Meshal ha-Kadmoni, Isaac ben Solmon ibn Sahula, Brescia: Gershom Soncino, 1491, Heb-45, Fols. 18v-19r.
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Early Modern Period
Mahzor (Roman rite), Soncino-Casal Maggiore: Benei Soncino, 1485-6, Heb-73, Vol. 2, fol. 117v-118r.
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Mahzor (Italian rite; commissioned for woman), Abraham ben Mordecai Farissol (scribe), Italy, 1471, MS 8255, Fol. 5v.
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Mahzor (Rothschild Mahzor), Florence, 1490, MS 8892, Fols. 5r (Zodiac), 6v (Keter Malkhut), 139r (Pirkei Avot).
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Kabbala Denudata, Sulzbach: Abraham Lichtenthaler, 1677, B (NS)K115, Frontispiece and fig. 12.
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Portrait of Sabbatai Zvi, from John Evelyn, Historia de Tribus Hujus Seculi Fanosis Impostoribus (1669), RB 436.8.
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Eshel Avraham (17–), MS 4599, Fols. 344v-345r – kabbalistic diagrams.
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Education Chart, Livorno, 1846, B (NS)E126.
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Edict Ordering the Confiscation and Burning of the Talmud, Venice, 1553.
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Ceremonies et couumes religieuses de tous les peoples du monde, Bernard Picart, Amsterdam, 1723-1743, BL75.C4 1723, Vol. 1, p. 122.
Depictions of Sukkot (2)- 1. Procession des Palmes chez les Juifs Portugais 2. Repas de Juifs pendant la Fête des Tentes Procession des Palmes chez les Juifs Portugais Repas de Juifs pendant la Fête des Tentes For higher resolution of Procession des Palmes chez les Juifs Portugais click here. For higher resolution of […]