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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:

Visual & Material Culture, 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.
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.
The Four Sons
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This 1934 illustration of the Passover story of the four sons features a caricature of the “wicked” son dressed as Hitler.

Contributor:

Arthur Szyk

Places:

Lodz, Second Polish Republic (Łódź, Poland)

Date:

1934

Subjects:

Print, Aesthetics, Passover, Haggadah, Nazis

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Cartooning & Graphic Art
Image of four panels with man in each panel: one in moustache and riding outfit; one wearing sidelocks, kippah, and suit; one muscled in boots; and one with short sidelocks, hat, and wide stance, all surrounded by decorated border and labeled in Yiddish.
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.
Judeo-Persian Haggadah from Kaifeng
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. . . and caused us to reach this appointed time.On the first night, one should recite the blessing “who has kept us alive . . .” But on the second night, one should not read it.Blessed are…

Contributor:

Unknown

Places:

Kaifeng, Qing Dynasty (Kaifeng, China)

Date:

17th Century

Subjects:

Print, Haggadah, Passover, Diaspora, Kaifeng

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Print & Book Culture, Religion & Theology
Facing-page manuscript with Judeo-Persian text.
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.