Seder Hagadah shel Pesach. According to Roman rite. Hebrew with translation into Judeo-Italian. Edited by Israel HaZifroni. Accompanied by Leone Modena’s "Tzeli Esh," an abridgment of Isaac Abrabanel’s commentary “Zevach Pesach”

(HAGADAH)

Giovanni Caleoni

Venice

1629

Title within architectural arch. Each page profusely illustrated, including historiated initial letters, all within a fine architectural frame.

Yudlov 55; Yaari 41; Yerushalmi 49-55

This Hagadah was published in three editions with varying translations and rites: Italian, German and Spanish (Ladino). Although its magnificent highlights follow the great archetype of the Venice1609 Hagadah - with its borders, miniature figures, scenes and large woodcuts (see C. Roth, "Printed Illuminated Haggadoth," Aresheth, Vol. III, pp. 21-22), the addition of a scholarly commentary necessitated a different format, spreading the illustrations throughout, as opposed to the previous more concentrated form. These modifications resulted in a definitive format serving the future development of the Hagadah in terms of illustrative style and layout.