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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B133
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    17th century, 1615
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • of the leading figures of the kabbalistic movement in the city of Safed (Upper Galilee), which became
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, K70
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
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    18th century, 1765
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • This marriage contract between Abraham [Abramo], son of the late Jonathan Judah Finzi, and his bride
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B93
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
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    14th century, [second half of the 14th century (around 1391?)]
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • by the same scribe Moses, which now is part of the Schoenberg Collection at the University of Pennsylvania
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B332
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
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    18th century, 1755
    Language
    Latin
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    • Until 1800, the University of Padua was the most important center for Jewish students, whereas the University
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B124
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
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    14th century, 15th century, [end of the 14th/first half of the 15th century]
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • This manuscript by Jacob ben Asher (son of the rabbi and codifier Asher ben Jehiel) contains one of the
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, K49
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
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    17th century, 1675
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • In the 17th century, the Jewish community of Casale Monferrato had between 500 and 600 members.
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, S58
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 19th century, ca. 1900
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • drawn out the name of Haman.
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, K37
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    17th century, 1668
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    Hebrew
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    • Amsterdam, copied and decorated by Hijman Binger
    • The practice of decorating marriage contracts was revived in early seventeenth-century Amsterdam under
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, S24
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
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    18th century, around 1750
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    Hebrew
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    • This eighteenth-century megillah was created in Lower Saxony and exemplifies a type of folk art decoration
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, K41
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    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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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, S13
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1746
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • , and a variety of birds including a crowned double-headed eagle and a peacock.
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, S17
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    17th century, around 1675
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    Hebrew
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    • Amsterdam, copied and decorated by Hijman Binger
    • The decoration of the scroll begins with a triumphal arch reminiscent of Roman Triumphal arches constructed
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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
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    • The character of Alsatian Jewish life is captured in the ornamentation of the scroll: the whimsical imagery
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B57
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    17th century, between 1673 and 1683
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • Apart from the daily prayers, this manuscript also contains kabbalistic commentaries and kavvanot (mystical
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, K96
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
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    18th century, 1759
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    Hebrew
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    • Like the 1753 ketubah from Padua (K76), this contract makes use of an older frame.
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B253
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    14th century, 15th century, [around 1400]
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • It contains daily prayers and piyyutim for holidays and special occasions.
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, K99
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    17th century, 1648
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • The lavish decoration of this printed and hand-painted ketubah attests to the high esteem in which this
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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
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    • The book Minhagim ("Religious Customs") is attributed to Samuel of Ulm, although the authorship is not
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B104
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, [second half of the 18th century]
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    Hebrew
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    • This manuscript contains one of the four autographs of Elijah ben Solomon Zalman, known as the Vilna
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B67
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, [around 1720]
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • This codex contains prayers, blessings and poems for a wedding ceremony, following the custom of the