Aaron Santcroos
Aaron Santcroos (also Sanctroos) was a Dutch Jewish engraver who worked in Amsterdam, between 1752 and 1765. According to Marvin J. Heller, Santcroos's Hebrew name was Aaron ben Israel (his Dutch name means "holy cross"), but "the family, having forgotten its original Jewish name, simply referred to itself as Israel". He is responsible for the frontispiece of the Proops Talmud, produced in Amsterdam between 1752 and 1765 and printed by Joseph and Jacob Proops.
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Aaron Santcroos (also Sanctroos) was a Dutch Jewish engraver who worked in Amsterdam, between 1752 and 1765. According to Marvin J. Heller, Santcroos's Hebrew name was Aaron ben Israel (his Dutch name means "holy cross"), but "the family, having forgotten its original Jewish name, simply referred to itself as Israel". He is responsible for the frontispiece of the Proops Talmud, produced in Amsterdam between 1752 and 1765 and printed by Joseph and Jacob Proops.
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- 1.Singer. The Jewish Encyclopedia: A Descriptive Record of the History, Religion, Literature, and Customs of the Jewish People from the Earliest Times to the Present Day. Funk and Wagnalls. 5. 175. 1916.
- 2.Rosa, Jacob S. da Silva. Geschiedenis der Portugeesche Joden te Amsterdam 1593–1925. M. Hertzberger. 102. 1925.
- 3.Heller, Marvin J. Printing the Talmud: Complete Editions, Tractates, and Other Works and the Associated Presses from the Mid-17th Century through the 18th Century. Brill. 157. 2018. 9789004376731.
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