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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, K99
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    17th century, 1648
    Language
    Hebrew
    • The text in this document is divided in two sections, the ketubah proper at the right and the conditions
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B285
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1796
    Language
    Hebrew
    • The Hijman Binger Haggadah is a typical example of Hebrew manuscript decoration in Central and Northern
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B124
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    14th century, 15th century, [end of the 14th/first half of the 15th century]
    Language
    Hebrew
    • The main text is surrounded by many glosses and commentaries; noteworthy is an autograph note by the
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, S8
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    17th century, 18th century, Scroll: Italy, 18th century / Case: Venice or Rome, 17th century
    Language
    Hebrew
    • The cylindrical case of this scroll is ornamented with applied filigree.
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, S13
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1746
    Language
    Hebrew
    • The border design of this Esther scroll is dominated by a baroque arcade featuring four distinctly patterned
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, K70
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1765
    Language
    Hebrew
    • The text is in the lower section of the ketubah, inside a monumental double arch.
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, K68
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1748
    Language
    Hebrew
    • As is customary, the ketubah lists the dowry and increment: It consists of a house on the Piazza delle
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B222
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1723
    Language
    Hebrew
    • Particularly impressive is the picture at the beginning of the first Psalm where, following the initial
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B103
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    17th century, [before 1646]
    Language
    Hebrew
    • Little reliable information about Shabazi's life is available.
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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
    • "Book of the Divine Name") or Sefer ha-Iggulim ("Book of Circles"); in this manuscript, however, it is
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B52
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1750
    Language
    Hebrew
    • The prophet Elijah, who will come in order to announce the advent of the Messiah, is considered to be
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B26
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    15th century, [last quarter of the fifteenth century]
    Language
    Hebrew
    • It is likely that the Braginsky Pentateuch was the work of an artist who was active in the Lisbon School
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B247
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    17th century, ca. 1670-1671
    Language
    Hebrew
    • This manuscript has two such miniatures; above the first of which there is also an illustration of a
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, K29
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1789
    Language
    Hebrew
    • Depicted at left is the scene of David holding the head of Goliath; it is to be understood as a reference
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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 character of Alsatian Jewish life is captured in the ornamentation of the scroll: the whimsical imagery
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B253
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    14th century, 15th century, [around 1400]
    Language
    Hebrew
    • This obviously much-used manuscript is in good overall condition; it is written in an elegant square
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, S58
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 19th century, ca. 1900
    Language
    Hebrew
    • The reader is shown surrounded by men wearing fezes and children holding drums used as noisemakers to
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B284
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1725
    Language
    Hebrew, Yiddish
    • This manuscript is a masterpiece of Jewish book art by Aaron Wolf Herlingen, an artist born around 1700
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, K49
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    17th century, 1675
    Language
    Hebrew
    • The contract is surrounded by an ornamental frame.
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B93
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    14th century, [second half of the 14th century (around 1391?)]
    Language
    Hebrew
    • contains excerpts from a larger manuscript, presumably written by the same scribe Moses, which now is