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Lot 167

Manuscript – Passover Haggadah, Color Decorations – Baghdad, 19th Century

Manuscript, Passover Haggadah, with laws and Arabic translation, and additions according to the custom of Baghdad. [Baghdad, 19th century].
Decorated title page. Initial panels and decorations in color, in characteristic Baghdad style. Oriental square and cursive script.
Signed inscription on title page (two more signatures at end of manuscript).
Includes midrashic passages added to the Haggadah according to the custom of Baghdad, as well as the piyyut Amunim Archu Shevach by Aharon HaKohen (p. 17a). At end of manuscript, Chad Gadya with Arabic verse-by-verse translation.

[33] leaves. Approx. 14 cm. Fair condition. Stains. Wear and several defects, slightly affecting text. New binding.