Manuscript Summary: This handwritten Haggadah Comites Latentes 69 was created in Vienna in 1756. It is decorated with black ink and masterfully imitates copper engraving. The author is the famous scribe and illustrator Simmel ben Moses from Polna (active between 1714 and 1756), who produced about thirty dated manuscripts that have survived until today, of which, however, only 17, including CL 69, are autographs. His works of art are among the most remarkable examples of Hebrew manuscript decoration in 18th century Central Europe. The Song of Solomon, copied by later hands, concludes this magnificent manuscript. (iss)
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Justine Isserles (collaboratrice scientifique, Bibliothèque de Genève), 2017. Show standard description
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06/22/2017
Genève, Bibliothèque de Genève, Comites Latentes 69
Parchment and paper · 82 ff. · 15 x 11-11.7 cm · Vienna · 1756 and 18th-19th century
Pesach Haggadah
How to quote:
Genève, Bibliothèque de Genève, Comites Latentes 69, f. 1r + f. V2v – Pesach Haggadah (https://www.e-codices.ch/en/list/one/bge/cl0069)
