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.
Place
Preferred form
Vienna (Austria)
Original form
Vienna
Other form
Vienna, [Aryeh ben Judah Leib]
[Vienna, copied and decorated by Meshullam Zimmel of Polna]
Vienna, copied and decorated by Aaron Wolf Herlingen
Vienna, copied by Aaron Wolf Herlingen
Vienna, copied and illustrated by Aaron Wolf Herlingen [and Meschullam Simmel from Polná]
