Project | Demos | Documentation

Contribute to Biblissima+

Subscribe to our newsletter

Contact us

37 results

  • Thumbnail
    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B251
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    14th century, 15th century, [14th/15th century]
    Language
    Hebrew
    View entry
    • Instead he attempted to attain a state of prophetic-mystical ecstasy, based on his conviction that the
  • Thumbnail
    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B259
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    15th century, last third of the 15th century
    Language
    Hebrew
    View entry
    • This Miscellany for Life Cycle Events from the last third of the 15th century was probably a wedding
  • Thumbnail
    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B332
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1755
    Language
    Latin
    View entry
    • Until 1800, the University of Padua was the most important center for Jewish students, whereas the University
  • Thumbnail
    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B52
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1750
    Language
    Hebrew
    View entry
    • This codex contains prayers for the circumcision ceremony.
  • Thumbnail
    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B247
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    17th century, ca. 1670-1671
    Language
    Hebrew
    View entry
    • This manuscript contains an Evronot ("Rules for Calculation of the Calendar").
  • Thumbnail
    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B235
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1730
    Language
    Yiddish, Hebrew
    View entry
    • Upper Galilee turned Rosh Hodesh into a fast day and developed a liturgy based on penitential prayers for
  • Thumbnail
    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B318
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    1728
    Language
    Hebrew
    View entry
    • This thin little book with a gilt embossed leather binding contains the prayers for the celebration on
  • Thumbnail
    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B119
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    14th century, second half of the 14th century
    Language
    Hebrew
    View entry
    • The importance of the Braginsky Pentateuch for the textual criticism of the Hebrew Bible is comparable
  • Thumbnail
    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B328
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1725
    Language
    Hebrew
    View entry
    • This miniature book contains the Grace after Meals with the usual supplements for Hanukkah and Purim
  • Thumbnail
    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, K37
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    17th century, 1668
    Language
    Hebrew
    View entry
    • In the late 1640s, the well-known Jewish engraver Shalom Italia created a copper engraving for ketubot
  • Thumbnail
    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, S17
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    17th century, around 1675
    Language
    Hebrew
    View entry
    • This profusely illustrated Dutch scroll is distinctive for its thirty-eight illustrations drawn in sepia
  • Thumbnail
    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B133
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    17th century, 1615
    Language
    Hebrew
    View entry
    • The Tefillah le-Moshe (Moses' Prayers) contains kavvanot for weekdays and the Shabbat.
  • Thumbnail
    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, S54
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, [ca. 1740]
    Language
    Hebrew
    View entry
    • The choice of this type of dress is intriguing, and perhaps the most cogent reason for this combination
  • Thumbnail
    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B222
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1723
    Language
    Hebrew
    View entry
    • subdivided according to the days of the week on which they are to be read and, with exception of the psalms for
  • Thumbnail
    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B257
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1719
    Language
    Hebrew
    View entry
    • This manuscript was written for Hertz ben Leib Darmstadt of Frankfurt am Main and contains pen drawings
  • Thumbnail
    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B262
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1730
    Language
    Hebrew, Yiddish
    View entry
    • depicting ceremonies performed during the Jewish Passover seder, nine text illustrations, and a cycle for
  • Thumbnail
    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B331
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    17th century
    Language
    Hebrew
    View entry
    • This small-format manuscript from the 17th century contains hymnal prayers, poems and blessings for the
  • Thumbnail
    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B316
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1751
    Language
    Latin
    View entry
    • Herlingen wrote this calligram for Prince Joseph II (1741-1790), the son of Empress Maria Theresa and
  • Thumbnail
    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B28
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1795
    Language
    Hebrew
    View entry
    • scribe Baruch ben Shemaria from Brest-Litovsk (Belarus) created this manuscript in Amsterdam in 1795 for
  • Thumbnail
    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B250
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    13th century, 14th century, [late 13th or early 14th century]
    Language
    Hebrew
    View entry
    • of 372 paragraphs; its content addresses the rules concerning the order of the prayers and the laws for