The Ashkenazi Haggadah

by Joel Ben Simeon, David B. Goldstein

Full title: The Ashkenazi Haggadah: A Hebrew Manuscript of the Mid-15th Century from the Collections of the British Library; Written and Illuminated by Joel Ben Simeon Called Feibusch Ashkenazi; With a Commentary Attributed to Eleazar Ben Judah of Worms. Introduction, Notes on the Illuminations, Transcription, and English Translation by David Goldstein

During the Middle Ages, in the centres of Jewish culture in Europe, many illuminated Haggadot were produced. Once considered to be amongst the finest and held at the British Library in London, it is the 15th-century manuscript by Joel ben Simeon, who lived in medieval Germany. The majority of its 98 pages of Ashkenazi script are illuminated with initials and other ornaments and there are miniatures illustrating the Passover story and the Seder feast itself. It is reproduced in this volume, together with a transcript and a translation, so that the book may be used, as intended, at Passover ceremonies. The medieval commentary in the margins of the text is often inscribed in the form of domestic objects, animals and creatures of all kinds and is also translated here.

140 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1985

Reviews

[Smitty]

Gorgeously reproduced, really a delight to behold.