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Jotham’s Fable

Biblical Period

Tomb with high tombstones on either end, lions, shield and floral decorations on top, and Hebrew inscription on surface of stone.

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Tombstone (Prague)

1628

Tombstone of decorative foliage surrounding Hebrew inscription.

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Tombstone (Padua)

1565

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Jehoash’s Fable

Biblical Period

Manuscript page with Hebrew text in a half circle shape with many interior circles and branches, with center illustration of a person with three winged animals and an angel, another illustration on the left of person with a crown, and drawings along the perimeter of the half circle.

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Sefirotic Tree

Early 16th Century

Manuscript scroll page with Hebrew text and decorated border with illustrations of cherubs, faces, animals, ribbons, and flowers.

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Scroll of the Book of Esther

Andrea Marelli

1573

Scroll manuscript page with Hebrew text in four columns, with illustrations on top of figures seated talking to each other, working by a tree, and walking; the middle sections feature ladders and people working on trees; the bottom features elephants and rhinoceroses.

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Scroll of the Book of Esther

ca. 1630

Page with Hebrew text of illustrations of men in turbans on either side of the text; cherub, vines, and birds at top of page; and six men in prayer shawls walking to building at bottom of page.

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Klausen Book of Psalms

Shabbetai Sheftel Auerbach

1706

Cloth embroidered with floral border, and four central panels, the top two with pitchers, vines, and flowers, and the bottom two with trees and ribbons with Hebrew text.

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Torah Cover (?)

ca. 1600

Silver pitcher with floral shapes and inscribed designs, and shield on lid with Hebrew inscription.

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Burial Society Pitcher and Shield

ca. 1650|1732

Cloth embroidered with floral border, Hebrew text across the top, and repeating motif in center.

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Torah Ark Curtain (Prague)

Temerl bat Hirsch Perlhefter

1685/6

Set of objects: a box lined with velvet, a small box with lid next to it, and two small shields.

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Circumcision Set

18th Century