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Ornamentation:
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Initial Letter (See also: [Letter])
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Initial letter, decorative
(of
subject
)
20 of 249 artpiece(s) in
subject
set as
Initial letter, decorative
:
Torah Neviim ve-Ketuvim Biblia Hebraica
Object
*Manuscripts and Printed Books
|
Hebrew books (temporary category)
Subject
O
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Ornamentation:
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Headpiece
O
|
Ornamentation:
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Initial Letter
|
Initial letter, decorative
A
|
Astronomy
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Sun
O
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Ornamentation:
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Foliate and floral ornaments
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Masechet Berakhot
Object
*Manuscripts and Printed Books
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Halakhic literature
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Talmud, Babylonian
Subject
O
|
Ornamentation:
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Headpiece
P
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Putto (Putti in Plural)
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Two putti holding a crown
P
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Printer's Mark
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Frankel, Meshulam Zalman ben Aharon of Sulzbach, Printer's mark (Monogram AA inscribed Zalman Madpis) (Yaari, nos. 131, 132)
O
|
Ornamentation:
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Initial Letter
|
Initial letter, decorative
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Meturgeman by Eliyahu ben Asher Halevi Ashkenazi (Elia Levita)
Object
*Manuscripts and Printed Books
|
Linguistic literature
Subject
O
|
Ornamentation:
|
Initial Letter
|
Initial letter, decorative
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Museo Sefardí Esther Scroll with Decorative Initials
Object
*Manuscripts and Printed Books
|
Esther scroll (
megillat Esther
)
*Year cycle
|
*Purim (פורים)
|
Esther scroll case
Subject
O
|
Ornamentation:
|
Initial Letter
|
Initial letter, decorative
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Museo Sefardí Esther Scroll with Decorative Initials
Object
*Manuscripts and Printed Books
|
Esther scroll (
megillat Esther
)
*Year cycle
|
*Purim (פורים)
|
Esther scroll case
Subject
O
|
Ornamentation:
|
Initial Letter
|
Initial letter, decorative
B
|
Bird
S
|
Serpent (Snake)
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Museo Sefardí Esther Scroll with Decorative Initials
Object
*Manuscripts and Printed Books
|
Esther scroll (
megillat Esther
)
*Year cycle
|
*Purim (פורים)
|
Esther scroll case
Subject
O
|
Ornamentation:
|
Initial Letter
|
Initial letter, decorative
B
|
Bird
S
|
Serpent (Snake)
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Museo Sefardí Esther Scroll with Decorative Initials
Object
*Manuscripts and Printed Books
|
Esther scroll (
megillat Esther
)
*Year cycle
|
*Purim (פורים)
|
Esther scroll case
Subject
O
|
Ornamentation:
|
Initial Letter
|
Initial letter, decorative
B
|
Bird
S
|
Serpent (Snake)
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JMP Zvi Livni (Malabenchik) Printed Esther Scroll
Object
*Manuscripts and Printed Books
|
Esther scroll (
megillat Esther
)
*Manuscripts and Printed Books
|
Esther scroll (
megillat Esther
)
|
with
piyutim
Subject
O
|
Ornamentation:
|
Column framed
E
|
Esther, Book of (following the order of the story)
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Servants bowing down before Haman (Es. 3:2)
O
|
Ornamentation:
|
Initial Letter
|
Initial letter, decorative
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Aseret ha-Devarim....
