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Colophon: Tefilah le-Moshe (Prayer of Moses)
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I set the Yiddish letters with my own hands. Elle, daughter of the respected rabbi Moses from Holland. I am not more than nine years old. Among six children I am the only daughter. Therefore, if you…

Contributor:

Elle bat Moses ben Abraham Ger

Places:

Dessau, Holy Roman Empire (Dessau, Germany)

Date:

1696

Subjects:

Yiddish, Adolescence, Women, Print

Categories:

Print & book culture
Collection of Yiddish Stories from Southern Germany
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This page is from a manuscript containing stories in Yiddish. It was copied and illustrated in Tannhausen, Germany between 1580 and 1600, for the Ulma family, who owned a number of important…

Contributor:

Isaac bar Yuda Reutlingen

Places:

Holy Roman Empire (Germany)

Date:

1580–1600

Subjects:

Illuminated manuscripts, Yiddish, Writing, Women, Children

Categories:

Print & book culture, Cartooning & graphic art
Manuscript page with Yiddish text and a small drawing in the middle of the right side depicting a queen kneeling before a king, a burning fire behind her, and two infants on the ground before her.
Colophon: Tefilah le-Moshe (Prayer of Moses)
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All the letters in this beautiful new prayer book, from beginning to end, I set with my own hands. Gele, daughter of R. Moses the printer and Frau Freide, who bore me among ten children, may they…

Contributor:

Gele bat Moses ben Abraham Ger

Places:

Halle, Duchy of Magdeburg (Halle, Germany)

Date:

1710

Subjects:

Yiddish, Adolescence, Women, Print, Exile

Categories:

Print & book culture