Illustration of Haggadah selection

Five saves gathered in all-night study in
Bnei Brak
Haggadah. Hamburg, 18th century
Hebrew Union College, Klau Library, Cincinnati
This illuminated work on parchment was produced by Jankew Sofer
of Berlin at Hamburg/Altona in 1740/41. It was renovated by
Israel Kornik of Dessau in 1841. Its oil miniatures also follow
the illustrations found in the Amsterdam Haggadah of 1712, but
here utilize a folk-art style found in several haggadot printed
in Germany during the early 18th century.
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