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Juedisches Ceremonial (Jewish Ceremony): Death and Mourning
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This illustration depicting Jewish death and mourning rituals (a sick man on his deathbed, a body laid out for burial, and a funeral procession) appeared in the book, Jüdisches Ceremoniel (Jewish…

Contributor:

Paul Christian Kirchner

Places:

Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire (Nuremberg, Germany)

Date:

1724

Subjects:

Life cycle, Mourning, Ritual & observance, Print

Categories:

Print & book culture
Print of four scenes in quadrants with German headings on each: top left is sick man in bed, top right is sick man in bed surrounded by people with candles and books, bottom left is sick man lying on the floor, and bottom right is procession through city walls.
Jewish Funeral in Ouderkerk
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This etching depicts a body being brought for burial in the Spanish and Portuguese Jewish cemetery at Ouderkerk, the oldest Jewish cemetery (est. 1614) in the Netherlands, located on the Amstel River.

Contributor:

Romeyn de Hooghe

Places:

Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Date:

1675–ca. 1695

Subjects:

Print, Ritual & observance

Categories:

Print & book culture, Cartooning & graphic art, Monuments, Gravestones & Tombs
Print engraving of people on boat docking at a graveyard and lifting out a tomb.