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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B317
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1739
    Language
    Hebrew
    • Like most of the Haggadot at that time, this exemplar is largely dependent on the copper engravings of
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B125
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    15th century, [around 1470]
    Language
    Hebrew, Yiddish
    • of Hillel ben Samuel of Verona (ca. 1220 – ca. 1295); in contrast to other extant translations, it is
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, K96
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1759
    Language
    Hebrew
    • It is even possible that the original ketubah is not from Alessandria, but from further away, possibly
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, S17
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    17th century, around 1675
    Language
    Hebrew
    • This profusely illustrated Dutch scroll is distinctive for its thirty-eight illustrations drawn in sepia
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, S54
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, [ca. 1740]
    Language
    Hebrew
    • , scenes, and animals with delicate parallel and cross-hatched pen strokes, creating an effect that is
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Comites Latentes 278
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    12th century
    Language
    Hebrew, Judeo-Arabic
    • This rare Judeo-Arabic fragment is from the Kitab al-Hidaya ila Faraiḍ al-Qulub (Guide to the Duties
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B274
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    13th century, 1288
    Language
    Hebrew
    • This is the earliest known manuscript of Moses of Coucy's classic legal code and also the earliest dated
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, K40
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1795
    Language
    Hebrew
    • The text of this ketubah is centered under the arch supported by a pair of ornamental columns.
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, S12
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, around 1775
    Language
    Hebrew
    • This megillah is embellished with hand-painted, repeated architectural designs.
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B173
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1716
    Language
    Hebrew
    • The titel of this mohel book (circumcision book) from 1716 is Book of the Lord’s Mystery with the [commentary
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, S24
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, around 1750
    Language
    Hebrew
    • The most distinctive image in this scroll is the one depicting the hanging of Haman.
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B282
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1752
    Language
    Hebrew
    • The Massekhet Purim contained in this manuscript is a Purim parody by the Provençal author and translator
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B57
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    17th century, between 1673 and 1683
    Language
    Hebrew
    • Upper Galilee), the mystical aspect of prayer, as “the vehicle of the soul's mystical ascent to God,” is
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, S2
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 19th century, scroll: Venice?, mid 18th century / case: Ioannina, Greece, second half of the 19th century
    Language
    Hebrew
    • It is kept in a cylindrical case of delicate filigree, ornamented with floral motifs, that is typical
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B250
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    13th century, 14th century, [late 13th or early 14th century]
    Language
    Hebrew
    • The text is divided into 12 sections of a total of 372 paragraphs; its content addresses the rules concerning
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Comites Latentes 173
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    16th century, between 1565 and 1599
    Language
    Judeo-Italian, Hebrew
    • This legal manuscript with the title Sefer Ḥokhmat Nashim is part of a vernacular literary genre for
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 21
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    13th century
    Language
    Hebrew
    • Unlike most similar surviving manuscripts, it does not belong to the Ashkenazic tradition, but is instead
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B119
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    14th century, second half of the 14th century
    Language
    Hebrew
    • The importance of the Braginsky Pentateuch for the textual criticism of the Hebrew Bible is comparable
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B252
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    15th century, [last third of the 15th century]
    Language
    Hebrew
    • The book Minhagim ("Religious Customs") is attributed to Samuel of Ulm, although the authorship is not
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B45
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    17th century, before 1611
    Language
    Hebrew
    • whereupon a patron enabled him to rewrite his collection of thoughts into a coherent work; the result is