetry, Writing, Artists

Categories:

Print & book culture, Biblical poetry
Page with Hebrew text of illustrations of men in turbans on either side of the text; cherub, vines, and birds at top of page; and six men in prayer shawls walking to building at bottom of page.
Hebrew Ballads
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Cover of Else Lasker-Schüler, Hebraische Balladen. Most of the poems in this volume have biblical themes. The drawing on the cover is by Lasker-Schüler, who often illustrated her published poetry. It…

Contributor:

Else Lasker-Schüler

Date:

1913

Subjects:

Jewish identity, Bible, Education, Poetry, Life cycle

Categories:

Poetry, Print & book culture
Book cover with German text and stylized human figure and small cityscape resting on figure's extended arm.
Harrison Miscellany
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The Harrison Miscellany is an early eighteenth-century codex of sixty leaves featuring delicate gouache illustrations and Hebrew texts. Each illustration (likely executed by a Venetian, non-Jewish…

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Artist Unknown

Places:

Corfu, Venice (Corfu, Greece)

Date:

ca. 1720

Subjects:

Illuminated manuscripts, Prayer & liturgy, Poetry, Bible, Angels, demons & deities

Categories:

Print & book culture
Facing-page manuscript with Hebrew text on left-hand page with floral border and illustration on right-hand page of three angels standing above bearded figure in robe.