King David from BL Add 11639, f. 117v
Full-page miniature of King David playing a harp. Caption: 'This is King David playing a harp'. Image taken from f. 117v of Miscellany of biblical and other texts ('The Northern French Miscellany' or earlier 't... More
Leviathan from BL Add 11639, f. 518v
Full-page miniature of one of the eschatological animals, the Leviathan. Caption: 'This is Leviathan'. Image taken from f. 518v of Miscellany of biblical and other texts ('The Northern French Miscellany' or ear... More
Man praying from BL Or 2884, f. 61
Decorated initial-word panel with gold letters in the Hallel (Psalm 118:5). Miniature in the lower margin depicting a man standing in a small niche praying. Image taken from f. 61 of Haggadah for Passover (the ... More
Decorated initial-word panel from BL Add 14762, f. 39
Initial-word panel ~Nishmat~ (breath) with gold letters surrounded by foliate motifs, at the beginning of the liturgical poem, 'The breath of every living thing'. Image taken from f. 39 of Haggadah for Passover... More
Adam from BL Add 27210, f. 2v - Public domain dedication image
Detail of a miniature of Adam naming the animals (Gen. 2:19-20). Image taken from f. 2v of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah''). Written in Hebrew.
The plagues from BL Add 27210, f. 12v
Full-page miniature, upper right: the second plague: frogs, upper left: the third plague: lice, lower right: the fourth plague: wild beasts (~arov~), lower left: the fifth plague: murrain. The meaning of the He... More
Joseph relating his dream from BL Add 27210, f. 5
Joseph relating his dream to his father and brothers, detail of a miniature depicting scenes from Genesis. Image taken from f. 5 of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah''). Written in Hebrew.
Coat of arms from BL Or 14061, f. 156v
Full-page miniature of the Spanish royal coat of arms: a crowned golden lion rampant beneath a Moorish arch. Image taken from f. 156v of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Hispano-Moresque Haggadah'). Written in Hebrew.
Scenes from the life of Moses from BL Or 2884, f. 13
Full-page miniature, upper register: Moses before the burning bush, lower register: Moses and Aaron performing the signs to the Elders of Israel (Ex. 4:30). Image taken from f. 13 of Haggadah for Passover (the ... More
Decorated initial-word panels from BL Or 2737, f. 28v
Decorated initial-word panels, ~Mah~ (how, Psalm 116:12) and ~Hallelu~ (praise, Psalm 117), in the second part of the Hallel. Image taken from f. 28v of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Hispano-Moresque Haggadah'). ... More
Decorated initial words from BL Add 27210, f. 55
Initial words with gold letters and a band between the two text columns decorated with gold and foliation. Image taken from f. 55 of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah''). Written in Hebrew.
Bitter herb from BL Or 2884, f. 52
Painted initial-word panel, ~maror~ (bitter herb). In the outer margin, a miniature depicting a man holding the ~maror~, another miniature of a giant leaf embedded into the text representing the ~maror~. Image ... More
Embellished vertical bands from BL Or 2884, f. 49
Vertical bands containing keywords of the thanksgiving hymn, ~Dayyenu~ (It would have been enough) decorated with gold letters, pen-flourishing and foliate spreading to the upper margin. Image taken from f. 49 ... More
Inhabited border from BL Add 27210, f. 23
Text page with a border inhabited by grotesques. Image taken from f. 23 of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah''). Written in Hebrew.
Coloured lettering from BL Add 27210, f. 21v
Coloured lettering on a text page. Image taken from f. 21v of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah''). Written in Hebrew.
Text page from BL Add 27210, f. 100
Text page. Image taken from f. 100 of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah''). Written in Hebrew.
Coloured lettering from BL Add 27210, f. 80
Coloured lettering on a text page. Image taken from f. 80 of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah''). Written in Hebrew.
Full border from BL Add 27210, f. 14
Full border with early seventeenth-century decoration. Image taken from f. 14 of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah''). Written in Hebrew.
Text page from BL Add 27210, f. 58
Text page. Image taken from f. 58 of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah''). Written in Hebrew.
