“Command” (‘Anordnung’) issued by the [City] Council of Frankfurt [Present-day Germany; Free Imperial City of Frankfurt]: “[… the Council gives all mayors full legal right to investigate any claim of excess/opulence [among Jews] and to punish them […] and to ‘inhibit’ all disguises, fancy dresses, and opulence (‘Mummerei, Verkleidung und Üppigkeit’) in the Jewish alley/ghetto (‘Judengasse’) […]”
Kasper-Holtkotte, Cilli: Die jüdische Gemeinde von Frankfurt/Main in der frühen Neuzeit. Familien, Netzwerke und Konflikte eines jüdischen Zentrums. (The Jewish community of Frankfurt/Main in the Early Modern Period. Families, networks, and conflicts of a Jewish center/hub.); Researched and Translated by Ziba Shadjaani 2/25/2020