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Page of Aramaic text with illustrations surrounding it, including heraldic shields around the text and a city, vines, flowers, and birds above text.

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Ketubah (Venice)

1707

Manuscript page with illustration of man on a ladder and angel above him, with Hebrew text beneath.

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Calendar Manual

Pinchas (Phineas) ben Avraham Halevi

1716

Facing-page manuscript with Hebrew text on right-hand page and illustration of figures wearing hats and robes under Hebrew text on left-hand page.

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The Order of Circumcision Prayers

Uri Fayvesh Segal

1750

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

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

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

Facing-page Hebrew manuscript with charts with Hebrew letters on left side, and geometric drawings on right side.

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Toledot Adam (The Generations of Adam)

Elijah Loanz

1734

Manuscript page with Hebrew writing arranged in the form of a tree, with drawings of candelabrum, cherubs, and table in center, and drawing of dragon and figures on bottom left of the page.

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Sefirotic Tree

Elijah Menaḥem Ḥalfan

1533

Manuscript page with Hebrew text, with some words set apart in rectangular frames, surrounded by border of branches, flowers, and birds, and small illustration of boy and animal with tail in bottom margin.

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Maḥzor for the Rite of Carpentras

1540/1

Page of Aramaic text with illustration of pair of hands clasped at top and illustrated vignettes along sides of text depicting wedding scenes, joined by vines and flowers.

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Ketubah (Amsterdam)

Shalom Italia

1648

Manuscript page of Judeo-Persian text with illustration of three angels beneath of tree.

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Ardashir-nāmah (Shāhin-i Shirāzi)

Mowlānā Shāhīn-i Shīrāzī

ca. 1680

Page of Aramaic text surrounded by ornate illustrations, including couple under wedding canopy at the top of the page with many well-dressed people around them and two angels flying overhead, and two women on pedestals on either side of the bottom of the page on either side of a wreath with text inside.

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Ketubah (Hamburg)

1690