Editto

Estimate: $1,500–$2,000
Hammer price: Not recorded

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author

(ITALY)

printer

Bernardino Pomatelli Stampatore Arcivescovile, 15th May,

Place

Ferrara

Publication

1741

Description

Emblem of the City of Ferrara at top. Historiated initial

summary

Edict forcing the Jews of Ferrara to wear in public a yellow badge on their outer garments in order to identify them as Jews. The Edict notes that this marked Jewish attire was already the practice in Rome and the Venetian State. There is also mention of the yellow "tuba" or "fettuccia" (two words for "top hat") that the Italian Jew was forced to don

Broadside. Folds. Folio

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