Haggadah from Prague, 1526

Gershom Katz

Ḥayyim Schwarz

1526

Facing-page of printed Hebrew text on right side and illustration on left side of Hebrew text surrounded by four full-length figures, decorative border, and two animal-human hybrids on the bottom of page on either side of shield with lion.
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Gershom Katz

1475–1540

Gershom Solomon Katz and his brother Gronem Katz (also known as Cohen) were Jewish printers in Prague in the mid-sixteenth century.

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Ḥayyim Schwarz

16th Century

Ḥayyim Schwartz (also known as Shachor) was a scribe in Prague in the sixteenth century.

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