In occasione che ricevono solennemente il sacro battesimo nella chiesa di S. Carlo del Castellaro, Abram Israel Vita Tedeschi [On the occasion of the baptism of Abram Israel Vita Tedeschi in the church of S. Carlo del Castellaro]

(ITALY)

Heirs of Bartolomeo Soliani, Ducal Printer

Modena

1756

Single-leaf broadside. Central emblem. Initial letter historiated

With a laudatory poem, this broadside celebrates the conversion to Catholicism of an entire Jewish family, consisting of a father, a mother, and their two daughters. The family’s surname “Tedeschi" is the Italian word for “German,” so indicating the family’s origins. Each member of the family brought to the Church was “sponsored” by one of the Province’s aristocracy: Thus, Ercole III d’Este, Duke of Modena (1727-1803), sponsored the father Abram, The Duchess, sponsored Abram’s wife, while two princesses sponsored the two Jewish daughters, Rosa and Sara