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Colophon: Solomon Ibn Gabirol’s Mivḥar ha-peninim
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And the work was finished on the eve of Sabbath, in the month of Shebat, in the year 307, in the great city of Venice which is under the rule of the Signoria, may God increase their glory, and in the…

Contributor:

Cornelio Adelkind

Places:

Venice, Venice (Venice, Italy)

Date:

1547

Subjects:

Print, Sabbath, Monarchy

Categories:

Historical writing, Firsthand accounts
Description of the Celebratory Procession of Prague Jewry
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Contributor:

Unknown

Places:

Prague, Holy Roman Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)

Date:

1741

Subjects:

Monarchy, Community, Holidays, Christian-Jewish relations, Class

Categories:

Historical writing, Firsthand accounts
Chronicle on the Death of Sultan Osman II and the Reigns of Mustafa and Murad
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Sunday, 15th of the aforementioned month [Elul; 10.9.1623]. The Sipahis [feudal cavalrymen] and the Janissaries [professional infantry corps] and all the king’s slaves and ministers came to speak with…

Contributor:

Unknown

Places:

Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Turkey)

Date:

1622–1624

Subjects:

Monarchy, Antisemitism, Blood libel, Holidays, Passover

Categories:

Historical writing, Firsthand accounts