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Multilingual Exemplar Leaf
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This sheet by the calligrapher and scribe Iehudah Machabeu presents samples of different “lettering,” including Hebrew (at the top), Arabic, Greek, Castilian, English, French, Italian, and Latin. It…

Contributor:

Iehudah Machabeu

Places:

La Rochelle, France

Date:

1655

Subjects:

Language and linguistics, Jewish languages, Scribes, Education, Scholarship

Categories:

Language & Linguistics, Lists & Catalogues, Visual & Material Culture
Decorative page of birds, flowers, and rectangular sections of different scripts.
An Essay on Hebrew Eloquence, Exposed in a Practical Lesson by Doctor Anania Coen, First Rabbi of the Jewish Community of Florence
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To truly form a sense of good taste, one must be in full command of the metaphysics of the sacred tongue, something which is so necessary (and which…

Contributor:

Anania Coen

Places:

Firenze, Grand Duchy of Tuscany (Florence, Italy)

Date:

1827

Subjects:

Language and linguistics, Scholarship, Poetry, Poets

Categories:

Language & Linguistics