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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, S7
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, second half of the 18th century
    Language
    Hebrew
    • ornamentation of the scroll: the whimsical imagery includes peasant figures in colorful local costume and
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, K68
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1748
    Language
    Hebrew
    • bridal couple mentioned in this marriage contract, Dona Sarah, daughter of Jacob Guttieres Pegna (Peña) and
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B318
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    1728
    Language
    Hebrew
    • Following convention, the title page shows Moses and Aaron.
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B332
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1755
    Language
    Latin
    • Doctoral diplomas served as an entrance ticket for Jewish doctors into the modern society of nobles and
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, S24
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    e-codices
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, around 1750
    Language
    Hebrew
    • This eighteenth-century megillah was created in Lower Saxony and exemplifies a type of folk art decoration
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, S2
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 19th century, scroll: Venice?, mid 18th century / case: Ioannina, Greece, second half of the 19th century
    Language
    Hebrew
    • This mid-eighteen century Italian Esther scroll was most likely printed and hand-colored in Venice.
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, K41
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1798
    Language
    Hebrew
    • this ketubah, which commemorates a wedding between two important families of the Roman ghetto, Toscano and