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Polyglot Bible (Constantinople)
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This is the frontispiece and first page of the Constantinople Polyglot Bible, the first of two multilingual editions of the Pentateuch printed by Eliezer Soncino in Constantinople. It contained the…

Contributor:

Artist Unknown

Places:

Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Turkey)

Date:

1546

Subjects:

Print, Bible, Jewish languages, Translation, Diaspora

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Print & Book Culture, Religion & Theology
Printed page of Hebrew text in center and decorative border around page with urns, flowers, vines, and faces.
The dedication page for Charles VI and his wife, Elizabeth Christina
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This dedication page made by Meshulam Zimmel for Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI (1711–1740) and his wife, Elizabeth Christina (1691–1750), whose portraits appear on the page, presents three versions of…

Contributor:

Meshulam Zimmel ben Moses of Polna

Date:

1733

Subjects:

Illuminated manuscripts, Bible, Government

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Print & Book Culture, Religion & Theology
Printed page with three columns of Hebrew, German in Hebrew characters, Latin, and Aramaic text in various fonts and sizes, interspersed with small portraits of a man and a woman, and surrounded by decorative border.