VIRTUAL A Closer Look at Holiday Imagery: Passover

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The illuminated Haggadahs of medieval Iberia—with which Jewish families of the time would celebrate their Seders—are highly personal manuscripts that must have involved commissioned work. Yet no 13th- or 14th-century records remain to tell us who copied, decorated, ordered, or used these manuscripts. Glencoe art historian Julie Harris will examine the thorny problem of the Haggadah’s apparently undetermined patronage and offers a few examples of the detective work it requires of art historians. This is the first of a three-part series this year in which Dr. Harris will examine imagery from Passover, Thanksgiving, and Christmas.

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Event Type(s): Lecture

Age Group(s): Adult