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This shadai’a (dedicatory plaque) from the Romaniote community in Ioannina, Greece, is made of repoussé silver with an engraved Hebrew inscription. The central inscription is a rhymed text dedicated…
Contributor:
Artist Unknown
Places:
Ioannina, Ottoman Empire (Ioannina, Greece)
Date:
1728
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This remarkable illustration is at the same time a shiviti—traditionally, a decorative plaque bearing the verse: “I am ever mindful of the Lord’s presence”—and a topographic map of the land of Israel…
Contributor:
Moses Ganbash
Places:
Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Turkey)
Date:
1838–1839