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61. Die Brautschau

Die Brautschau
Description:
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of Hermann Junker's painting Die Brautschau.

62. The Search for the Leavened Bread, &c. a domestic Ceremony in the Jewish Religion

The Search for the Leavened Bread, &c. a domestic Ceremony in the Jewish Religion
Date:
1780
Description:
Black-and-white engraving depicting the Passover custom of the mother placing bits of unleavened bread for the father and children to discover and dispose of. Engraving after Bernard Picart. From A new and univeral history of the religious rites and ceremonies of all nations in the world by William Hurd, published London: A. Hogg.

63. [Funeral, burial]

[Funeral, burial]
Description:
Black-and-white engravings depicting a Jewish funeral, above, and a Jewish burial, below. After an engraving by Bernard Picart.

64. Preparing for the burial

Preparing for the burial
Date:
1872
Description:
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of the preparation of a body for burial. From The home and synagogue of the modern Jew : sketches of modern Jewish life and ceremonies, published London: Religious Tract Society.

65. Jewish burial

Jewish burial
Date:
1892
Description:
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of a Jewish burial. From A sketch of the history of Judaism and Christianity in the light of modern research and criticism by George Thomas Bettany.

66. Johannis Buxtorfi patris, Synagoga Judaica

Johannis Buxtorfi patris, Synagoga Judaica
Date:
1661
Description:
Black-and-white engraving depicting reading from a Torah scroll, above, and a Jewish circumcision, below. The Hebrew text on the Torah scroll reads : "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth" (Genesis 1:1). Frontispiece from Johannis BuxtorfI patris, Synagoga Judaica : de judaeorum fide, ritibus, ceremoniis, tam publicis & sacris, quàm privatis, in domestica vivendi ratione by Johannes Buxtorf, published Basileae: Sumptibus authoris, apud Johan. Jacobum Deckerum.

67. L'Examen du Levain &c. / Le Repas de Paques chez les Juifs Portugais

L'Examen du Levain &c. / Le Repas de Paques chez les Juifs Portugais
Date:
1725
Description:
Black-and-white engravings depicting the Passover custom of the mother placing bits of unleavened bread for the father and children to discover and dispose of, above, and a Passover seder of Portuguese Jews in Amsterdam, below. Engraving by Bernard Picart. From Cérémonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde representées par des figures dessinées de la main de Bernard Picard: avec une explication historique, & quelques dissertations curieuses, Volume 1, published Amsterdam: J.F. Bernard, 1723-1737.

68. The Search for the Leaven &c. / L'Examen du Levain &c. - The Passover of the Portuguese Jews / Le Repas de Paques chez les Juifs Portugais

The Search for the Leaven &c. / L'Examen du Levain &c. - The Passover of the Portuguese Jews / Le Repas de Paques chez les Juifs Portugais
Description:
Black-and-white engravings depicting the Passover custom of the mother placing bits of unleavened bread for the father and children to discover and dispose of, above, and a Passover seder of Portuguese Jews in Amsterdam, below. Engraving by Claude Du Bosc after Bernard Picart. From The Ceremonies and Religious Customs of the Various Nations of the Known World : together with historical annotations and several curious discourses... Written originally in French, and illustrated with a large number of folio copper plates designed by Mr. Bernard Picart, and curiously engraved by most of the best hands in Europe..., Volume 1, published London: William Jackson and Claude Dubosc, 1733-1739.

69. [Candelabrum Encoeniorum, Festum Purim, Dies nonus July, Flagellatio Judaica]

[Candelabrum Encoeniorum, Festum Purim, Dies nonus July, Flagellatio Judaica]
Date:
1739
Description:
Black-and-white engraving depicting Jewish holiday rituals, including lighting a menorah on Hanukkah, Purim festivities, mourning on Tisha B'Av, and the Yom Kippur ritual of malkot. From Philologus hebræo-mixtus by Johannes Leusden, published Basileæ, apud E. & J.R. Thurnisios, fratres.

70. Candelabrum Encoeniorum

Candelabrum Encoeniorum
Date:
1682
Description:
Black-and-white engraving depicting lighting a menorah on Hanukkah. From Philologus hebræo-mixtus by Johannes Leusden, published Ultrajecti : ex officinâ Francisci Halma.