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Anshel of Kraków, Merkeves ha-mishne (The Second Chariot)
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Frontispiece of Anshel of Kraków’s Merkeves ha-mishne (The Second Chariot), a Hebrew-Yiddish dictionary of biblical words. The earliest Yiddish book printed in Poland, it was published in 1534 in…

Contributor:

Anshel of Kraków, Szmuel, Aszer, and Eljakim Helicz

Places:

Kraków, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Kraków, Poland)

Date:

1534

Subjects:

Print, Yiddish, Jewish languages, Translation

Categories:

Print & book culture
Printed page of four shields depicting a castle, an eagle, a snake devouring a person, and a knight on horseback, surrounded by Hebrew words, sheaves, ribbons, and flowers.
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Tkhiyes-hameysim (The Resurrection of the Dead) is a dramatic poem by Moyshe Broderzon inspired by medieval Christian “mystery” (or “miracle”) plays that presented bible stories and were performed in…

Contributor:

Vincent Brauner (Yitskhok Broyner)

Places:

Lodz, Second Polish Republic (Łódź, Poland)

Date:

1920

Subjects:

Yiddish, Print, Aesthetics

Categories:

Cartooning & graphic art, Print & book culture
Woodcut of geometric, stylized face with Yiddish heading.