Passover

Gold and silver lettering on a text page. Image taken from f. 39v of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah''). Written in Hebrew.

Gold lettering on a text page. Image taken from f. 51v of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah''). Written in Hebrew.

Marginal painting of a man lifting a ~matzah~ (unleavened bread) next to the passage, 'This ~matzah~'. Image taken from f. 22 of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Ashkenazi Haggadah'), German rite with the commentary More

Purchase note. Image taken from f. 161v of Haggadah, liturgical poems and biblical readings for Passover (The 'Barcelona Haggadah'), Sephardic rite. Written in Hebrew.

A green vine with leaves, sprigs and bunches of grapes in the middle of the folio framed by a thin line. Image taken from f. 1 of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Hispano-Moresque Haggadah'). Written in Hebrew.

Text page. Image taken from f. 26 of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah''). Written in Hebrew.

Coloured lettering on a text page. Image taken from f. 18v of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah''). Written in Hebrew.

Coloured lettering on a text page. Image taken from f. 95 of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah''). Written in Hebrew.

Marginal drawing of two dragons with their necks entwined with an inscription incorporated the drawing, ‘Dragon Samael’, perhaps added, in Ruth. Image taken from f. 353v of Festival prayer book (~mahzor~) for t More

Full border with early seventeenth-century decoration. Image taken from f. 9v of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah''). Written in Hebrew.

Text page with Sephardi punctuated semi-cursive script. Image taken from f. 145 of Haggadah, liturgical poems and biblical readings for Passover (The 'Barcelona Haggadah'), Sephardic rite. Written in Hebrew.

Text page with punctuated Sephardi square script. Image taken from f. 157v of Haggadah, liturgical poems and biblical readings for Passover (The 'Barcelona Haggadah'), Sephardic rite. Written in Hebrew.

Dark brown ~cuir ciselé~ binding depicting in the upper register, Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, an angel defeating an evil, and a knight fighting a dragon (St George?) in the lower register. Image taken f More

Text page. Image taken from f. 48v of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah''). Written in Hebrew.

Coloured lettering on a text page. Image taken from f. 70 of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah''). Written in Hebrew.

Coloured lettering on a text page. Image taken from f. 81 of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah''). Written in Hebrew.

Detail: a stork is standing on the back of a dog, at a poem for ~Shavuot~ (Festival of Weeks) (for the poem, see Davidson vol. 1, no. 7694). Image taken from f. 341 of Festival prayer book (~mahzor~) for the Sp More

Handwritten note on the first folio. Image taken from f. 1 of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah''). Written in Hebrew.

Gold and coloured lettering on a text page. Image taken from f. 43 of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah''). Written in Hebrew.

Fifteenth-century Italian white parchment binding, coloured and gold-tooled framing bands. Image taken from back binding of Haggadah with commentary and liturgical poems for Passover (the 'Brother Haggadah'). W More

Ownership inscription of Mordechai Ottolenghi and Raphael Hayyim Ottolenghi. Image taken from f. 151v of Haggadah, liturgical poems and biblical readings for Passover (The 'Barcelona Haggadah'), Sephardic rite. More

Gold and silver lettering on a text page. Image taken from f. 36 of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah''). Written in Hebrew.

Text page with punctuated Sephardi square script. Image taken from f. 158 of Haggadah, liturgical poems and biblical readings for Passover (The 'Barcelona Haggadah'), Sephardic rite. Written in Hebrew.

Gold and coloured decoration on a text page. Image taken from f. 51 of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah''). Written in Hebrew.

Seventeenth-century North-Italian Morocco binding with elaborate blind-tooled borders. Image taken from back binding of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah''). Written in Hebrew.

Coloured lettering on a text page. Image taken from f. 71 of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah''). Written in Hebrew.

Marginal illustration of the ten plagues included into ten medallions, next to the paragraph, 'R. Juda made a mnemonic [out of the first letters of the Hebrew words for the plagues]..' Image taken from f. 17 of More

Text page with punctuated Sephardi square script. Image taken from f. 154 of Haggadah, liturgical poems and biblical readings for Passover (The 'Barcelona Haggadah'), Sephardic rite. Written in Hebrew.

Text page. Image taken from f. 89 of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah''). Written in Hebrew.

Full border with early seventeenth-century decoration. Image taken from f. 11v of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah''). Written in Hebrew.

Keywords of a ~piyyut~ (liturgical poem) for Passover included into two vertical bands with penwork decoration. Image taken from f. 28v of Haggadah with commentary and liturgical poems for Passover (the 'Brothe More

Vertical band with keywords of the text decorated with pen-flourishing. Image taken from f. 22 of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Sister Haggadah'). Written in Hebrew.

