1725

Birkat ha-Mazon

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This book with table prayers contains a dedication for Fradche, the wife of Moses Gundersheim. A well-known sofer, a Torah scribe, wrote it down and decorated it with illustrations. The festive framing on the title page was printed and the title was added in handwriting.

 

Birkat ha-Mazon (Grace after Meals), 1725, by Samuel ben Zwi Hirsch Dresnitz, Nikolsburg (today Czech Republic), parchment.

 

Braginsky Collection 328

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