Text page from BL Add 27210, f. 19
Text page. Image taken from f. 19 of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah''). Written in Hebrew.
Dayyenu from BL Add 27210, f. 42
Decorated words at the beginning and at the end of the lines, at the poem ~Dayyenu~ (we should have been content). Image taken from f. 42 of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah''). Written in Hebrew.
Coloured lettering from BL Add 27210, f. 63
Coloured lettering on a text page. Image taken from f. 63 of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah''). Written in Hebrew.
Full border from BL Add 27210, f. 10
Full border with early seventeenth-century decoration. Image taken from f. 10 of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah''). Written in Hebrew.
Full border from BL Add 27210, f. 12
Full border with early seventeenth-century decoration. Image taken from f. 12 of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah''). Written in Hebrew.
Full border from BL Add 27210, f. 15v
Full border with early seventeenth-century decoration. Image taken from f. 15v of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah''). Written in Hebrew.
Scenes from the life of Moses from BL Or 1404, f. 2v
Full-page miniature, upper register: Moses meeting Aaron and telling him about the signs, lower register: Moses and Aaron presenting the signs in front of the Elders of Israel (Ex. 4:27-30). Image taken from f.... More
Jacob's ladder from BL Add 27210, f. 4v
Jacob's ladder, detail of a miniature depicting scenes from Genesis. Image taken from f. 4v of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah''). Written in Hebrew.
Exodus from BL Or 2737, f. 68 - Public domain medieval manuscript
Full-page miniature of Moses and Aaron embracing each other (Ex. 4:27). Image taken from f. 68 of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Hispano-Moresque Haggadah'). Written in Hebrew.
Samson from BL Or 2737, f. 35v - Public domain medieval manuscript
Miniature of Samson rending the lion. Image taken from f. 35v of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Hispano-Moresque Haggadah'). Written in Hebrew.
Passover lamb from BL Add 14761, f. 60
Detail of an historiated initial-word panel: ~Pesah~ (Passover lamb) depicting a young man roasting the Passover lamb. Image taken from f. 60 of Haggadah, liturgical poems and biblical readings for Passover (Th... More
Decorated initial-word panels from BL Or 2884, f. 53
Decorated initial-word panels with gold and silver letters, and foliate spreading to the upper margin. Image taken from f. 53 of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Sister Haggadah'). Written in Hebrew.
Decorated initial-word panel from BL Or 2884, f. 23
Decorated initial-word panel with gold letters. Image taken from f. 23 of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Sister Haggadah'). Written in Hebrew.
Decorated initial-word panel from BL Or 1404, f. 16v
Initial-word panel with gold letters, white vine and foliate decoration, at the end of ~Dayyenu~, the thanksgiving hymn for Passover. Image taken from f. 16v of Haggadah with commentary and liturgical poems for... More
The Wise Son and the Wicked Son from BL Or 2884, f. 35v
In the outer margin, next to the two initial-word panels,~Hakham~ and ~Rasha~, two figures are depicted. The upper one with the opened book is the Wiise Son (~hakham~), the one beneath is the Wicked Son (~ras... More
Decorated initial-word panels from BL Or 2737, f. 2
Decorated initial-word panels, at the beginning of the Haggadah. Image taken from f. 2 of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Hispano-Moresque Haggadah'). Written in Hebrew.
Decorated initial-word panels from BL Or 2737, f. 10v
Two decorated initial-word panels and foliate frame. Image taken from f. 10v of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Hispano-Moresque Haggadah'). Written in Hebrew.
Decorated initial-word panel from BL Or 2737, f. 6
Decorated initial-word panel ~Maaseh~ (a tale), at the beginning of the passage about the rabbis of Benei Braq. Image taken from f. 6 of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Hispano-Moresque Haggadah'). Written in Hebrew.
Decorated initial-word panel from BL Or 2737, f. 5
Decorated initial-word panel, ~Mah nishtanah~ (Why this night is different?) in foliate frame. Image taken from f. 5 of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Hispano-Moresque Haggadah'). Written in Hebrew.
