Illustration for the legend: The Tablet of Šimon Abeles
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The Tablet of Šimon Abeles

Týnský chrám

Historically
chrám Matky Boží před Týnem
Period
1694

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In the wall dividing this aisle from the nave, beneath a fine piece of sculpture of about 1400 with the heads of Wenceslas IV and his consort Sophia, is set the marble tablet of Šimon Abeles, a newly baptised Jew. He is said to have been murdered by Jews for his apostasy and buried here in 1694; his portrait is shown in the church as well.

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