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Decorated page framed with foliate design featuring two angels on left and right, Hebrew text in middle, and lions on bottom register.

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Haggadah (Frankfurt)

Charlotte von Rothschild

1842

Manuscript page of Hebrew text arranged in the shape of a eight-branched candelabrum.

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Seder tefilot yesharot u-varot (The Order of Upright and Pure Prayers)

1734

Facing page manuscript arranged vertically with Hebrew text in the shape of a figure wielding two long objects.

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Compendium of Practical Kabbalah

ca. 1740

Manuscript page with Hebrew text in middle surrounded by border of geometric shapes.

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Sefer ha-kavanot (Kabbalistic Intentions in Prayer and Performance of Precepts)

David ben Aaron Ibn Ḥasin

1737

Beginning of scroll with Hebrew text arranged in columned archways and decorated figures above and beside each column.

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Esther Scroll (Amsterdam)

Shalom Italia

1640

Manuscript page of drawings of bird and plants on top and Yiddish text below.

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Yiddish Translation of the Bible

16th Century

Printed page with three columns of Hebrew, German in Hebrew characters, Latin, and Aramaic text in various fonts and sizes, interspersed with small portraits of a man and a woman, and surrounded by decorative border.

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The dedication page for Charles VI and his wife, Elizabeth Christina

Meshulam Zimmel ben Moses of Polna

1733

Manuscript page of Dutch text framed in lined border with illustrations of birds and flowers on top and Dutch words around frame.

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Dutch Translation of Penitential Prayers and Psalms

David de Aron Uziel Cardoso

1714

Printed page with Hebrew and Yiddish text in center flanked by two figures with decorative borders at top and bottom, and text wrapping around margins of page.

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Nathan ben Samson of Meseritsch (scribe and artist), Psalms

Nathan ben Samson of Meseritsch

1728

Manuscript page of Hebrew text in center framed with decorations and figures and scenes including two cherubs holding a crown at top, a king holding a harp, and a man holding censer, both with crowns above their heads, and figures at bottom.

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De Pinto Psalter

Meir Cohen Belinfante | Isaac Siprut

1728

Illustration of a sphere circled by rings at various angles, including illustrations of zodiac symbols.

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Illustration of an Armillary Sphere

Solomon ben Abraham Avigdor

1576

Manuscript page of concentric circles with Hebrew words and stars in the outer circles, and Hebrew text on top and bottom of page.

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Illustration of the (Aristotelian) Cosmos

David Ganz

18th Century