SC - Illuminated Medieval Hagaddahs

[Susan Fox-Davis]

ooOooooh!  May I pass on this post to my fellow Jewish Altavian Princesses here
in Caid?

Selene

rcmann4 at earthlink.net wrote:

> Because Passover is approaching, the Hebrew Union College
> Library has an online exhibit of illuminated hagaddahs at:
> http://www.cn.huc.edu/libraries/haggadahs/
>
> The illustrations labelled Ms. 444 are from a late 15th century
> German hagaddah.  Ms. 450 is 18th century Italian, but according
> to the notes, many of its illustrations are copied from pre-1600
> hagaddahs.  Although some of the pictures are not food-related,
> many of them are, and depict baking matzo, feasting at the Seder
> table, and displaying the ritual foods from the Seder plate.
>
> Brighid, coughing and sneezing, and thinking wistfully of matzo-ball
> soup
>
> Lady Brighid ni Chiarain
> Settmour Swamp, East (NJ)
> mka Robin Carroll-Mann
> now at a new address: rcmann4 at earthlink.net
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