Marriage contract, manuscript, ink and pencil on paper, dated 25th of hodesh Rahamim [Elul?] 5647 at Vidin (1887). Two columns of text are bordered by two arches. The right column contains the terms of the marriage (kidushin) with the initial abbrevia...
Subject (Geographic):
Vidin (Bulgaria) --Religious life and customs
Subject (Topic):
Ketubah --Bulgaria --Vidin and Prenuptial agreements (Jewish law)
Marriage contract, manuscript, ink on paper, dated 27th of Heshvan 5622 (1862) at Yazd. Text surrounded by floral border. The upper register of the decoration has two small lions with a rising sun in the background of one of the lions, above the lions...
Description:
Bride: Malka bat Akai?
Subject (Geographic):
Yazd (Iran) --Religious life and customs
Subject (Name):
Malka bat Akai, Mosheh ben Shemu'el, Rahamim ben Ya'akov, Yitshak ben David, and Yosef ben Shemu'el Kohen
Subject (Topic):
Ketubah --Iran --Yazd and Prenuptial agreements (Jewish law)
Marriage contract, manuscript, ink on paper, dated 12th of Adar 5704 at Yazd. (1944). Above the text are decorative paper cut out designs glued onto the document. Along the border are designs of grape clusters in ink. Below the main text of the ketuba...
Description:
Bride: Norni(?) bat Shemu'el.
Subject (Geographic):
Yazd (Iran) --Religious life and customs
Subject (Name):
Aharon ben David and Norni bat Shemu'el
Subject (Topic):
Ketubah --Iran --Yazd and Prenuptial agreements (Jewish law)
Marriage contract, manuscript, engraving and ink on vellum, dated 10th of Adar 5516 (1756) at Haga. The text is surrounded by two columns with leaves and above is an arch with two putti holding a textile on which is written be-siman tov (under a good ...
Description:
Bride: Hanah bat Yisrael Imanuel Abendana.
Subject (Geographic):
Hague (Netherlands) -- Religious life and customs
Subject (Topic):
Ketubah -- Netherlands -- Hague and Prenuptial agreements (Jewish law)
Most widely known today for his studies of Near Eastern languages Guillaume Postel was a pioneer in the study of Hebrew, Arabic, Syriac, and Aramaic in Western Europe. He was better known in his own time as a prophet, millennialist, and Utopiast. His ...
Alternative Title:
Lingvarvm duodecim characteribvs differentivm alphabetvm introdvctio and Lord’s prayer. Polyglot
Description:
Imperfect: leaf H2 (signed ’G’) misbound after H3.
Publisher:
Apud Dionysium Lescuier ...
Subject (Name):
Lord’s prayer. Polyglot
Subject (Topic):
Alphabets --Early works to 1800, Aramaic language --Early works to 1800, Armenian language --Early works to 1800, Grammar, Comparative and general --Early works to 1800, Language and languages --Grammars --Early works to 1800, Samaritan Aramaic language --Early works to 1800, and Syriac language --Early works to 1800
Manuscript, ink and paint on paper. The Shiviti contains kabbalistic and micrographic designs. Handwritten and illuminated in black, brown, red, and gold on paper. The inscriptions in the squares at the bottom of the inner border indicate that this s...
Alternative Title:
שויתי : מרוקו, סוף המאה ה-19 או תחילת המאה ה-20.
Subject (Geographic):
Morocco--Religious life and customs.
Subject (Topic):
Amulets (Judaism), Jewish art and symbolism., Prayer--Judaism., and Religious articles--Morocco.
Sheet for recording names and the anniversaries of deaths, or the yarzheit (alternate spelling: yortsayt, yahrzeit, and yartzeit), from the Yiddish for "time of year."
Alternative Title:
Bet Ulfna Rabte Itur Rabonim and Beth Ulfna Rabte Itur Rabonim
Inserted folding leaf : ""Effigies tabvlae smaragdinae."" : 2 representations of the emerald tablet of Hermes. In Hebrew on the left and an exotic tongue (representing Chaldean?) on the right.
Description:
Engraved plate, 185 x 235 mm., tipped in inside front cover.
Subject (Name):
Hermes, Trismegistus. Tabula smaragdina
Subject (Topic):
Alchemy and Ancient and Mystical Order Rosae Crucis
