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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, S17
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    17th century, around 1675
    Language
    Hebrew
    • This profusely illustrated Dutch scroll is distinctive for its thirty-eight illustrations drawn in sepia
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B282
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1752
    Language
    Hebrew
    • The Massekhet Purim contained in this manuscript is a Purim parody by the Provençal author and translator
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. heb. 4
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    17th century, around 1641
    Language
    Hebrew
    • It is a sixth, not yet listed, scroll with the motif “lion, lamb and bear,” produced by the famous engraver
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B285
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1796
    Language
    Hebrew
    • The Hijman Binger Haggadah is a typical example of Hebrew manuscript decoration in Central and Northern
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, Mason S 160
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    [1623] 1639
    Language
    Dutch
    • The three scales are of Dutch, Spanish, and English & French leagues; on the latter one league is equal
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B28
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1795
    Language
    Hebrew
    • 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, B62
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1728
    Language
    Hebrew
    • At the end of the manuscript, there is a text by the corrector, Isaac Saruk, who praised the precision