David Jonathan Gilner.

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, 2001. Booklet, 16 pp., illustrations: 10 col., 23.5 × 23.5 cm. English.

HUC-JIR Klau Library (March–May 2001)

The history and illustration of the Haggadah, shown through objects from the Library’s collection. Text by David J. Gilner provides an overview of the Haggadah’s production, illustration and printing. Detailed descriptive entries. 45 items.

HAGGADOT
HEBREW ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS
PRINTED BOOKS

Haggadot, illuminated manuscripts
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Ashkenaz, 15th C
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Bohemia-Moravia & Germany, 17th–19th C
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Italy, 17th–19th C
Jacob ben Judah Leib Shamash (scribe-artist)
Judeo-Persian manuscripts
Kaifeng
Meir ben Israel Jaffe of Heidelberg (scribe-artist)
Moses Leib ben Wolf of Trebitsch (scribe-artist)
Steinhardt, Jakob
Szyk, Arthur

“The Four Questions. As they were asked centuries ago at Passover Seders in the heart of China”. The Sino-Judaic Institute, Menlo Park, Calif., USA, 1990, leaflet, 6 pp., 3 b&w illus, with reproduction of the four questions as they appear in a Haggadah from Kaifeng, 18th C.

Southern Methodist University, Bridwell Library, Dallas, Tex., USA (1 March–20 May 2000)

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