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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…
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Meshulam Zimmel ben Moses of Polna
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Polná, Holy Roman Empire (Polná, Czech Republic)
Date:
1719
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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…
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Abraham Farissol
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Ferrara, Duchy of Ferrara (Ferrara, Italy)
Date:
1515
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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…
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Mattetiah Spagnolo
Places:
Candia, Venice (Heraklion, Greece)
Date:
1583
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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…
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Joseph Leipnik
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Holy Roman Empire (Altona, Germany)
Date:
1737
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The frontispiece of this Haggadah shows the biblical Aaron on the left, carrying the Temple incense, and Moses on the right, holding the tablets of the Law. The scene at the bottom of the page shows a…
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Aaron Wolff Herlingen of Gewitsch
Places:
Vienna, Holy Roman Empire (Vienna, Austria)
Date:
1725
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This page from a Haggadah produced in Amsterdam is an example of the work of Joseph Ben David, a prominent eighteenth-century scribe and artist known particularly for his illustrated Haggadahs. This…
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Joseph Leipnik
Places:
Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1740