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Prayer book in Hebrew. Italy 1531.
Department of Oriental and Judaica Collections, Cod. Sim. Heb. 70

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Manuscript prayer book, written for the widow Yema of Modena by Eliezer ben Abraham of Pisa, in the year 1531 (dated 4 June 1531). The coat of arms at the bottom of the page represents the Padoa family of Modena. The book is from the collection of Rabbi David Simonsen of Copenhagen, acquired by the Royal Library in 1932.

17.6 x 12.5 cm.


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