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Synagogue in K’ai-fêng (Kaifeng, China)
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Jews first settled in Kaifeng, the capital of Henan province in central China, before 1127. According to scholars, they had come from India or Persia, spoke Persian, and worked as cotton dyers and…

Contributor:

Jean Domenge

Places:

Kaifeng, Qing Dynasty (Kaifeng, China)

Date:

1722

Subjects:

Illuminated manuscripts, Synagogue, Ritual objects, Diaspora

Categories:

Print & book culture, Cartooning & graphic art, Ritual Objects
Manuscript page with drawing of building complex with inner courtyards.
Haggadah
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This page from a Haggadah produced in Amsterdam is an example of the work of Joseph Ben David Leipnik, a prominent eighteenth-century scribe and artist known particularly for his illustrated Haggadahs…

Contributor:

Joseph Leipnik

Places:

Holy Roman Empire (Altona, Germany)

Date:

1737

Subjects:

Haggadah, Holidays, Passover, Illuminated manuscripts, Ritual objects

Categories:

Print & book culture, Cartooning & graphic art, Ritual Objects
Manuscript page with Hebrew writing on top and illustration below of three central figures in hats and holding swords, next to a horse, camel, dogs, and two tents, with people in the left background and mountains beyond.