Detail of marginal drawings for Passover with Judeo-Italian captions. Image taken from f. 158v of Prayer book, Italian rite. Written in Hebrew, Judeo-Italian.

Gold and coloured lettering on a text page. Image taken from f. 43v of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah''). Written in Hebrew.

Coloured lettering on a text page. Image taken from f. 17v of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah''). Written in Hebrew.

Text page with red lettering. Image taken from f. 22 of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah''). Written in Hebrew.

Gold lettering on a text page. Image taken from f. 37 of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah''). Written in Hebrew.

Text page. Image taken from f. 64 of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah''). Written in Hebrew.

Coloured lettering on a text page. Image taken from f. 75 of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah''). Written in Hebrew.

Vertical band with keywords of the text decorated with pen-flourishing. Image taken from f. 21 of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Sister Haggadah'). Written in Hebrew.

Decorated intial-word panels with gold and silver letters and pen-flourishing. Image taken from f. 45 of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Sister Haggadah'). Written in Hebrew.

Gold and coloured lettering on a text page. Image taken from f. 41v of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah''). Written in Hebrew.

Detail of foliate decoration connected to two decorated initials and inhabited by animals, in the outer margin of the folio. Image taken from f. 13v of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Ashkenazi Haggadah'), German r More

Text page with Sephardi punctuated square script. Image taken from f. 153 of Haggadah, liturgical poems and biblical readings for Passover (The 'Barcelona Haggadah'), Sephardic rite. Written in Hebrew.

Text page. Image taken from f. 65 of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah''). Written in Hebrew.

Gold lettering on a text page. Image taken from f. 49 of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah''). Written in Hebrew.

Text page with punctuated Sephardi square script and with a censor's inscription. Image taken from f. 160 of Haggadah, liturgical poems and biblical readings for Passover (The 'Barcelona Haggadah'), Sephardic r More

Gold lettering on a text page. Image taken from f. 29v of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah''). Written in Hebrew.

Passages of the Hebrew text written in vermillion inserted into the Targumic paraphrase of Ex. 19. Image taken from f. 53 of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Hispano-Moresque Haggadah'). Written in Hebrew.

Gold and coloured lettering on a text page. Image taken from f. 34 of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah''). Written in Hebrew.

Illustration of the passage, 'Go and learn': a wandering man with lance and a haversack on his shoulder. Image taken from f. 11v of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Ashkenazi Haggadah'), German rite with the comment More

Coloured lettering on a text page. Image taken from f. 61v of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah''). Written in Hebrew.

Coloured lettering on a text page. Image taken from f. 97 of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah''). Written in Hebrew.

Coloured lettering on a text page. Image taken from f. 96 of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah''). Written in Hebrew.

Coloured lettering with a partial bar border on a text page. Image taken from f. 42v of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah''). Written in Hebrew.

Full border with early seventeenth-century decoration. Image taken from f. 8 of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah''). Written in Hebrew.

Detail of a marginal painting of a man lifting a ~matzah~ (unleavened bread) next to the passage, 'This ~matzah~'. Image taken from f. 22 of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Ashkenazi Haggadah'), German rite with th More

Text page with Sephardi punctuated semi-cursive script. Image taken from f. 147 of Haggadah, liturgical poems and biblical readings for Passover (The 'Barcelona Haggadah'), Sephardic rite. Written in Hebrew.

Coloured lettering on a text page. Image taken from f. 79 of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah''). Written in Hebrew.

Text page. Image taken from f. 27v of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah''). Written in Hebrew.

The text of the Passover thanksgiving hymn ~Dayyenu~ (It would have been enough) flanked by two vertical bands. The bands include keywwords of the hymn, ~ilu~ (if) ~we-lo~ (without). Image taken from f. 16 of H More

Text page with Sephardi punctuated semi-cursive script. Image taken from f. 145v of Haggadah, liturgical poems and biblical readings for Passover (The 'Barcelona Haggadah'), Sephardic rite. Written in Hebrew.

Detail of an illustration of the passage, 'Go and learn': a wandering man with lance and a haversack on his shoulder. Image taken from f. 11v of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Ashkenazi Haggadah'), German rite wit More

Text page. Image taken from f. 44 of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah''). Written in Hebrew.

Text page with punctuated Sephardi square script. Image taken from f. 159v of Haggadah, liturgical poems and biblical readings for Passover (The 'Barcelona Haggadah'), Sephardic rite. Written in Hebrew.

