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Protector of Women

Judah Sommo

1577

Page with Hebrew text of illustrations of men in turbans on either side of the text; cherub, vines, and birds at top of page; and six men in prayer shawls walking to building at bottom of page.

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Klausen Book of Psalms

Shabbetai Sheftel Auerbach

1706

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 left-hand page with floral border and illustration on right-hand page of three angels standing above bearded figure in robe.

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Harrison Miscellany

ca. 1720

Faience-tile mosaic of floral designs throughout, two lines of Hebrew text at the top, and three niches at bottom.

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Isfahan Synagogue, Persia

16th Century

Cloth embroidered with Hebrew writing under columned archway and surrounded by decorative border.

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Torah Curtain

Rachel Olivetti of Pesaro

1620

Drawing of bearded man wearing collar and hat seated at table with books, framed by two columns with images of angels, and Hebrew text above his head.

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David Oppenheim

Samuel ben Moses

1714

Manuscript page with drawings of buildings and boats spread across the page with Hebrew labels.

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Map of the Land of Israel

Ḥayim ben Bezalel

Late 15th or 16th Century

Printed page of Spanish text under decorative, columned archway with lintel featuring winged men with helmets holding banners on either side of portrait of bearded man holding a book.

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Spanish Edition of David Nieto’s Mateh Dan (The Tribe of Dan)

David Nieto

1714

Manuscript page with illustration of two figures embracing in center, surrounded by two figures watching, another watching with face covered, another prodding them from underneath, and an image of a room, with Judeo-Persian text on top and bottom of page.

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Mūsā nāma (The Book of Moses)

Mowlānā Shāhīn-i Shīrāzī

1686

Facing-page manuscript with Hebrew text.

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Midrash ḥemdat yamim

Shalem Shabazī

Before 1646

Printed page of Hebrew text with columns and elaborate lintel above arched doorway.

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Ha-shirim asher li-Shelomoh (The Songs of Solomon)

Salamone de Rossi

1622/23