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Haggadah
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This Haggadah was created by Abraham Farissol in Ferrara, Italy, for his friend Joseph ben Mordecai Judah Norsa. It has twelve illustrations in ink, accented with watercolor. Pictured here (bottom) is…

Contributor:

Abraham Farissol

Places:

Ferrara, Duchy of Ferrara (Ferrara, Italy)

Date:

1515

Subjects:

Illuminated manuscripts, Haggadah, Passover

Categories:

Print & book culture, Prayer & Liturgy
Manuscript page with Hebrew text and illustration of person with hands clasped in left margin, and people eating at a table in bottom margin.
Chantilly Haggadah
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This Haggadah was produced in the city of Candia (now Heraklion), on the island of Crete, which was at the time under Venetian rule. The Haggadah follows the Passover seder according to the Romaniote…

Contributor:

Artist Unknown

Places:

Candia, Venice (Heraklion, Greece)

Date:

1500–1549

Subjects:

Haggadah, Holidays, Passover, Violence, Slavery

Categories:

Print & book culture
Manuscript page with Hebrew text of illustrations of figures outside a castle on bottom and a man and woman separated by sword on the right.
Haggadah from Mantua, 1560
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This Haggadah from Mantua, published by the Christian printer Giacomo Rufinelli under the supervision of Isaac ben Solomon Bassan, relies heavily on the Prague Haggadah of 1526, with the addition of…

Contributor:

Isaac ben Samuel Bassan, Giacomo Rufinelli

Places:

Mantua, Duchy of Mantua (Mantova, Italy)

Date:

1560

Subjects:

Print, Haggadah, Passover, Christian-Jewish relations, Polemics

Categories:

Print & book culture, Cartooning & graphic art
Facing-page print with left-hand page of Hebrew text with decorative border and woodcut illustration on bottom of man riding ox next to brick building and man playing horn, and right-hand page with Hebrew text surrounded by decorative border including cherubs playing instruments.
The Four Sons
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This 1934 illustration of the Passover story of the four sons features a caricature of the “wicked” son dressed as Hitler.

Contributor:

Arthur Szyk

Places:

Lodz, Second Polish Republic (Łódź, Poland)

Date:

1934

Subjects:

Print, Aesthetics, Passover, Haggadah, Nazis

Categories:

Cartooning & graphic art
Image of four panels with man in each panel: one in moustache and riding outfit; one wearing sidelocks, kippah, and suit; one muscled in boots; and one with short sidelocks, hat, and wide stance, all surrounded by decorated border and labeled in Yiddish.
Haggadah
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In 1583, Mattetiah ben David Spagnolo completed this illuminated Haggadah for Leon ben Judah Bili. Greek (Romaniote/Byzantine) Jews had lived on the island of Crete since the Second Temple period…

Contributor:

Mattetiah Spagnolo

Places:

Candia, Venice (Heraklion, Greece)

Date:

1583

Subjects:

Illuminated manuscripts, Haggadah, Holidays, Passover, Writing

Categories:

Print & book culture
Manuscript page with Hebrew text in center, large decorated Hebrew word at the top of the page next to illustration of figure at top right pouring wine, and illustration of people seated at table at bottom of page.
Judeo-Persian Haggadah from Kaifeng
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. . . and caused us to reach this appointed time.On the first night, one should recite the blessing “who has kept us alive . . .” But on the second night, one should not read it.Blessed are…

Contributor:

Unknown

Places:

Kaifeng, Qing Dynasty (Kaifeng, China)

Date:

17th Century

Subjects:

Print, Haggadah, Passover, Diaspora

Categories:

Print & book culture
Facing-page manuscript with Judeo-Persian text.
Haggadah
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This Haggadah from Amsterdam was printed by Joseph ben Abraham Athias and is adorned with elaborate copper etchings by artist Abraham Bar Jacob. It was the first Haggadah to include these sorts of…

Contributor:

Joseph ben Abraham Athias, Abraham Bar Jacob

Places:

Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Date:

1695

Subjects:

Print, Haggadah, Passover, Christian-Jewish relations, Artists

Categories:

Print & book culture, Cartooning & graphic art
Printed page with Hebrew text in center framed by two standing figures on either side, and six circular images with scenes of figures and buildings.
Haggadah
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This Haggadah was commissioned by Nathan ben Isaac Oppenheim of Vienna, a member of a prominent family of Court Jews. Its title page features a miniature of the sacrifice of Isaac being prevented by…

Contributor:

Meshulam Zimmel ben Moses of Polna

Places:

Polná, Holy Roman Empire (Polná, Czech Republic)

Date:

1719

Subjects:

Illuminated manuscripts, Ritual & observance, Haggadah, Passover, Food and drink

Categories:

Print & book culture, Prayer & Liturgy
Manuscript page with Hebrew text surrounded by illustrations of lions and man with sword at top, rulers on either side of text in the middle, and people seated at dining table at bottom of page.
Haggadah from Prague, 1526
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This Haggadah from Prague, printed by Gershom and Grunim Katz with illustrations that are thought to be by Ḥayyim ben David Shaḥor, is one of the earliest Haggadahs ever printed. It was the first…

Contributor:

Gershom Katz, Ḥayyim Schwarz

Places:

Prague, Holy Roman Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)

Date:

1526

Subjects:

Print, Haggadah, Passover, Christian-Jewish relations, Polemics

Categories:

Print & book culture, Cartooning & graphic art
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.
Venice Haggadah
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This Haggadah from Venice was commissioned by Moses ben Gerson Parenzo, the last of the Parenzo Hebrew printers, and issued at the Caleoni press on behalf of the Bragadini family. This page shows the…

Contributor:

Moses ben Gershon Parenzo

Places:

Venice, Venice (Venice, Italy)

Date:

1629

Subjects:

Print, Haggadah, Passover, Holidays, Art

Categories:

Print & book culture, Cartooning & graphic art
Printed page with Hebrew and Judeo-Italian text in center, and side columns of Hebrew text, with decorated archway above columns and illustration of groups of men on the bottom of the page.