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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, S12
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, around 1775
    Language
    Hebrew
    • were brought to Rome by Titus and eventually placed in the Basilica of St.
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B317
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1739
    Language
    Hebrew
    • Until the Braginsky Leipnik Haggadah was acquired for the Braginsky Collection in 2007, this Haggadah
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B57
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    17th century, between 1673 and 1683
    Language
    Hebrew
    • In the kabbalistic school of Safed (Upper Galilee), the mystical aspect of prayer, as “the vehicle of
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, K40
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1795
    Language
    Hebrew
    • height of ketubah illustration in Ancona.
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, S58
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
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    18th century, 19th century, ca. 1900
    Language
    Hebrew
    • This Esther scroll, which combines Indian and Western traditions in a unique way, contains twenty elaborately
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B242
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    17th century, [17th century]
    Language
    Hebrew
    • Joseph (Juspa), shammes of Worms (1604-1678), recorded the everyday life, the rites and the customs of
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B328
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1725
    Language
    Hebrew
    • On the title page the artist did not record his name, but did note that the manuscript was created in
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B133
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    17th century, 1615
    Language
    Hebrew
    • of the leading figures of the kabbalistic movement in the city of Safed (Upper Galilee), which became
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B283
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    16th century, 1553-1555
    Language
    Italian
    • This collection of eleven documents in Italian concerning the condemnation and burning of the Talmud
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, S7
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, second half of the 18th century
    Language
    Hebrew
    • The Esther story in this megillah (pl. megillot) isn't presented as an historic drama, but rather as
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B173
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1716
    Language
    Hebrew
    • ben Judah Leib of Trebitsch (Moravia), who was active in Vienna.
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B318
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    1728
    Language
    Hebrew
    • This thin little book with a gilt embossed leather binding contains the prayers for the celebration on
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, K41
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1798
    Language
    Hebrew
    • Roman ghetto, Toscano and Di Segni, reflects the golden age of ketubah decoration in Rome.
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B251
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    14th century, 15th century, [14th/15th century]
    Language
    Hebrew
    • Sefirot, the emanation of the Divine Being.
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B125
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    15th century, [around 1470]
    Language
    Hebrew, Yiddish
    • This manuscript contains the seven chapters of the aphorisms of Hippocrates in the Hebrew translation
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B67
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, [around 1720]
    Language
    Hebrew
    • Additional poems are by a variety of poets, some by writers of the Hebrew Golden Age in medieval Spain
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, K70
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1765
    Language
    Hebrew
    • daughter of Gedaliah Senigaglia (Senigallia) names a dowry of 1,800 pezze da ocho reali – 1,200 of which in
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B49
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    16th century, 15th century, [ca. 1500]
    Language
    Hebrew
    • The Roman rite, generally known as Nussah Roma, is the oldest order of prayer outside the ancient lands
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B52
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1750
    Language
    Hebrew
    • The ceremony, depicted on f. 10r, takes place in a synagogue.
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B316
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1751
    Language
    Latin
    • This calligram depicting King David playing a harp comprises the Latin text of what is known as the Seven