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Printer’s Mark
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The press of Solomon Proops was one of the most prolific and well-known Hebrew presses in eighteenth-century Europe. The printer’s mark used by Proops (which does not appear on all his works) depicts…

Contributor:

Solomon Proops

Places:

Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Date:

1730

Subjects:

Print, Profession, Jewish languages, Cities

Categories:

Print & book culture, Decorative arts
Print of two hands with fingers in "V" shapes beneath a crown surrounded by decorative motifs.
De Pinto Psalter
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This decorated psalter was made for Aaron de Joseph de Pinto, a member of the prominent Portuguese Jewish family in Amsterdam. It is a manuscript, copied from a print edition done by David de Castro…

Contributor:

Meir Cohen Belinfante, Isaac Siprut

Places:

Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Date:

1728

Subjects:

Illuminated manuscripts, Prayer & liturgy, Sephardic, Jewish languages

Categories:

Print & book culture, Cartooning & graphic art
Manuscript page of Hebrew text in center framed with decorations and figures and scenes including two cherubs holding a crown at top, a king holding a harp, and a man holding censer, both with crowns above their heads, and figures at bottom.
Portrait of Yeḥiel Mikhel ben Nathan of Lublin
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The rhymed Hebrew inscription below the picture of Yeḥiel Mikhel ben Nathan of Lublin notes that he had formerly been a cantor in Lublin and is presently serving in that role in Amsterdam, in 1699…

Contributor:

Pieter van den Berge

Places:

Dutch Republic (Netherlands)

Date:

1699

Subjects:

Portrait, Print, Rabbis, Halakhah, Jewish languages

Categories:

Cartooning & graphic art
Print of full-body portrait of man in hat and robes holding book with large building in background, and Hebrew writing beneath portrait.