Landesmuseum Zürich

23.11.2011

«Beautiful pages. Hebrew manuscripts from the Braginsky Collection»
25.11.11–11.3.12 | Exhibition at the Landesmuseum Zurich

Press release

Touring the exhibition (in german)

Publication (in german)

Speech René Braginsky

Supporting Programme

Mishneh Torah (Code of religious law), 1355, Moses Maimonides (died 1204), Germany.
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Haggadah with German translation, 1842, copied by Eliezer Sussman Mezeritsch, decorated by Charlotte von Rothschild, Hamburg.
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Passover Haggadah with instructions in French, ca. 1870, copied and decorated by Victor Bouton, France.
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Herlingen Haggadah, 1725, Aaron Wolf Herlingen, Vienna.
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Ketubah (marriage contract), 26 May 1638, Rome.
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Ketubah (marriage contract), 30 September 1648, Venice.
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Ketubah (marriage contract), 4 March 1795, Ancona.
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Megillah (Esther Scroll), Detail, 19th century, France.
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Megillah (Esther Scroll): 18th century, Italy. Case: 17th century, Venice or Rome.
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Image of Noah’s Ark in Circumcision book, 17th century, Italy.
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Hayyei ha-Olam ha-Ba (Life of the World to Come), circa 1400, Abraham Abulafia (1240– after 1291), Italy.
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Daily prayer book with Kabbalistic commentaries, circa 1680, Moravia.
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Evronot (Rules for calculation of the calendar), circa 1670–1671, probably Germany.
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Micrographic Giant Samson, Sefirat ha-Omer (Counting of the Omer) and other prayers, 1795, copied and illustrated by Barukh ben Shemariah, Amsterdam.
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Ketubbah (marriage contract), 1900, Cochi (India).
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