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This magnificent maḥzor (holiday prayer book) was copied—and most likely decorated—by the scribe Isaac bar Mordechai ha-Kohen (Isaac Lankosh of Kraków). (In several places, the name “Isaac” has…
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Isaac Lankosh of Kraków
Places:
Kraków, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Kraków, Poland)
Date:
1560
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This page from a Haggadah produced in Amsterdam is an example of the work of Joseph Ben David, a prominent eighteenth-century scribe and artist known particularly for his illustrated Haggadahs. This…
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Joseph Leipnik
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Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1740
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This elaborately decorated title page is from a book of Psalms created by the scribe Nathan ben Samson in Gross Meseritsch, Moravia (today Velké Meziříčí, Czech Republic). On the left is Aaron in his…
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Nathan ben Samson of Meseritsch
Places:
Gross Meseritsch, Holy Roman Empire (Velké Meziříčí, Czech Republic)
Date:
1728