Haviva Peled-Carmeli.

Yona Fischer.

Jerusalem, Israel, 1983. 35 pp., 109 pp.*, illustrations: 17 col., 110 b&w, 27 × 21 cm. Hebrew and English.

9652780006

Israel Museum (1983)

The first comprehensive survey of 18th-century illuminated Haggadot. Extensive text by Haviva Peled-Carmeli discusses the Haggadah’s pictorial cycles, printed prototypes, and 18th-century illustration, with particular attention to sources, artists, styles, iconographic schemes, and innovative changes and additions. Most examples from Bohemia, Moravia and Germany, with 2 from Central Europe and one from Italy. 15 items.

HAGGADOT, ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS
HEBREW ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS, BOHEMIA-MORAVIA & GERMANY, 17TH–19TH C
SCRIBE-ARTISTS

Aaron Wolf Herlingen of Gewitsch (scribe-artist)
Abraham of Ihringen (scribe-artist)
Hayyim ben Asher Anshel of Kittsee (scribe-artist)
Hayyim ben Moshe (Glückstadt?) (scribe-artist)
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Italy, 17th–19th C
Jacob ben Judah Leib Jaffe of Berlin (scribe-artist)
Joseph ben David of Leipnik (scribe-artist)
Joshua ben Mordechai of Wolletz (scribe-artist)
Meshullam Zimmel of Polna (scribe-artist)
Mordechai Mirandola (scribe-artist)
Nathan ben Simson of Meseritsch (scribe-artist)

Invitation to exhibition opening, leaflet, 4 pp., cover illus., 21 × 9.5 cm. Hebrew and English