'Pour out your wrath' from BL Add 14762, f. 31
Detail of an initial-word panel ~Shefokh~ (Pour out) decorated with foliate motifs, with its first letter inhabited by hybrids, at the beginning of the introductory sencence of the second part of the Hallel, 'P... More
Rabban Gamliel from BL Or 1404, f. 17
Decorated initial-word panel, ~Rabban Gamliel~ at the beginning of the Mishnaic dictum, 'Rabban Gamliel used to say'; in the outer margin, a miniature depicting Rabban Gamliel seated reading a book. Image taken... More
Initial-word panel from BL Add 27210, f. 28
Initial-word panel in gold on a text page. Image taken from f. 28 of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah''). Written in Hebrew.
Decorated initial-word panel from BL Or 2737, f. 10
Decorated initial-word panel, ~Tze u-lemad~ (Go and learn) with foliate frame at the beginning of the section, 'Go and learn what Laban, the Aramean, sought to do to Jacob'. Image taken from f. 10 of Haggadah f... More
Decorated initial words from BL Or 10186, f. 155
Initial words decorated with pen-flourishing in brown ink, at a ~Hoshanah~ (poetical prayer) for ~Hoshanah Rabbah~ (the seventh day of Sukkot; for the poem, see Davidson vol. 1, no. 1857). Image taken from f. 1... More
Decorated initial from BL Add 14762, f. 7v
Detail of a page: dcorated initial at the beginning of the passage about the five rabbis at Benei Braq. Image taken from f. 7v of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Ashkenazi Haggadah'), German rite with the commentar... More
The unleavened bread from BL Add 14761, f. 61
Historiated full-page initial-word panel: ~Matzah zo~ (This unleavened bread). Between the two words a man seated holding unleavened bread in both of his hands. Beneath the initial words, a giant ~matzah~ embed... More
Decorated initial-word panels from BL Or 14061, f. 11v
Decorated initial-word panels with foliate scrolls. Image taken from f. 11v of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Hispano-Moresque Haggadah'). Written in Hebrew.
Havdalah from BL Add 14761, f. 26
Detail of a historiated initial-word panel: Barukh (blessed) at the beginning of the benediction for the ending of the Shabbat (Havdalah ceremony). An elderly man lifts a goblet while performing the ~Havdalah~ ... More
Inhabited panel from BL Add 11639, f. 217v
Inhabited band between two columns of text, connected to an initial word. The main text on this folio is the Aramaic translation of Exodus 19-20 with poems. Image taken from f. 217v of Miscellany of biblical an... More
Decorated initial-word panel from BL Add 27210, f. 56v
Decorated initial-word panels. Image taken from f. 56v of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah''). Written in Hebrew.
Decorated initial-word panels from BL Or 2737, f. 13v
Two decorated initial-word panels in foliate frames. Image taken from f. 13v of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Hispano-Moresque Haggadah'). Written in Hebrew.
Midrash be-ḥidush: perush le-Hagadat Pesaḥ
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Midrash be-ḥidush: perush le-Hagadat Pesaḥ
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Shfokh - A black and white drawing of a hebrew text
A page from the en:Haggadah of Pesach printed in Prague, 1527
Haggadah cover, George Philip & Son, c. 1930
Haggadah cover
Gold and silver lettering from BL Add 27210, f. 39v
Gold and silver lettering on a text page. Image taken from f. 39v of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah''). Written in Hebrew.
Unleavened bread from BL Add 14762, f. 22
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. from BL Add 14761, f. 161v
Purchase note. Image taken from f. 161v of Haggadah, liturgical poems and biblical readings for Passover (The 'Barcelona Haggadah'), Sephardic rite. Written in Hebrew.
Text page from BL Add 27210, f. 26
Text page. Image taken from f. 26 of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah''). Written in Hebrew.
Coloured lettering from BL Add 27210, f. 18v
Coloured lettering on a text page. Image taken from f. 18v of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah''). Written in Hebrew.
Coloured lettering from BL Add 27210, f. 95
Coloured lettering on a text page. Image taken from f. 95 of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah''). Written in Hebrew.
