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This page from a birkon (Grace after Meals) is an example of the work of Aaron Wolf Herlingen (Aaron Schreiber), a prominent eighteenth-century scribe and artist known for his illustrated Grace after…
Contributor:
Aaron Wolff Herlingen of Gewitsch
Places:
Vienna, Holy Roman Empire (Vienna, Austria)
Date:
1724
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This silver-gilt cup is decorated with representations of the biblical patriarch Jacob’s twelve sons, each standing in his own separate archway with his Hebrew name inscribed underneath. This cup was…
Contributor:
Joachim Michael Salecker
Places:
Vienna, Holy Roman Empire (Vienna, Austria)
Date:
1723
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With every stone that was set in the new barn, another drop of life seemed to ebb from the wife of the randar or tavern keeper. When she looked out at the building, she often said that she would not…
Contributor:
Leopold Kompert
Places:
Vienna, Austrian Empire (Vienna, Austria)
Date:
1848