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Haggadah
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This Haggadah from Amsterdam was printed by Joseph ben Abraham Athias and is adorned with elaborate copper etchings by artist Abraham Bar Jacob. It was the first Haggadah to include these sorts of…

Contributor:

Joseph ben Abraham Athias, Abraham Bar Jacob

Places:

Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Date:

1695

Subjects:

Print, Haggadah, Passover, Christian-Jewish relations, Artists

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Print & Book Culture, Cartooning & Graphic Art
Printed page with Hebrew text in center framed by two standing figures on either side, and six circular images with scenes of figures and buildings.
Haggadah from Prague, 1526
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This Haggadah from Prague, printed by Gershom and Grunim Katz with illustrations that are thought to be by Ḥayyim ben David Shaḥor, is one of the earliest Haggadahs ever printed. It was the first…

Contributor:

Gershom Katz, Ḥayyim Schwarz

Places:

Prague, Holy Roman Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)

Date:

1526

Subjects:

Print, Haggadah, Passover, Christian-Jewish relations, Polemics

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Print & Book Culture, Cartooning & Graphic Art
Facing-page of printed Hebrew text on right side and illustration on left side of Hebrew text surrounded by four full-length figures, decorative border, and two animal-human hybrids on the bottom of page on either side of shield with lion.
Haggadah from Mantua, 1560
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This Haggadah from Mantua, published by the Christian printer Giacomo Rufinelli under the supervision of Isaac ben Solomon Bassan, relies heavily on the Prague Haggadah of 1526, with the addition of…

Contributor:

Isaac ben Samuel Bassan, Giacomo Rufinelli

Places:

Mantua, Duchy of Mantua (Mantova, Italy)

Date:

1560

Subjects:

Print, Haggadah, Passover, Christian-Jewish relations, Polemics

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Print & Book Culture, Cartooning & Graphic Art
Facing-page print with left-hand page of Hebrew text with decorative border and woodcut illustration on bottom of man riding ox next to brick building and man playing horn, and right-hand page with Hebrew text surrounded by decorative border including cherubs playing instruments.