Pesachim No.6: Every Spring is Illuminated Artwork

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Pesachim No.6: Every Spring is Illuminated

February 28, 2021 • Season 4 • Episode 6

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What’s the deal with the Birds’ Head Haggadah? How were illuminated Haggadot from the Middle Ages created, and why does everyone make such a big fuss about them?

Dr. Marc Michael Epstein is Professor of Religion and Visual Culture at Vassar College. He is the author of, among other books, The Medieval Haggadah: Art, Narrative, and Religious Imagination and Skies of Parchment, Seas of Ink: Jewish Illuminated Manuscripts.

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