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NUMBER 3. NUMBER 4.
The illustration shows a sitting Jew, refusing The following figure by Szyk, in the Latin text,
to accept forbidden objects brought by a features a miniature depicting a scene in a
Christian as a pledge. On the table, there is court of law. Above the judge, the Polish
a cross and meat. A reference to article 5 of emblem is placed. A man wearing a typical
the Statute of Kalisz: "A Jew shall be able to Polish nobility clothes is indicating a Jew as
accept all securities pledged to him, with the guilty party. Numerous initials; next to
the exception of articles sacred and tainted the illustration – the artist's self-portrait with
with blood." a palette.
From the collection of the Józef Piłsudski From the collection of Marek Szukalak.
Library (WiMBP) in Łódź.

The artist's self-portrait