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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 manuscript, B115, is the latest of the three manuscripts in the Braginsky Collection (also B240
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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
    • The importance of the Braginsky Pentateuch for the textual criticism of the Hebrew Bible is comparable
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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, 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, B253
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    14th century, 15th century, [around 1400]
    Language
    Hebrew
    • This obviously much-used manuscript is in good overall condition; it is written in an elegant square
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, S13
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1746
    Language
    Hebrew
    • Griselini (1717-1787), whose engraved border designs were popular in Italy in the eighteenth century
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B327
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    17th century, 18th century, [around 1800]
    Language
    Hebrew
    • 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, S12
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, around 1775
    Language
    Hebrew
    • were brought to Rome by Titus and eventually placed in the Basilica of St.
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Comites Latentes 146
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
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    14th century, 14th century (?)
    Language
    Hebrew
    • One of the earliest manuscript exemplars of the version of the Tanhuma midrash text known among scholars
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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, B57
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    17th century, between 1673 and 1683
    Language
    Hebrew
    • 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
    • height of ketubah illustration in Ancona.
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, S58
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 19th century, ca. 1900
    Language
    Hebrew
    • This Esther scroll, which combines Indian and Western traditions in a unique way, contains twenty elaborately
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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, B328
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1725
    Language
    Hebrew
    • On the title page the artist did not record his name, but did note that the manuscript was created in
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B133
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    17th century, 1615
    Language
    Hebrew
    • of the leading figures of the kabbalistic movement in the city of Safed (Upper Galilee), which became
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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, B173
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1716
    Language
    Hebrew
    • ben Judah Leib of Trebitsch (Moravia), who was active in Vienna.
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B318
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    1728
    Language
    Hebrew
    • This thin little book with a gilt embossed leather binding contains the prayers for the celebration on
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, K41
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1798
    Language
    Hebrew
    • Roman ghetto, Toscano and Di Segni, reflects the golden age of ketubah decoration in Rome.