Full border from BL Add 27210, f. 9v
Full border with early seventeenth-century decoration. Image taken from f. 9v of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah''). Written in Hebrew.
Text page from BL Add 14761, f. 145
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 from BL Add 14761, f. 157v
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.
The eighth and ninth plagues from BL Or 2884, f. 15v
Full-page miniature, upper register: the plague of locusts, lower register: the plague of darkness. Image taken from f. 15v of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Sister Haggadah'). Written in Hebrew.
Preparation for the Seder from BL Or 2884, f. 17
Full-page miniature, upper register: the master of the house distributing the ~matzot~ (unleavened bread) and the ~haroset~ (sweetmeat), lower register: father and son searching for leaven, two women cleaning t... More
Wise Son from BL Add 14762, f. 8v
Decorated initials and a miniature of the Wise Son in the lower margin. Image taken from f. 8v of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Ashkenazi Haggadah'), German rite with the commentary of Eleazar of Worms. Written in Hebrew.
Plague of lice from BL Add 27210, f. 12v
Detail of a miniature of the third plague, of lice. Image taken from f. 12v of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah''). Written in Hebrew.
Moses in Egypt from BL Or 2737, f. 66
Full-page miniature of Moses reproaching two quarelling Israelites (Ex. 2:13-14), in an architectural frame. Image taken from f. 66 of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Hispano-Moresque Haggadah'). Written in Hebrew.
Rabbi Eleazar ben Azaryah from BL Or 2884, f. 34v
Decorated initial-word panel, ~Amar~ (Said) with gold letters and a miniature in the outer margin depicting Rabbi Eleazar ben Azaryah seated at a reading desk with an open book. Image taken from f. 34v of Hagga... More
Decorated initial-word panel from BL Or 2884, f. 24
Initial-word panel with pen-flourishing. Image taken from f. 24 of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Sister Haggadah'). Written in Hebrew.
The unleavened bread from BL Add 27210, f. 44v
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 o... More
Bar Yokhnai from BL Add 11639, f. 517v
Full-page miniature of a giant bird, ~Bar Yokhnai~, one of the eschatological animals, which the rabbis identified with ~Ziz~. Caption: 'This is a bird which is called Bar Yokhnai'. On ~Bar Yokhnai~ see e.g. Ba... More
Inhabited initial-word panel from BL Add 11639, f. 20v
Initial-word panel, ~Wa-yeshev~ (And Jacob dwelt in the land) inhabited by two hybrids, at the beginning of ~Parashat wa-yeshev~ (Gen. 37:1-40:23). Image taken from f. 20v of Miscellany of biblical and other te... More
Decorated initial-word panel from BL Or 14061, f. 226
Decorated initial-word panel accompanied with foliate scrolls. Image taken from f. 226 of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Hispano-Moresque Haggadah'). Written in Hebrew.
Decorated initial words from BL Or 10186, f. 154v
Initial words decorated with pen-flourishing in brown ink, at a ~Hoshanah~ (poetical prayer) for ~Hoshanah Rabbah~ (the seventh day of Sukkot; for the poem, see Davidson vol. 1, no. 1857). Image taken from f. 1... More
YaKeNHaZ from BL Add 14761, f. 24v
Two initial-word panels, the upper one is a historiated panel, ~We-im~ (and if) with a seated bearded man and a smaller naked figure wrestling with a lion (for the identification of the naked figure see Narkiss... More
Decorated initial words from BL Add 14762, f. 48v
Initial words decorated with bands and foliate motifs, at the beginning of the passage, 'Next year in Jerusalem' and Joel ben Simeon's colophon in the outer margin. Image taken from f. 48v of Haggadah for Passo... More
Decorated initial-word panels from BL Or 2884, f. 38v
Two decorated initial-word panels, the upper one is with gold and silver letters and with foliate on the top. Image taken from f. 38v of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Sister Haggadah'). Written in Hebrew.