Object
*Manuscripts and Printed Books
|
Bible
Subject
O
|
Ornamentation:
|
Initial Letter
|
Initial letter, decorative
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Tzurat ha-Aretz Kitzur ha-Malechet Mispar by Eliyahu Ben Avraham Mizrachi, ca1450 - 1526
Object
*Manuscripts and Printed Books
|
Astronomical literature
Subject
O
|
Ornamentation:
|
Initial Letter
|
Initial letter, decorative
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Sha'ar ha-Shamaim
Object
*Manuscripts and Printed Books
|
Hebrew books (temporary category)
Subject
O
|
Ornamentation:
|
Initial Letter
|
Initial letter, decorative
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Haggadah shel Pesach
Object
*Manuscripts and Printed Books
|
Passover Haggadah
Subject
O
|
Ornamentation:
|
Initial Letter
|
Initial letter, decorative
I
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Israelites
|
Israelites leaving Egypt (Departure from Egypt)
P
|
Pharaoh
|
Pharaoh, ordering Moses to leave Egypt
I
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Israelites
|
Israelites leaving Egypt (Departure from Egypt)
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'And they borrowed of the Egyptians jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment (Ex. 12:35)
I
|
Illustrative panel
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Haggadah shel Pesach
Object
*Manuscripts and Printed Books
|
Passover Haggadah
Subject
O
|
Ornamentation:
|
Initial Letter
|
Initial letter, decorative
H
|
Haggadah, Passover (Listed according to the text of the Haggadah; See also separate biblical subjects in this list)
|
The Main part of the Haggadah (arranged with the Ritual Acts (
Seder
Signs) interspersed with the main components of the text of the Haggadah):
|
Maggid
(the narration)
|
Maggid-11: Mishnah of Rabban Gamaliel
|
Rabban Gamaliel
|
Maror
((bitter herbs) of Rabban Gamaliel)
|
Display of the
maror
(Rabban Gamaliel)
I
|
Israelites
|
Israelites in bondage in Egypt
I
|
Israelites
|
Israelites in bondage in Egypt
|
Egyptian taskmaster
I
|
Illustrative panel
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Halel ve-hodaot... Devotissime Azioni... by Yisrael Gedaliah Kazis
Object
*Manuscripts and Printed Books
|
Prayer books
|
Prayers for the Welfare of the Government
Subject
P
|
Putto (Putti in Plural)
O
|
Ornamentation:
|
Initial Letter
|
Initial letter, decorative
O
|
Ornamentation:
|
Headpiece
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Halel ve-hodaot... Devotissime Azioni... by Yisrael Gedaliah Kazis
Object
*Manuscripts and Printed Books
|
Prayer books
|
Prayers for the Welfare of the Government
Subject
P
|
Putto (Putti in Plural)
O
|
Ornamentation:
|
Initial Letter
|
Initial letter, decorative
O
|
Ornamentation:
|
Headpiece
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Halel ve-hodaot... Devotissime Azioni... by Yisrael Gedaliah Kazis
Object
*Manuscripts and Printed Books
|
Prayer books
|
Prayers for the Welfare of the Government
Subject
S
|
Ship
O
|
Ornamentation:
|
Initial Letter
|
Initial letter, decorative
O
|
Ornamentation:
|
Headpiece
P
|
Profession
|
Physician
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Haggadah shel Pesach
Object
*Manuscripts and Printed Books
|
Passover Haggadah
Subject
H
|
Haggadah, Passover (Listed according to the text of the Haggadah; See also separate biblical subjects in this list)
|
The Preparations for Passover
|
Leaven
|
Leaven, Search of
H
|
Haggadah, Passover (Listed according to the text of the Haggadah; See also separate biblical subjects in this list)
|
The Preparations for Passover
|
Cleansing of the house
I
|
Illustrative panel
O
|
Ornamentation:
|
Initial Letter
|
Initial letter, decorative
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Haggadah shel Pesach
Object
*Manuscripts and Printed Books
|
Passover Haggadah
Subject
H
|
Haggadah, Passover (Listed according to the text of the Haggadah; See also separate biblical subjects in this list)
|
The Main part of the Haggadah (arranged with the Ritual Acts (
Seder
Signs) interspersed with the main components of the text of the Haggadah):
|
Maggid
(the narration)
|
Maggid-1:
Ha Lahma Anya
(This is the bread of affliction)
|
Family at the
seder
Table (
Maggid
)
H
|
Haggadah, Passover (Listed according to the text of the Haggadah; See also separate biblical subjects in this list)
|
The Main part of the Haggadah (arranged with the Ritual Acts (
Seder
Signs) interspersed with the main components of the text of the Haggadah):
|
Kaddesh
(the
Kiddush
)
|
Needy invited to the
seder
O
|
Ornamentation:
|
Initial Letter
|
Initial letter, decorative
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Haggadah shel Pesach
Object
*Manuscripts and Printed Books
|
Passover Haggadah
Subject
A
|
Abraham
|
Abraham and his three wives
|
Sarah with Isaac
I
|
Illustrative panel
O
|
Ornamentation:
|
Initial Letter
|
Initial letter, decorative
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Haggadah shel Pesach
Object
*Manuscripts and Printed Books
|
Passover Haggadah
Subject
I
|
Isaac
|
Isaac, Sacrifice of
I
|
Illustrative panel
O
|
Ornamentation:
|
Initial Letter
|
Initial letter, decorative
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