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Sefirotic Tree
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Kabbalist Elijah Menaḥem ben Abba Mari Ḥalfan constructed this diagram, now stained and torn, with the assistance of his tutor Abraham Sarfati. It depicts the sefirotic system and includes Ḥalfan’s…

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Elijah Menaḥem Ḥalfan

Places:

Venice, Venice (Venice, Italy)

Date:

1533

Subjects:

Illuminated manuscripts, Kabbalah, Sefirot, Mysticism, Art

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Print & book culture, Science & philosophy
Manuscript page with Hebrew writing arranged in the form of a tree, with drawings of candelabrum, cherubs, and table in center, and drawing of dragon and figures on bottom left of the page.
Illustration from Kehunat Avraham (The Priesthood of Abraham)
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Kehunat Avraham (The Priesthood of Abraham), completed in Venice in 1719, is an interpretation and retelling of sections from the book of Psalms in verse. The Hebrew text in this illustration comes…

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Abraham ben Shabbetai Kohen

Places:

Venice, Venice (Venice, Italy)

Date:

1719

Subjects:

Art, Prayer & liturgy, Ecology

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Natural World
Page with circular drawing divided into three segments bearing Hebrew labels, the top segment depicting the sun, moon, stars, and clouds, the bottom right segment depicting fish, and the bottom left segment depicting other animals.
Maḥzor
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This maḥzor (holiday prayer book), containing the Jewish prayers according to the Italian rite, was written by the scribe Eliezer ben Abraham of Pisa, for Yema, the widow of Moses of Modena (referred…

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Eliezer ben Abraham of Pisa

Places:

Modena, Duchy of Modena and Reggio (Modena, Italy)

Date:

1531

Subjects:

Illuminated manuscripts, Prayer & liturgy, Art, Writing

Categories:

Print & book culture
Manuscript page with Hebrew text, decorative motifs in margins, illustration of jaguar on top of page, and illustration of lion under tree on bottom.

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