Russkii khudozhestvennyi listok / izdavaemyi V. Timmom
Image Count:
3
Resource Type:
Books, Journals & Pamphlets
Subject (Geographic):
Caucasus, Northern (Russia) --History --Autonomy and independence movements, Dagestan (Russia)--Social life and customs --Pictorial works, and Russia --History --Pictorial works --Periodicals
Subject (Name):
Shamil, Imam, 1798?-1871 --Pictorial works and Shamil, Imam, 1798?-1871--Travel --Russia (Federation) --Saint Petersburg
Title, state, and date from Paulson., Print created for John Beaver's Roman military punishments; used as headpiece for Chap. XIV; see p. 116., On page 24 in volume 1. Plate trimmed to: 4.6 x 7.6 cm., and Ms. note in Steevens's hand: Missio Ignominiosa &c
Black, gold, and green designs and calligraphy on brown paper, including gilded floral designs in borders, verses from Psalms, menorahs, hamsas and other symbols. Center menorah contains Psalm 67. The rectangles on each side of the menorah contain kabbali
Manuscript, ink and paint on paper. Shiviti plaque using the traditional appearance and texts of a shiviti tablet, including Psalm 16:8, "I have set [Heb. shiṿiti] God always before me," and Psalm 67, but mainly containing texts relating to the festival
Alternative Title:
[Shivviti plaque for Purim], Shiviti plaque : [Kurdistan], late 19th or early 20th cent., and שויתי : קורדיסטן, סוף המאה ה-19 או תחילת המאה ה-20.
Description:
Purchased from Bery Gross on the Alexander Lowenthal Judaica Book Fund, 2007.
Subject (Geographic):
Kurdistan--Religious life and customs
Subject (Name):
Habib ben ʻAziz and חביב בן עזיז
Subject (Topic):
Jewish art and symbolism, Manuscripts, Hebrew --Kurdistan, Prayer--Judaism, Purim, and Religious articles--Kurdistan
