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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B222
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1723
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • The psalms in this manuscript are subdivided according to the days of the week on which they are to be
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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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    • At the end of the last volume (Vol. 4) of this Hebrew Bible with Masoretic comments (textual criticism
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, K41
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
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    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, B243 Vol. 1
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    15th century, 1494
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • At the end of the last volume (Vol. 4) of this Hebrew Bible with Masoretic comments (textual criticism
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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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    • In the kabbalistic school of Safed (Upper Galilee), the mystical aspect of prayer, as “the vehicle of
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, K40
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1795
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • The text of this ketubah is centered under the arch supported by a pair of ornamental columns.
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B327
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    17th century, 18th century, [around 1800]
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • The "Counting of the Omer" is a blessing that takes place during the 49 days from the second day of Passover
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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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    • 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, B285
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1796
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • The Hijman Binger Haggadah is a typical example of Hebrew manuscript decoration in Central and Northern
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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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    • At the end of the last volume (Vol. 4) of this Hebrew Bible with Masoretic comments (textual criticism
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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, B317
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1739
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • 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
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    • 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
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    • The bridal couple mentioned in this marriage contract, Dona Sarah, daughter of Jacob Guttieres Pegna
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B282
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1752
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • The Massekhet Purim contained in this manuscript is a Purim parody by the Provençal author and translator
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B316
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1751
    Language
    Latin
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    • 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, K96
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1759
    Language
    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, S54
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, [ca. 1740]
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • This scroll contains one of the most finely executed series of illustrations to be found in decorated
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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
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • The practice of decorating marriage contracts was revived in early seventeenth-century Amsterdam under