The unleavened bread from BL Add 14761, f. 61

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The unleavened bread from BL Add 14761, f. 61

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Historiated full-page initial-word panel: ~Matzah zo~ (This unleavened bread). Between the two words a man seated holding unleavened bread in both of his hands. Beneath the initial words, a giant ~matzah~ embedded into a square panel and decorated with eight coats of arms and gold. Four coats of arms are blank, while the other four are ~en pal~ (seven ~azur~ and ~or~) resembling the arms of Barcelona. Beneath, musicians playing standing under arches.
About the coats of arms see, Narkiss, 1982, p. 83 and ~The Barcelona Haggadah~, 1992, pp. 36, 41. Image taken from f. 61 of Haggadah, liturgical poems and biblical readings for Passover (The 'Barcelona Haggadah'), Sephardic rite. Written in Hebrew.

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1300 - 1500
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