And the Lord drowned Egypt while Israel walked on dry land in the middle of the sea
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Title
And the Lord drowned Egypt while Israel walked on dry land in the middle of the sea
Collection
Names
Yaʻaḳov ben Yehuda Leyb, Sofer (Scribe)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1731 (Inferred)
Place: Hamburg
Library Location
Dorot Jewish Division
Shelf locator: **P (Ms. Heb. 226)
Subjects
Passover
Seder -- Liturgy
Moses (Biblical leader)
Exodus, The
Israelites crossing the Red Sea (Biblical event)
Genres
Notes
Date: [Hamburg, 491 i.e. 1731]
Citation/Reference: On this scribe, Jacob Sofer ben Judah Leib Shamash of Berlin, see I. Fishof, "Yakob Sofer mi-Berlin: a portrait of a Jewish scribe", The Israel Museum journal VI (1987), p. 83-94; eadem, Jüdische Buchmalerei in Hamburg und Altona (Hamburg, 1999), p. 183-227, 342-354.
Physical Description
Extent: 1 leaf : black ink and gray wash on vellum
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NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12348741
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): ec693520-c6da-012f-1f33-58d385a7bc34
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