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It is not a grave that opens up to us in this book, but a human heart. the memoirs that are now seeing the light for the first time would have deserved to be published a long time…
Contributor:
David Kaufmann
Places:
Germany, Germany
Date:
1896
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This German amulet is printed with unique designs. The names of the three angels, Sanoi, Sansanoi, and Smangalaf, indicate the use of this amulet as birth protection for mother and child, as…
Contributor:
Artist Unknown
Places:
Holy Roman Empire (Germany)
Date:
ca. 1750
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Printed amulet for an infant girl from Germany. It was (presumably) printed alongside its companion amulet for a male child (see “Amulet for a Newborn Boy”). However, the pair were separated. A woman…
Contributor:
Artist Unknown
Places:
Westheim, Holy Roman Empire (Westheim, Germany)
Date:
ca. 1750
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Printed birth amulet. The decorative borders are composed of printers’ devices and decorations that were used by printers in Fürth (Bavaria), so it is assumed that this amulet was printed in that city…
Contributor:
Artist Unknown
Places:
Fürth, Holy Roman Empire (Fürth, Germany)
Date:
ca. 1750
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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