SARAJEVO MEDIEVAL HAGGADAH JUDAICA RARE OLD MANUSCRIPT German Jewish Art Hebrew

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SARAJEVO MEDIEVAL HAGGADAH JUDAICA RARE OLD MANUSCRIPT German Jewish Art Hebrew
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ou are bidding on an exact reproduction of the famous Sarajevo Haggada. There were several reproduced versions of this Haggada with introductions in German, English, Spanish, Italian, French and Yugoslavian. This edition is the plain text manuscript only Haggada.
CONDECTION:
Very good condition internally. There's no date  of printing. Edges of outer cover aredented.
Contains about 230 pages which includes the actual illuminated Haggada as well as the Azharot (various poetic stanzas of Rabbi Yehuda Halevi then said by Sefardim in Spain before they were brutally expelled on Tisha B'Av in 1492), as well as the Passover prayers.
Excellent condition.
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History of this magnificent Haggada:
The Sarajevo Haggadah is an illuminated manuscript that contains the traditional text of the Passover Haggadah which accompanies the Passover Seder. It is the oldest Sephardic Haggadah in the world, originating in Barcelona around 1350.
The Sarajevo Haggadah was created in Barcelona, circa 1350, for a prominent Jewish family. Their connection with the rulers of the Kingdom of Aragon is evidenced by the heraldic crests found on the title page. . It is likely that the haggadah left Spain during the Expulsion of 1492. From marginal notations we know it was sold in northern Italy in August 1510 and then examined by an Italian ecclesiastical censor in 1609. Subsequently it was brought to Sarajevo, Bosnia where the Jozef Kohen family sold it in 1894. Housed in the Bosnian National Museum, its fame attracted the interest of the Nazi invaders in 1941 which resulted in its being hidden in neighboring villages until after the war.
The Sarajevo Haggadah is handwritten on bleached calfskin and illuminated in copper and gold. It opens with 34 pages of illustrations of key scenes in the Bible from Creation through the death of Moses. Its pages are stained with wine, evidence that it was used at many Passover Seders. It is considered to be the most beautiful illuminated Jewish manuscript in existence and one of the most valuable books in the world. In 1991 it was appraised at US0 million.
The fame of this haggadah arises from its great age, beauty and sheer quantity of textual decorations and illuminated miniatures. The handwritten manuscript, written on vellum (calf skin similar to klaf used for a sefer Torah), begins with thirty-four pages of miniature paintings. They are painted on one side of the vellum to prevent any bleeding from one side to the other. On these pages there are a total of sixty-eight panel paintings that depict the biblical narrative from the creation of the world through the death of Moses. The story of Joseph is given special attention in seventeen panels.
After this breathtaking introduction the main text of the haggadah is written in a bold Sephardic script on both sides of the next fifty pages. The text is a wonder of decoration and embellishment displaying more than fifty ornamented and gilt word panels, assorted grotesques and floral decorations. Four additional miniatures depicting Rabban Gamaliel, Matzah, Maror and a Spanish Jewish family at the Seder enhance this section. The remaining fifty-eight pages are relatively unadorned piyyutim, biblical readings and prayers for the holiday.
According to the venerable Jewish historian, Cecil Roth, "it would seem probable that the illuminator of the Sarajevo Haggadah was a Jew." because of his "cognizance and sympathy for the text." Other details such as the tendency of individual panels to narrate from right to left (Lot flees leftward and Abraham walks left towards the Akeidah) echo Hebrew reading and point to a Jewish artist. The sophisticated integration of midrashic and biblical material and local Jewish costumes of the time (hooded gowns characteristic of Barcelonan Jewry) reinforce this view.
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