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Yiddish Translation of the Bible
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This manuscript page of Deuteronomy 1:1–7 is from a translation of the Hebrew Bible into Yiddish, from Italy. It is decorated with two storks and an ornate chapter heading with the opening word of the…

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Unknown

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Date:

16th Century

Subjects:

Illuminated manuscripts, Bible, Translation, Jewish languages, Yiddish

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Print & Book Culture, Religion & Theology
Manuscript page of drawings of bird and plants on top and Yiddish text below.
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…

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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.