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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…
Contributor:
Isaac Lankosh of Kraków
Places:
Kraków, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Kraków, Poland)
Date:
1560
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Hebrew manuscript illustration underwent a revival in eighteenth-century Germany and Central Europe. As wealthy Jews began to commission such manuscripts, a school of scribes and artists emerged. This…
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Aryeh Judah Leib of Trebitsch
Places:
Vienna, Holy Roman Empire (Vienna, Austria)
Date:
1713