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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B243 Vol. 2
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    15th century, 1494
    Language
    Hebrew
    • Evora (Portugal), copied and vocalized by Isaac ben Ishai Sason
    • century, it was divided into four volumes (Vol. 1, Vol. 2, Vol. 3, Vol. 4), received a new binding and
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B242
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    17th century, [17th century]
    Language
    Hebrew
    • Joseph (Juspa), shammes of Worms (1604-1678), recorded the everyday life, the rites and the customs of
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B104
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, [second half of the 18th century]
    Language
    Hebrew
    • He was revered during his lifetime already and is considered the most important scholar among Lithuanian
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B259
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    15th century, last third of the 15th century
    Language
    Hebrew
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • azar; a marriage contract, concluded in Parma in 1420 between Judah, son of Elhanan of Ascoli Piceno, and
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B316
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1751
    Language
    Latin
    • [Vienna, copied and decorated by Meshullam Zimmel of Polna]
    • comprises the Latin text of what is known as the Seven Penitential Psalms (6, 31, 37, 50, 101, 129 and
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, K96
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1759
    Language
    Hebrew
    • The family emblems therefore have no relation to the bridal couple, Nathan Solomon, son of Jacob Samuel
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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
    • This abridged version of the 613 positive and negative biblical commandments, and a few additional rabbinic
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B49
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    16th century, 15th century, [ca. 1500]
    Language
    Hebrew
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • generally known as Nussah Roma, is the oldest order of prayer outside the ancient lands of Israel and
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B274
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    13th century, 1288
    Language
    Hebrew
    • This is the earliest known manuscript of Moses of Coucy's classic legal code and also the earliest dated
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, K49
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    17th century, 1675
    Language
    Hebrew
    • In the 17th century, the Jewish community of Casale Monferrato had between 500 and 600 members.
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B133
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    17th century, 1615
    Language
    Hebrew
    • The Tefillah le-Moshe (Moses' Prayers) contains kavvanot for weekdays and the Shabbat.
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B284
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1725
    Language
    Hebrew, Yiddish
    • [Vienna, copied and decorated by Meshullam Zimmel of Polna]
    • an artist born around 1700 in Gewitsch, Moravia, who worked in Pressburg (now Bratislava), Vienna, and
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, K99
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    17th century, 1648
    Language
    Hebrew
    • 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, B119
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    14th century, second half of the 14th century
    Language
    Hebrew
    • importance of the Braginsky Pentateuch for the textual criticism of the Hebrew Bible is comparable to
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B282
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1752
    Language
    Hebrew
    • Amsterdam, copied and decorated by Hijman Binger
    • The Massekhet Purim contained in this manuscript is a Purim parody by the Provençal author and translator
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B262
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1730
    Language
    Hebrew, Yiddish
    • [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
    • This Passover Haggadah with a Yiddish translation of the hymn Had Gadya (f. 23r) was copied and illustrated
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B26
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    15th century, [last quarter of the fifteenth century]
    Language
    Hebrew
    • This manuscript contains the full text of the Pentateuch and haftarot (weekly readings from the Prophets
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, K40
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1795
    Language
    Hebrew
    • A depiction of the sacrifice of Isaac, an allusion to the bridegroom whose second name is Isaac, is located
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, K29
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1789
    Language
    Hebrew
    • 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, K91
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    17th century, 1695
    Language
    Hebrew
    • David, son of Daniel Coelho Enriques (or Henriques) and Dona Rachel, daughter of Abraham Enriques Da