Haggadah
Meshulam Zimmel ben Moses of Polna
1719
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The National Library of Israel, Jerusalem, Ms. Heb. 28°5573.
Published in: The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, vol. 5.
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Meshulam Zimmel ben Moses of Polna
18th Century
The scribe and copper engraver Meshullam Zimmel ben Moses of Polna was active in Prague, Polna (in Bohemia), and Vienna in the early eighteenth century. He was one of the most important Jewish scribes and artists of the eighteenth century. His patrons for his work as a scribe included the wealthiest Viennese court Jews of the time, but it is likely that he needed to work as a copper engraver in order to earn a living. Most of his works were privately commissioned small prayerbooks and Haggadahs.
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