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Esther Scroll
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The book of Esther (also known as the Scroll [megillah] of Esther) is read out loud on the holiday of Purim. This example of a scroll from Venice has Hebrew text framed by arcades and borders…

Contributor:

Aryeh Leyb ben Daniel, Francesco Griselini

Places:

Venice, Venice (Venice, Italy)

Date:

1746

Subjects:

Holidays, Purim, Ritual & observance, Art

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Print & Book Culture, Literature
Page of printed Hebrew text surrounded by arches and decorative flowers and foliage, and town scenes in bottom register.
Flörsheim Haggadah
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This Haggadah, decorated in the Ashkenazic tradition, was copied in northern Italy. As is traditional for Ashkenazic Haggadahs, illustrations appear in the margins and frame the text. At the top left…

Contributor:

Artist Unknown

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Date:

1502

Subjects:

Haggadah, Holidays, Passover, Family, Ritual & observance

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Print & Book Culture, Religion & Theology, Literature
Single manuscript page with Hebrew text, two illustrations on the left margin of two people at a table with an herb and of a person next to child, and an illustration on the bottom of people sitting around a table while man waits outside the door.