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1. [Simchat Torah]

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Hand-colored engraving depicting the celebration of Simchat Torah by the Portuguese Jews of Amsterdam. Engraving after Bernard Picart.

2. Mudana Fossa, transiens Hortum Medicum, et Judæorum Templum respiciens / 't Gesicht van de Muider-Gracht, verby de Academi-Thuin, naar de Ioode Kerk

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Black-and-white engraving with a view from the Muidergracht, including the Portuguese Synagogue and Great Synagogue in Amsterdam. From 100 afbeeldinge der voornaamste gebouwen van Amsterdam by Peter Schenk.

3. Templum Iudaeorum Germanicorum. / De Hoogduydtsche Ioode Kerk.

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Black-and-white engraving of the exterior of the Great Synagogue in Amsterdam. From 100 afbeeldinge der voornaamste gebouwen van Amsterdam by Peter Schenk.

4. L'Eglise des Juifs / De Portugeese Joode Kerk

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Black-and-white engraving of the exterior of the Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam. Engraving after Daniel Stopendael.

5. The Dedication of the Portuguese Jews Sinagogue at Amsterdam

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Black-and-white engraving of the dedication of the Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam. Engraving by Claude Du Bosc after an engraving by Bernard Picart.

6. Le Son du Cor au Premier Jour de l'An / Sounding the Horn on New Years Day - Le Chipur, ou le Jour du Pardon tel qu'il se celêbre chez les Juifs Allemands / The Chipur, or Day of Forgiveness Observed by the Jews in Germany

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Black-and-white engravings depicting blowing the shofar on Rosh Hashanah at the Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam, above, and Yom Kippur at the Ashkenazi Obbene Shul 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.

7. Mudana Fossa, transiens Hortum Medicum, et Judæorum Templum respiciens / 't Gesicht van de Muider-Gracht, verby de Academi-Thuin, naar de Ioode Kerk

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Hand-colored engraving with a view from the Muidergracht, including the Portuguese Synagogue and Great Synagogue in Amsterdam. From 100 afbeeldinge der voornaamste gebouwen van Amsterdam by Peter Schenk.

8. [Portug: Synagoge]

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Print reproduction of a pen and ink drawing of the exterior of the Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam. Original drawing by Ludwig Willem Reymer Wenckebach.

9. The Spouses of the Law conducted home

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Black-and-white engraving depicting the celebration of Simchat Torah by the Portuguese Jews of Amsterdam. Engraving Thomas Bowles after Bernard Picart.

10. Der Joden Tempel of Sinagoge. / Le Temple de Juifs.

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Black-and-white engraving of the exterior of the Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam.