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The unleavened bread from BL Add 27210, f. 44v

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Decorated initial-word panel, ~matzah~ (unleavened bread) with gold letters. In the middle of the folio, a giant ~matzah~ is inserted into the body of the text. It is decorated with Islamic geometric patterns of interlacing and white vine motif. In its centre, there is a stone wall with a wooden door. Image taken from f. 44v of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah''). Written in Hebrew.

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1300 - 1500
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