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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Oppenheim Add. 8° 54
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1591–1600
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • Fragment of a Sidur according to the Romaniot rite
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    Vatican. Biblioteca apostolica vaticana, Vat.ebr.147
    Collection
    Heidelberg University Library, Bibliotheca Palatina
    Library
    Vatikan, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana
    Date
    1317
    Language
    heb
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    • Perez ben Elijah, of Corbeil
    • Isaac ben Joseph, of Corbeil
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B57
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    17th century, between 1673 and 1683
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • In the kabbalistic school of Safed (Upper Galilee), the mystical aspect of prayer, as “the vehicle of
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    London. British Library, Royal MS 1 B XI
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat, grc, heb
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    • Two historiated initials of St Michael fighting the dragon (f. 6r); and of a devil urging a monk to gluttony
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B243 Vol. 3
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    15th century, 1491
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • At the end of the last volume (Vol. 4) of this Hebrew Bible with Masoretic comments (textual criticism
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B28
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1795
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • The "Counting of the Omer" is the ritual counting of the 49 days between Passover and Shavuot, the Feast
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B119
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    14th century, second half of the 14th century
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • The importance of the Braginsky Pentateuch for the textual criticism of the Hebrew Bible is comparable
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, S58
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 19th century, ca. 1900
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • surrounded by men wearing fezes and children holding drums used as noisemakers to drawn out the name of
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Comites Latentes 145
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    15th century
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • The greater part of the manuscript (pp. 21-598) is a compendium by Joseph b.
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, K41
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1798
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • The ornamentation of this ketubah, which commemorates a wedding between two important families of the
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Huntington 21
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1601–1700
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • Contains a selection of the Gemarah on each Mishnah, with a selection from the commentaries of Samson
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B26
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    15th century, [last quarter of the fifteenth century]
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • This manuscript contains the full text of the Pentateuch and haftarot (weekly readings from the Prophets
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B243 Vol. 1
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    15th century, 1494
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • At the end of the last volume (Vol. 4) of this Hebrew Bible with Masoretic comments (textual criticism
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Huntington 70
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1201–1225
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • Nathan ben Jehiel of Rome
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B285
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1796
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • The Hijman Binger Haggadah is a typical example of Hebrew manuscript decoration in Central and Northern
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, K37
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    17th century, 1668
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • The practice of decorating marriage contracts was revived in early seventeenth-century Amsterdam under
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Bodley Or. 77
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1484
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • Hebrew translation of part of the Arabic original Talkhīṣ Kitāb al-nafs (Epitome of De Anima).
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B243 Vol. 4
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    15th century, 1491
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • At the end of the last volume (Vol. 4) of this Hebrew Bible with Masoretic comments (textual criticism
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    Munich. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Cod. hebr. 142
    Collection
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Library
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Date
    circa 500-1875
    Language
    http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/heb
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    • Nathan ben Jehiel, of Rome
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, S17
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    17th century, around 1675
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • The decoration of the scroll begins with a triumphal arch reminiscent of Roman Triumphal arches constructed