[Sca-cooks] Illuminated Meal in Prato Haggadah online

[James of the Vayle]

oops,


http://www.flickr.com/photos/22681518@N06/sets/72157604352410655/


On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 10:50 PM, James of the Vayle <
jamesofthevayle at gmail.com> wrote:

> Here is a link to the images i edited.  they are a little bright and
> rough, but can have better ones if there is interest.
>
> James
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 10:00 PM, James of the Vayle <
> jamesofthevayle at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Check it out.  I did a little nerdy searching and found large jpeg
> > images of this text the page in question can be seen with a couple of
> > steps...got to ( you will notice it is from jtsa)
> >
> >
> > http://sylvester.jtsa.edu:8881/R/AAFMI6V8MX61KG6TUXPC1FPIDT88UN1UXXRNYUFUHJVU9PAQH7-00602
> >
> > next
> > push the strange looking button next to the word in blue "Objects",
> > notice it opens in a new window
> >
> > next
> > go to Folio 36 recto, which is in blue and you will have a jpeg image of
> > the "feast" there is alot of reflection from the gold on the page on the
> > other side.  I am working on an edited version without the reflecton
> >
> > So...I believe this is an image of women and children preparing food for
> > the celebration.  notice that the flesh looks raw.  I also notice that
> > whatever is being cut on the round plate is most likely a bird.
> >
> > will post link to the "cleaned up verson" in a little bit
> >
> > James
> >
> > On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 5:49 PM, Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius <
> > adamantius1 at verizon.net> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > On Mar 31, 2008, at 4:42 PM, Sharon Gordon wrote:
> > > > Part of the drawing has been painted.  Can anyone enlarge it enough
> > > to
> > > > figure out some of what's on the table?
> > >
> > > I tried a couple of things, but with Flash documents the options are
> > > limited. I did a partial screen capture, raised the resolution and
> > > cleaned it up a little with Photoshop, raising the contrast a bit so I
> > > could see the lines a little better:
> > >
> > > It looks to me like some empty plates (which may well not be or have
> > > been empty, they may just look empty now), some bowls of an
> > > unidentified dark substance, and two slightly faded but still
> > > reasonably clear forequarters of what looks like lamb. Which, in a
> > > Haggadah, would seem to make some sense. They've got rounded contours
> > > except for one sharp, right-angled corner and two slightly less right-
> > > angled corners, and out of the one rounded corner is seen protruding a
> > > shank-like joint...
> > >
> > > If you go to a butcher and ask him to show you a lamb or a veal
> > > shoulder, that's pretty much what it looks like...
> > >
> > > Adamantius
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > "Most men worry about their own bellies, and other people's souls,
> > > when we all ought to worry about our own souls, and other people's
> > > bellies."
> > >                        -- Rabbi Israel Salanter
> > >
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