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At the center of the backplate of this Hanukkah lamp from Frankfurt am Main is a scene depicting the biblical heroine Judith, who has cut off Holofernes’s head and is about to place it in a sack held…
Contributor:
Johann Valentin Schüler
Places:
Frankfurt am Main, Holy Roman Empire (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
Date:
Late 17th Century
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This Hanukkah lamp was made in Nuremberg, Germany, where it was characteristic in the eighteenth century for Hanukkah lamps to include a parchment with the blessings for lighting. At the time, however…
Contributor:
Matheus Staedlein
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Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire (Nuremberg, Germany)
Date:
1716–1735
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This Torah binder is one of the earliest examples from Italy. The binder (also known as a wimpel) was intended to accompany the male child through his lifetime, through the stages of his circumcision…
Contributor:
Honorata Foa
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1582/3