Jewish Ceremony of Sounding the Horn on New Year's Day

Title:

Jewish Ceremony of Sounding the Horn on New Year's Day

Date:

1780

Creator (Personal):

Picart

Description:

Black-and-white engraving depicting blowing the shofar on Rosh Hashanah at the Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam. 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.

Collection Title:

William A. Rosenthall Judaica Collection - Prints and Photographs

Contributing Institution:

College of Charleston Libraries

Media Type:

Images

Topical Subject:

Jews--Social life and customs, Judaism--Customs and practices, Rosh ha-Shanah, Synagogues--Netherlands--Amsterdam, and Shofar

Geographic Subject:

Amsterdam (Netherlands)

Language:

English

Shelving Locator:

Print Portfolio 13,cofc-war-print13-006

Date Digital:

2012-01-17

Digitization Specifications:

Scanned with Epson Expression 10000 XL, 250 ppi, 24-bit color. Archival tiff image available.

Internet Media Type:

image/jpeg

Copyright Status Statement:

Copyright status undetermined.

Access Information:

For more information contact Special Collections at the College of Charleston Libraries, Charleston, SC 29424.

Admin ID:

48929