Birds' Head Haggadah
The Birds' Head Haggadah (c. 1300) is the oldest surviving illuminated Ashkenazi Passover Haggadah. The manuscript, produced in the Upper Rhine region of Southern Germany in the early 14th century, contains the full Hebrew text of the Haggadah, a ritual text recounting the story of Passover – the liberation of the Israelites from slavery in ancient Egypt – which is recited by participants at a Passover Seder. The text is executed in block calligraphy and accompanied by colorful illustrations of Jews performing the Seder practices and reenacting Jewish historical events. The Birds' Head Haggadah is so called because all Jewish men, women, and children depicted in the manuscript have human bodies with the faces and beaks of birds. Non-Jewish and non-human faces (such as those of angels, the
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Birds' Head Haggadah
The Birds' Head Haggadah (c. 1300) is the oldest surviving illuminated Ashkenazi Passover Haggadah. The manuscript, produced in the Upper Rhine region of Southern Germany in the early 14th century, contains the full Hebrew text of the Haggadah, a ritual text recounting the story of Passover – the liberation of the Israelites from slavery in ancient Egypt – which is recited by participants at a Passover Seder. The text is executed in block calligraphy and accompanied by colorful illustrations of Jews performing the Seder practices and reenacting Jewish historical events. The Birds' Head Haggadah is so called because all Jewish men, women, and children depicted in the manuscript have human bodies with the faces and beaks of birds. Non-Jewish and non-human faces (such as those of angels, the
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Die Vogelkopf-Haggada ist eine ...... lichem Körper und Vogelköpfen.
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Haggadah Kepala Burung (sekita ...... itu menjadi pameran permanen.
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L'Hagadà dels Caps d'Ocell (c. ...... on és en exposició permanent.
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O Hagadá das Cabeças de Pássar ...... está em exposição permanente.
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The Birds' Head Haggadah (c. 1 ...... it is on permanent exhibition.
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Manuscript pages showing text ...... Jews baking matzo for Passover
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Contents
Haggadah for Passover, with accompanying illustrations
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date
c. 1300
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discovered
Purchased by Israel Museum in 1946
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Dark brown ink and tempera on parchment
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Birds' Head Haggadah
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place of origin
Southern Germany
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Previously kept
Owned by Ludwig Marum until 1933
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Within the rather modest field ...... Island, or Mona Lisa's smile.
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Menahem
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script
Block calligraphy
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; 50 pages
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–Professor Marc Michael Epstein on the Birds' Head Haggadah
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Die Vogelkopf-Haggada ist eine ...... lichem Körper und Vogelköpfen.
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Haggadah Kepala Burung (sekita ...... ia dengan wajah dan paruh buru
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L'Hagadà dels Caps d'Ocell (c. ...... agadà és al Museu d'Israel a P
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O Hagadá das Cabeças de Pássar ...... s e não-humanos (como os dos a
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The Birds' Head Haggadah (c. 1 ...... (such as those of angels, the
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Birds' Head Haggadah
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Hagadà dels Caps d'Ocell
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Hagadá das Cabeças de Pássaros
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Haggadah Kepala Burung
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Vogelkopf-Haggada
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