This miniature prayer book is the result of a unique collaboration
of two of the most eminent Viennese representatives of 18th century
Jewish book art. Aaron Wolf Herlingen wrote and illustrated the
title page, Meschullam Simmel ben Moses from Polná created the
other drawings and probably also wrote the prayer texts. Evidently
this little book was a wedding present. The miniature prayer book
contains a total of nine illustrations of the text as well as four
richly decorated initial words. The prayer book belonged to the
“respectable and wise maid Hindl”. The manuscript also contains
entries regarding the birth of her children between 1719 and 1741.
Place
Preferred form
Vienna (Austria)
Original form
Vienna, copied and illustrated by Aaron Wolf Herlingen [and Meschullam Simmel from Polná]
Other form
Vienna
Vienna, [Aryeh ben Judah Leib]
[Vienna, copied and decorated by Meshullam Zimmel of Polna]
Vienna, copied and decorated by Aaron Wolf Herlingen
