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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.
Illustrations from Sefer minhagim (Book of Customs)
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These woodcuts appeared in Sefer minhagim (Book of Customs), a very popular Yiddish book published by Giovanni di Gara, the leading publisher of Jewish books in Venice from 1564 to 1609. It was the…

Contributor:

Artist Unknown

Places:

Venice, Venice (Venice, Italy)

Date:

1600/1

Subjects:

Holidays, Purim, Passover, Music, Food and drink

Categories:

Print & book culture, Cartooning & graphic art
Woodcut illustration of six standing figures, three of whom are wearing masks and holding instruments, with Yiddish text above and below.
Faces decorating a siddur
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These are marginal illustrations found in a manuscript siddur from Italy according to the Romaniote rite, with prayers focused on marriage and birth rituals and customs, as well as the pidyon ha-ben…

Contributor:

Artist Unknown

Places:

Parma, Duchy of Milan (Parma, Italy)

Date:

ca. 1500

Subjects:

Holidays, Passover, Humor, Illuminated manuscripts

Categories:

Cartooning & graphic art
Three drawings of faces with floral designs.