Full border with early seventeenth-century decoration. Image taken from f. 5v of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah''). Written in Hebrew.

Text page with Sephardi punctuated semi-cursive script. Image taken from f. 148v of Haggadah, liturgical poems and biblical readings for Passover (The 'Barcelona Haggadah'), Sephardic rite. Written in Hebrew.

Zodiac signs of Leo (~Arie~) and Virgo (~Betulah~) in medallions, accompanying a liturgical poem (~piyyut~) for the Prayer for dew during Passover. Image taken from f. 154v of Festival prayer book (~mahzor~) fo More

Coloured lettering on a text page. Image taken from f. 94 of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah''). Written in Hebrew.

Text page. Image taken from f. 20v of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah''). Written in Hebrew.

Text page. Image taken from f. 21 of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah''). Written in Hebrew.

Text page. Image taken from f. 17 of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah''). Written in Hebrew.

Coloured lettering in a text page. Image taken from f. 59 of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah''). Written in Hebrew.

Zodiac signs of Taurus (~Shor~) and of Gemini (~teomim~) in medallions, accompanying a liturgical poem (~piyyut~) for the Prayer for dew during Passover. Image taken from f. 153v of Festival prayer book (~mahzo More

Gold lettering on a text page. Image taken from f. 29 of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah''). Written in Hebrew.

Text page. Image taken from f. 54 of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah''). Written in Hebrew.

Gold and silver lettering on a text page. Image taken from f. 37v of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah''). Written in Hebrew.

Text page. Image taken from f. 76 of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah''). Written in Hebrew.

Text page in Sephardi square script, with the text from Psalm 115. Image taken from f. 72v of Haggadah, liturgical poems and biblical readings for Passover (The 'Barcelona Haggadah'), Sephardic rite. Written in Hebrew.

Text page with punctuated Sephardi square script. Image taken from f. 157 of Haggadah, liturgical poems and biblical readings for Passover (The 'Barcelona Haggadah'), Sephardic rite. Written in Hebrew.

Gold lettering on a text page. Image taken from f. 28v of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah''). Written in Hebrew.

Text page. Image taken from f. 19v of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah''). Written in Hebrew.

Detail of miniatures of the Simple Son and the Son Who Does Not Know How To Ask. Image taken from f. 9v of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Ashkenazi Haggadah'), German rite with the commentary of Eleazar of Worms. More

Text page with punctuated Sephardi square script. Image taken from f. 159 of Haggadah, liturgical poems and biblical readings for Passover (The 'Barcelona Haggadah'), Sephardic rite. Written in Hebrew.

Text page. Image taken from f. 100v of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah''). Written in Hebrew.

Gold lettering on a text page. Image taken from f. 40v of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah''). Written in Hebrew.

Coloured lettering on a text page. Image taken from f. 93 of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah''). Written in Hebrew.

Fifteenth-century Italian white parchment binding, coloured and gold-tooled framing bands. Image taken from Upper binding of Haggadah with commentary and liturgical poems for Passover (the 'Brother Haggadah'). More

Coloured lettering in a text page. Image taken from f. 57 of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah''). Written in Hebrew.

Silver lettering on a text page. Image taken from f. 38v of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah''). Written in Hebrew.

Text page with punctuated Sephardi square script. Image taken from f. 156v of Haggadah, liturgical poems and biblical readings for Passover (The 'Barcelona Haggadah'), Sephardic rite. Written in Hebrew.

Gold lettering on a text page. Image taken from f. 25v of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah''). Written in Hebrew.

Gold lettering on a text page. Image taken from f. 52 of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah''). Written in Hebrew.

Text page with the signatures of various censors of Hebrew manuscripts. Image taken from f. 101v of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah''). Written in Hebrew.

Full border with early seventeenth-century decoration. Image taken from f. 13v of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah''). Written in Hebrew.

Detail: marginal drawing of a devil in the lower margin. Image taken from f. 184 of Festival prayer book (~mahzor~) for the Special Shabbatot, Passover, Shavuot with the Book of Ruth, and Ninth of Av with the B More

Gold and silver lettering on a text page. Image taken from f. 39 of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah''). Written in Hebrew.

Gold and silver lettering on a text page. Image taken from f. 33v of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah''). Written in Hebrew.

Text page. Image taken from f. 18 of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah''). Written in Hebrew.

The word ~Tam~ (Simple Son) with gold letters. Image taken from f. 31 of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah''). Written in Hebrew.