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Golden Haggadah (about 1430)
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Golden Haggadah
British Library Add. MS 27210
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The Golden Haggadah, one of the finest surviving
Spanish Hebrew manuscripts, was made near Barcelona in Northern
Spain. The Haggadah, which literally means ‘narration’,
is the service-book used in Jewish households on Passover Eve to
commemorate the Exodus from Egypt. The text is preceded by a series
of full-page miniatures depicting scenes mainly from the Book of
Exodus. These sumptuous illuminations set against gold-tooled backgrounds
earned the manuscript its name and were executed in the northern
French Gothic style.
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