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Zürich, Braginsky Collection, S27 : Megillah Esther (מגילת אסתר) / Esther scroll
No full textThis Esther scroll was created in Amsterdam around 1641 (on 7 sheets and 49 columns of text); it contains a printed decorative frame engraved by Shalom Italia (see his signature at the beginning of the scroll “Salom Italia sculp[sit]” (Shalom Italia engraved it). His frame designs influenced illustrated megillot throughout Europe. The printing plate, which is repeated several times over the entire length of the scroll, comprises four archways. On each pierced semicircular arch, above the architraves there are two women holding palm fronds. Landscape miniatures appear in the supraports and on the bases of the full-length figures representing Ahasuerus, Esther, Mordecai, and Haman. The scenes are based on contemporary landscape motifs, thus linking the Jewish text with the general visual culture of its time.Online Since: 2020-10-0
Genève, Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. heb. 4 : <i>Megillat</i> Ester (מגילת אסתר) / Esther Scroll
No full textThis Megillat Esther consists of thirty round text medallions, surrounded by multicolored engraved decorations with floral, animal and baroque architectural designs. This unbeknownst scroll is one of six extant scrolls composed of the “lion, lamb and bear” motif, produced by the famous engraver Shalom Italia (ca. 1619-1664). He also engraved numerous Esther scrolls of different motifs that are still preserved in special collections, museums and libraries throughout the world.Online Since: 2016-10-1
Zürich, Braginsky Collection, S101 : Megillah Esther (מגילת אסתר) / Esther scroll
No full textSalom Italia (about 1619, Mantua – 1655, Amsterdam) divided the text into 30 columns (on four sheets) and placed them in the openings of massive rustica portals. In the niches between these portals, representations of King Ahasuerus and Queen Esther alternate. On the pedestals there are 29 pictures telling the story of the Book of Esther. Salom Italia’s design of the Esther roles, of which a total of eleven works have survived, was of great influence. This megillah is one of three Esther scrolls decorated with pen drawings, which may have served as a model for the copper-engraved borders designed by the same artist.Online Since: 2020-12-1
Porrentruy, Bibliothèque cantonale jurassienne, A1339 : Epitome rerum in Episcopatu dynastiaque Basileensi, praesule et principe Joanne Henr[ico] ab Ostein gestarum
No full textThe Latin manuscript contains an abridged version of the history of the bishopric of Basel during the episcopate of Jean-Henri d’Ostein (1628-1646), during the Thirty Years’ War. The text copied is identical to manuscript A1399a. Before entering the collection of the library of the Collège de Porrentruy (stamp on the parchment binding and on one of the flyleaves [V3]), this copy belonged to the chaplain Fidèle Ignace Chariatte (1730-1808): “Ex libris F. I. Charrialte sacellani M.G.V. 1766” (upper pastedown), and then to Henri-Joseph Crelier (1816-1889) “Ex libris Henrici Grelier 1841” (V1). The latter, after training in theology with the Jesuits, was a teacher at the Collège de Porrentruy, then almoner in Besançon, and finally priest at Rebeuvelier, before being dismissed in 1871.Online Since: 2025-12-1
Torre, Archivio parrocchiale, s. n. : "Martirologio-inventario" of the Church of S. Stefano in Torre, 1639
No full textThis martirologio-inventario (an annal followed by an inventory of property) of the Church of S. Stefano in Torre in the Blenio Valley inTicino, was written in 1639 at the request of the vicini (the original members of the municipal corporate body) of Torre and Grumo, in order to replace the 1569 copy, which was not up to date. It contains a description of the old church of S. Stefano before its reconstruction during the baroque period; the list of furnishings, of liturgical vestments, and of gold items in the church treasury; the list of annuali, i.e., of the annual celebrations for the death days of deceased members of the Church; and the church revenues. At the beginning of the manuscript there is a partially gilded drawing of the church patron St. Stephen.Online Since: 2013-12-1
Samedan, Chesa Planta Samedan, Ab 31 : [La chianzun da la guerra dalg Chiaste da Müs] (The song of the Musso War)
No full textThis is the oldest surviving copy of Gian Travers’ epic verse report about the events of the Musso War of 1525/1526, written in 1527. This report is the oldest known Romansh (bünderromanische) text. Johan Schucan from Zuoz signed as scribe; at the time of this copy, he was Protestant pastor in Zernez.Online Since: 2017-12-1
Zürich, Braginsky Collection, K112 : Ketubbah (כתובה)
No full textThe bridal couple, Menahem, son of the deceased R. Samuel Paliano, and Angelica, daughter of Moses Paliano, were members of one of the most respected and richest Jewish families in Rome, as attested by the dowry of 2,500 scudi in cash and an increment of 500 scudi. Delicate rose flowers and tendrils, as well as flying and perching birds are arranged around two concentric oval fields. The family emblem of the Paliani (or Pagliani) family appears above and below the larger oval. The inner oval contains the marriage contract in square script in gold. The outer oval is decorated with careful complete copies of the books Song of Songs, Ecclesiastes, and Ruth, with traditional verses and with biblical benedictions. This micrography is artfully shaped into interlaced scrolls and labyrinthine designs. The leopard, the eagle, the stag and the lion symbolize virtues which, according to Pirkei Avot 5:23, Jews should faithfully observe.Online Since: 2019-12-1
Luzern, Staatsarchiv, PA 186 : Medical and magical recipes
No full textThis small-format volume was donated to the State Archives in 1988. An ownership note on the flyleaf suggests that it originated in the area of Southern Germany. The little book, written in an unskilled script, contains recipes and instructions, some of which border on magic.Online Since: 2016-10-1
Frauenfeld, Kantonsbibliothek Thurgau, Y 111 : Heinrich Murer: Helvetia Sancta
No full textA list of Swiss saints in chronological order, from St. Beatus to Nicolaus Rusca and the Capuchin Fidelis. Decorated with pen and ink drawings with blue wash by the painter Hans Asper of Constance. Murer’s model for the Helvetia Sancta most likely was the Bavaria Sancta by Matthäus Rader, published in Munich in 1615.Online Since: 2013-12-1
Zürich, Zentralbibliothek, Ms. D 76b : Collecton of Latin poetry, epigrams, etc. by St. St. Gall monks, compiled by P. Uodalrich Aichhaim, Vol. III
No full textVolume 3 in a series originally consisting of eight volumes by St. St. Gall monk P. Ulrich Aichhaim (1626-1675): the so-called Affixiones, a thematically ordered exposition of heraldic devices by a combination of words (verses) and illustrations (of heraldic devices, which are no longer present) assembled by students of the cloister school of St. Gall from the writings of St. Gallen Friars Constatinius Pfiffer, Johannes Geiger, Ahtnasius Gugger, Chrysosotmus Stipplin, Basilius Renner, Jacob bon Tschernemell and Simon von Freiburg, with, among other devices, those of St. Gallen\u27s founding patron St. Gallus and of Otmar.Online Since: 2007-12-2