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Prayer book
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This siddur from Greece contains the prayers of the Romaniote (Greek-speaking Jewish) community of the eastern Mediterranean. It is open at a piyyut (liturgical poem) called “God’s Beloved Daughter,”…

Contributor:

Joseph ben Ḥayim de Vitali

Places:

Ottoman Empire (Aitoloakarnania, Greece)

Date:

1528

Subjects:

Print, Prayer, Writing, Illuminated manuscripts, Romaniote

Categories:

History, Visual & Material Culture, Prayer & Liturgy
Facing-page manuscript with Hebrew text on left-hand page and image of archway with decorative border on right-hand page.
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:

Visual & Material Culture, Print & Book Culture, Religion & Theology
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.