1446 earthquake note in Hebrew prayer book (IMAGE)

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1446 earthquake note in Hebrew prayer book

Caption

Detail of folium 1 recto of manuscript Ross.499 in the Vatican library, reporting the news of the earthquake that struck Camerino and its neighboring settlements in 1446 (Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, available at https://www.vaticanlibrary.va).

Credit

Digital Collection of the Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana

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License

Public Domain

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