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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, 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, K49
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    17th century, 1675
    Language
    Hebrew
    • Its corner segments each contain a large medallion depicting the four Aristotelian elements (air, water
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, S12
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, around 1775
    Language
    Hebrew
    • Accompanying this scroll is a separate sheet of parchment that, in addition to the benedictions, contains
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B332
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1755
    Language
    Latin
    • page of the diploma for Israel Baruch Olmo shows the emblem of the Olmo family: an elm, flanked by a
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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
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, K41
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1798
    Language
    Hebrew
    • The ornamentation of this ketubah, which commemorates a wedding between two important families of the
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, K91
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    17th century, 1695
    Language
    Hebrew
    • Coelho Enriques (or Henriques) and Dona Rachel, daughter of Abraham Enriques Da Costa, were members of a
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B217
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1751
    Language
    Hebrew
    • The passages relating to the three commandments imposed on women indicate that the book was meant as a
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B28
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1795
    Language
    Hebrew
    • F. 18r shows a menorah with the seven verses of Psalm 67 inscribed in microsript on the seven arms of
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, K29
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1789
    Language
    Hebrew
    • one of the most important Jewish communities of Italy, the Adriatic seaport of Ancona, which also was a
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B274
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    13th century, 1288
    Language
    Hebrew
    • The Sefer Mitzvot Gadol (abbreviated the SeMaG) became a major and accepted source of halakhic rulings
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B57
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    17th century, between 1673 and 1683
    Language
    Hebrew
    • The manuscript begins with an unfinished title page that contains a decorative floral border in red,
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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, B243 Vol. 4
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    15th century, 1491
    Language
    Hebrew
    • In the 19th century, it was divided into four volumes (Vol. 1, Vol. 2, Vol. 3, Vol. 4), received a new
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, K99
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    17th century, 1648
    Language
    Hebrew
    • divided in two sections, the ketubah proper at the right and the conditions at the left, set within a
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B243 Vol. 1
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    15th century, 1494
    Language
    Hebrew
    • In the 19th century, it was divided into four volumes (Vol. 1, Vol. 2, Vol. 3, Vol. 4), received a new
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B243 Vol. 3
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    15th century, 1491
    Language
    Hebrew
    • In the 19th century, it was divided into four volumes (Vol. 1, Vol. 2, Vol. 3, Vol. 4), received a new
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B243 Vol. 2
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    15th century, 1494
    Language
    Hebrew
    • In the 19th century, it was divided into four volumes (Vol. 1, Vol. 2, Vol. 3, Vol. 4), received a new
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B331
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    17th century
    Language
    Hebrew
    • In addition to the title page, which is decorated with a Renaissance portal, there are eleven illustrations