Inhabited initial word from BL Add 26970, f. 50
Initial word inhabited by hybrids, at the beginning of the Haggadah. Image taken from f. 50 of Festival prayer book (ff. 1-167v), ~Issur we-heter~ by Rabbi Isaac ben Meir of Düren (ff. 167v-177v), calendar (ff.... More
Decorated initial-word panels from BL Add 27210, f. 50
Initial-word panels with gold letters and foliate scrolls. Image taken from f. 50 of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah''). Written in Hebrew.
Decorated initial-word panels from BL Or 2737, f. 19v
Decorated initial-word panels: ~ilu~, ~dayyenu~, and ~al~, at the last section of ~Dayyenu~ (It would have been enough), a thanksgiving hymn for Passover. Image taken from f. 19v of Haggadah for Passover (the '... More
Midrash be-ḥidush: perush le-Hagadat Pesaḥ
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Midrash be-ḥidush: perush le-Hagadat Pesaḥ
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Midrash be-ḥidush: perush le-Hagadat Pesaḥ
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Midrash be-ḥidush: perush le-Hagadat Pesaḥ
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Maxwell House Haggadah 1955
Front cover of a 1955 Maxwell House Haggadah.
Zoomorphic lettering from BL Add 27210, f. 34v
Zoomorphic lettering and gold lettering on a text page. Image taken from f. 34v of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah''). Written in Hebrew.
Front binding from BL Add 27210, Front binding
Seventeenth-century North-Italian morocco binding with elaborate blind-tooled borders. Image taken from Front binding of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah''). Written in Hebrew.
Text page from BL Add 27210, f. 99
Text page. Image taken from f. 99 of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah''). Written in Hebrew.
Text page from BL Add 27210, f. 53v
Text page. Image taken from f. 53v of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah''). Written in Hebrew.
Front binding from BL Add 27210, Front binding
Seventeenth-century North-Italian morocco binding on wooden boards with elaborate blind-tooled borders. Image taken from Front binding of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah''). Written in Hebrew.
Text page from BL Add 14761, f. 147v
Text page with Sephardi punctuated semi-cursive script. Image taken from f. 147v of Haggadah, liturgical poems and biblical readings for Passover (The 'Barcelona Haggadah'), Sephardic rite. Written in Hebrew.
Text page from BL Add 14761, f. 144
Text page with Sephardi punctuated semi-cursive script. Image taken from f. 144 of Haggadah, liturgical poems and biblical readings for Passover (The 'Barcelona Haggadah'), Sephardic rite. Written in Hebrew.
Gold lettering from BL Add 27210, f. 40
Gold lettering on a text page. Image taken from f. 40 of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah''). Written in Hebrew.
Scenes from Exodus from BL Or 2884, f. 13v
Full-page miniature, upper register: Aaron's rod swallowing the magicians' rods, lower register: the first plague: blood. Image taken from f. 13v of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Sister Haggadah'). Written in Hebrew.
Goshen from BL Or 2737, f. 73 - Public domain medieval manuscript
Full-page miniature of the land of Goshen separated by God from other parts of Egypt, not struck by the plague of ~arov~ (the fourth plague), in an architectural frame (Ex. 8:18). In Christian iconography follo... More
Exodus from BL Or 1404, f. 6v - Public domain medieval manuscript
Full-page miniature, upper register: the Israelites coming out of Egypt, lower register: the Egyptians pursuing the Israelites. Image taken from f. 6v of Haggadah with commentary and liturgical poems for Passov... More
Ba'al Tzefon from BL Or 2737, f. 84v
Full-page miniature of the Egyptian army catching up the Israelites at Ba'al Tzefon (Ex. 14:9), in an architectural frame. Image taken from f. 84v of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Hispano-Moresque Haggadah'). Wr... More
Noah's ark from BL Or 2884, f. 2v
Full-page miniature, upper register: Noah building the ark, lower register: Noah leading the animals out of the ark. Image taken from f. 2v of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Sister Haggadah'). Written in Hebrew.
Passage of the Red Sea from BL Or 2884, f. 16v
Full-page miniature, upper register: the pursuing Egyptians and the Israelites crossing the Red Sea, lower register: Miriam and the Israelite women dancing. Image taken from f. 16v of Haggadah for Passover (t... More