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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, B93
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    14th century, [second half of the 14th century (around 1391?)]
    Language
    Hebrew
    • collection of cosmological treatises contains excerpts from a larger manuscript, presumably written by the
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, K68
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1748
    Language
    Hebrew
    • The bridal couple mentioned in this marriage contract, Dona Sarah, daughter of Jacob Guttieres Pegna
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B344
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1725
    Language
    Hebrew
    • This miniature prayer book is the result of a unique collaboration of two of the most eminent Viennese
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B282
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1752
    Language
    Hebrew
    • The Massekhet Purim contained in this manuscript is a Purim parody by the Provençal author and translator
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B328
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1725
    Language
    Hebrew
    • This miniature book contains the Grace after Meals with the usual supplements for Hanukkah and Purim
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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, B103
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    17th century, [before 1646]
    Language
    Hebrew
    • The manuscript contains the homiletical commentary on the Pentateuch written by the greatest Yemenite
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, K96
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1759
    Language
    Hebrew
    • Like the 1753 ketubah from Padua (K76), this contract makes use of an older frame.
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, S54
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, [ca. 1740]
    Language
    Hebrew
    • This scroll contains one of the most finely executed series of illustrations to be found in decorated
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, S24
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, around 1750
    Language
    Hebrew
    • The most distinctive image in this scroll is the one depicting the hanging of Haman.
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, S58
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 19th century, ca. 1900
    Language
    Hebrew
    • drawn out the name of Haman.
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, K91
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    17th century, 1695
    Language
    Hebrew
    • Abraham Enriques Da Costa, were members of a families of religious refugees from Spain and Portugal in the
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, K37
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    17th century, 1668
    Language
    Hebrew
    • The practice of decorating marriage contracts was revived in early seventeenth-century Amsterdam under
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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, B284
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1725
    Language
    Hebrew, Yiddish
    • The title page depicts Moses and Aaron on either side of the title.
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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, K70
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1765
    Language
    Hebrew
    • This marriage contract between Abraham [Abramo], son of the late Jonathan Judah Finzi, and his bride
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B345
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    14th century, 1355
    Language
    Hebrew
    • Over the more than 650 years that have passed since this manuscript of the Mishneh Torah was created,
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, S17
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    17th century, around 1675
    Language
    Hebrew
    • The decoration of the scroll begins with a triumphal arch reminiscent of Roman Triumphal arches constructed