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Ballad of Repentance
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Dedicated to the Great Lord of Hosts. Supreme and merciful God, my affection to Your lofty and just compassion dedicates to You today the exordia of my muse. Protect, immense Lord, my coarse and…

Contributor:

David del Valle Saldaña

Places:

Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Date:

1733

Subjects:

Prayer, Repentance, Piety, Bible, Writing

Categories:

Literature, Popular Poetry, Poetry
Tikun keriyah le-kol laylah ve-yom (Supplications for Every Day and Night)
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The frontispiece of this book of penitential prayers, printed in Amsterdam by David de Castro Tartas, proclaims the pro-Sabbatean beliefs that were then widespread in the Amsterdam Jewish community…

Contributor:

David de Castro Tartas

Places:

Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Date:

1666

Subjects:

Print, Messianism, Prayer, Repentance, Leadership

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Print & Book Culture, Cartooning & Graphic Art
Facing-page print with Hebrew text on left page and engraving on right page depicting man seated on a throne with lions and people below him and cherubs holding crown above him, and Hebrew inscription, and illustration below of men seated around a table with a crowd of people beyond.
Dutch Translation of Penitential Prayers and Psalms
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This page of selichot (penitential prayers) is from a Dutch translation of penitential Prayers and Psalms made for Sarah de la Farra in Amsterdam.

Contributor:

David de Aron Uziel Cardoso

Places:

Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Date:

1714

Subjects:

Illuminated manuscripts, Prayer, Repentance, Language and linguistics, Assimilation

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Print & Book Culture, Prayer & Liturgy
Manuscript page of Dutch text framed in lined border with illustrations of birds and flowers on top and Dutch words around frame.