The bread of affliction from BL Or 1404, f. 9

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The bread of affliction from BL Or 1404, f. 9

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Illustrated initial-word panel: ~Ha lahma~ ('This is the bread of affliction'). On the left side of the panel is an elderly bearded man with a book, on the right side, a servant pouring the first cup out of the four that should be drunk during Seder eve. Image taken from f. 9 of Haggadah with commentary and liturgical poems for Passover (the 'Brother Haggadah'). Written in Hebrew.

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1300 - 1500
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