This manuscript is a masterpiece of Jewish book art by Aaron Wolf
Herlingen, an artist born around 1700 in Gewitsch, Moravia, who
worked in Pressburg (now Bratislava), Vienna, and perhaps
elsewhere. About 40 manuscripts signed by him are extant today.
This manuscript is ornamented with 60 painted illustrations and
three word panels with decorated initials. The title page depicts
Moses and Aaron on either side of the title. The area below the
title shows the Israelites wandering through the desert and manna
falling from heaven, alongside Moses, Aaron and their sister
Miriam. Such a very unusual depiction of Miriam suggests that this
Haggadah was produced for a woman of that name. At the end of the
text there are two songs - one in Hebrew, the other in Aramaic -
Echad mi-yodea and Had Gadya, with their respective Yiddish
translations.
Place
Preferred form
Vienna (Austria)
Original form
Vienna, copied and decorated by Aaron Wolf Herlingen
Other form
Vienna
Vienna, [Aryeh ben Judah Leib]
[Vienna, copied and decorated by Meshullam Zimmel of Polna]
Vienna, copied by Aaron Wolf Herlingen
Vienna, copied and illustrated by Aaron Wolf Herlingen [and Meschullam Simmel from Polná]
