Leipnik Haggadah
This manuscript was acquired by Enriqueta Rylands as part of the Spencer Collection. It is one of a series of Passover service books (Haggadot) created by the scribe and artist Joseph ben David of Leipnik (in Moravia) in the 1740s. He mimicked Hebrew print of the period, and usually provided illustrations himself. In this case, however, some illustrations are by another artist, who was English. We know this because the Ten Commandments on the Two Tables of the Law, are in English (folio 37a)! The manuscript may have been commissioned by a member of the English aristocracy.
Passover Haggadah
Folios 36b-37a
The Two Tables of the Law (upper left image, folio 37a), illustrating the poem Dayyenu with the beginning of each Commandment in English. Painted by the English artist.
The order of the Seder in 12 scenes, with instructions in Yiddish and Ladino. These images were painted by Joseph Leipnik.
