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Paris, ca. 1971 - by Helmut Newton (1920 – 2004), German/Australian

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Home of a herbalist in Prague, Czech Republic, August 2016

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Micrographic Shiviti [Eretz Israel?] 1855

This delicate decorative plaque, known as a Shiviti, derives its name from the first word of the biblical verse “I have set the Lord before me always” (Psalms 16:8) which is prominently inscribed in the medallion at the top of the document. During the nineteenth century it became a common practice to hang these decorative plaques in synagogues and private homes to serve as a visual and textual reminder of the constant presence of God. The artist of this elegant shiviti has fashioned the decorative images employing the scribal art of micrography and imaginatively penned minute Hebrew words to form the central image of the menorah flanked by two cypress trees and topped by a magen david and two hands bearing mystical inscriptions. The shiviti is dedicated at bottom to “my beloved friend Nissan, the son of Israel Rofeh in the year 5615 (=1855).

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By Sarah Blais for Manifesto Magazine

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Serafim - Photo - Antonia Oprea

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The Paris Opera Ballet School in 1976, by Guy Le Querrec.

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Peggy Ashcroft as Desdemona and Paul Robeson as Othello at the Savoy theatre in London, 1930. 

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Dancing devils with fiddles print on cotton. April 18, 1881.

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Bruce Davidson, Young Girl in Bird Cage, 1966-68

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jeanne d‘arc birth house

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