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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B344
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1725
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • [Vienna, copied and decorated by Meshullam Zimmel of Polna]
    • Aaron Wolf Herlingen wrote and illustrated the title page, Meschullam Simmel ben Moses from Polná created
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B351
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1741
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • Hamburg and Altona, copied and illustrated by Jakob ben Juda Leib Schammasch
    • Hamburg and Altona, copied and illustrated by Jakob ben Juda Leib Schammasch
    • In addition to the title page with an architectural frame and the figures of Moses and Aaron, there are
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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
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    • Isaac of Corbeil († 1280) is the author of this halakhic Small Book of Commandments also known as Sefer
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B62
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1728
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • Amsterdam, copied and decorated by Hijman Binger
    • Belinfante copied this decorated psalter from the 1670 printed edition by the Amsterdam printer of Hebrew and
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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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    • copied and decorated by Moses Judah Leib ben Wolf Broda of Trebitsch
    • copied and decorated by Moses Judah Leib ben Wolf Broda of Trebitsch
    • psalms in this manuscript are subdivided according to the days of the week on which they are to be read and
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B247
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    17th century, ca. 1670-1671
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • Germany and Switzerland, Constance(?)
    • Many so-called Sifre evoronot ("Books of calculation") emerged in the 17th and 18th centuries.
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B173
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1716
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    Hebrew
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    • [Vienna, copied and decorated by Meshullam Zimmel of Polna]
    • from 1716 is Book of the Lord’s Mystery with the [commentary] "Golden Scepter"; based on the style and
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, S17
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    17th century, around 1675
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • Amsterdam, copied and decorated by Hijman Binger
    • The scroll also contains some unusual representations.
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B274
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    13th century, 1288
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • 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, B57
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    17th century, between 1673 and 1683
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • Apart from the daily prayers, this manuscript also contains kabbalistic commentaries and kavvanot (mystical
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B328
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1725
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • Nikolsburg, [copied and illustrated by Samuel ben Zevi Hirsch Dresnitz]
    • This miniature book contains the Grace after Meals with the usual supplements for Hanukkah and Purim
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B284
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1725
    Language
    Hebrew, Yiddish
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    • [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, B28
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1795
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • Amsterdam, copied and decorated by Hijman Binger
    • The "Counting of the Omer" is the ritual counting of the 49 days between Passover and Shavuot, the Feast
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B257
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1719
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • Vienna, copied and decorated by Aaron Wolf Herlingen
    • This manuscript was written for Hertz ben Leib Darmstadt of Frankfurt am Main and contains pen drawings
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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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    • [Vienna, copied and decorated by Meshullam Zimmel of Polna]
    • The highly accomplished artist Wolf Leib Katz Poppers has modeled detailed figures, scenes, and animals
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B217
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1751
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • ha-Nehenin ("Blessings over Enjoyments"), the Shalosh Mitzvot Nashim ("Three Commandments for Women") and
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B250
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    13th century, 14th century, [late 13th or early 14th century]
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • of Rom (ca. 1225-1297) contains one of the first attempts of codifying Jewish religious law in Italy and
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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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    • Beginning of Wisdom"), the larger part of Mischpetei ha-Mazzalaot ("Judgments of the Constellations") and
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B49
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    16th century, 15th century, [ca. 1500]
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • 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, B282
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1752
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • Amsterdam, copied and decorated by Hijman Binger
    • The Massekhet Purim contained in this manuscript is a Purim parody by the Provençal author and translator