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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B243 Vol. 3
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    e-codices
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    15th century, 1491
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • was completed in 1494 in Evora in the Kingdom of Portugal, two years after the expulsion of the Jews from
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B243 Vol. 1
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    15th century, 1494
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • was completed in 1494 in Evora in the Kingdom of Portugal, two years after the expulsion of the Jews from
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B115
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    14th century, 15th century, [14th–15th century]
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • biblical commandments, and a few additional rabbinic ones, has been divided into seven daily sections to
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B243 Vol. 4
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    15th century, 1491
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • was completed in 1494 in Evora in the Kingdom of Portugal, two years after the expulsion of the Jews from
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B243 Vol. 2
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    15th century, 1494
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • was completed in 1494 in Evora in the Kingdom of Portugal, two years after the expulsion of the Jews from
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B45
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    17th century, before 1611
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • Shelomo bar Joshua Adeni (1567-1625) was a Jewish scholar who devoted himself primarily to the study
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B235
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1730
    Language
    Yiddish, Hebrew
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    • This gave rise to the name Yom Kippur Katan ("Minor Day of Atonement").
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, K29
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1789
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • The main episode at top center, depicts the prophet Elijah ascending to heaven, riding in his fiery horse-drawn
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B217
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1751
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • In addition to the Seder Birkat ha-Mazon ("Grace after Meals"), this mid-18th century manuscript contains
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B52
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1750
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • 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, B345
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    14th century, 1355
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • or Hildesheim, Benedictine abbey (?)
    • Various annotations and citations indicate that important Ashkenazic rabbis hat access to the manuscript
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B103
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    17th century, [before 1646]
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • What is known comes from his own works, some 550 poems and a few other texts.
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, S24
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, around 1750
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • Lower Saxony and exemplifies a type of folk art decoration and color palette found in other megillot from
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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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    • In this Braginsky Collection Esther scroll, the women wear red or blue garments with yellow corselets
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, K94
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1722
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • The decoration contains countless biblical quotations in micrographic script with reference to wedding
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B262
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1730
    Language
    Hebrew, Yiddish
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    • [Central or Northern Europe], copied and decorated by Nathan ben Simson of Mezeritsch
    • [Central or Northern Europe], copied and decorated by Nathan ben Simson of Mezeritsch
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B318
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    1728
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • The writer and illustrator Nathan ben Simson from Meseritsch (Velké Meziříčí) in Moravia was among the
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, K37
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    17th century, 1668
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • ketubot of the Spanish-Portuguese community, which subsequently inspired an anonymous local artist to
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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
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    • The manuscript offers variant readings to the standard editions and contains some otherwise unknown Responsa
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, K68
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1748
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • contract, Dona Sarah, daughter of Jacob Guttieres Pegna (Peña) and David, son of the late Benjamin Racah (or