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The Lombard Haggadah (Hardcover)
Milvia Bollati, Marc Michael Epstein, Flora Cassen
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Telling the story of the flight of the Jews from Egypt based on the
biblical book of Exodus, the Haggadah was - and still is - used
during the Seder, the ritual meal of the first night of Passover.
The text of this remarkable manuscript has been richly illustrated
by many artists in different countries for over seven hundred
years. With its seventy-fi ve illustrations, occupying the margins
of almost every page, this manuscript expresses the elegant
language of the Gothic International style in Lombardy. Directly
related to the workshop of the renowned master builder, sculptor,
and illuminator Giovannino de' Grassi, who fl ourished under the
patronage of the noble Visconti family in Milan, the present volume
was probably commissioned by a wealthy individual. The presumed
date of origin of the Lombard Haggadah corresponds with a period
known for its wave of immigration into Lombardy of northern
European Jews, who were especially welcomed by Duke Gian Galeazzo
Visconti. Last on public exhibition in the Paris World's Fair in
1900, when it belonged to a French family, the Lombard Haggadah was
then sold in 1927 in London to the noted collector of Hebrew
manuscripts Salman Schocken. Little known, the manuscript has
remained in private hands ever since. It survives as the earliest
stand-alone Italian Haggadah. Of the greatest rarity, it is one of
three illustrated medieval Haggadahs still privately owned. Sharon
Liberman Mintz, Curator of Jewish Art, The Jewish Theological
Seminary, states "I have worked with Hebrew illuminated manuscripts
all of my professional life, and this one stands out for its fresh,
charming, and sometimes unique paintings as well as its historical
importance".
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