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Yiddish Book of Customs
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This page illustrating the blowing of the shofar on Rosh Hashanah is from a Yiddish book of customs from Italy. By the sixteenth century, Yiddish-speaking Ashkenazic Jews were the largest groups of…

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Artist Unknown

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Date:

1500

Subjects:

Illuminated manuscripts, Ritual & observance, Yiddish, Holidays, Jewish languages

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Print & book culture
Manuscript page with Yiddish text and illustrations below of person blowing horn, several people seated with Torah scroll, someone standing with an open book, and a turret with door.
Yiddish Translation of the Bible
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This manuscript page of Deuteronomy 1:1–7 is from a translation of the Hebrew Bible into Yiddish, from Italy. It is decorated with two storks and an ornate chapter heading with the opening word of the…

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Unknown

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Date:

16th Century

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Illuminated manuscripts, Bible, Translation, Jewish languages, Yiddish

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Print & book culture
Manuscript page of drawings of bird and plants on top and Yiddish text below.
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

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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.