This
manuscript – as it was usual in 14th-century Sefardic
Haggadahs –
originally started with a series of Biblical illustrations representing the
most remarkable moments of the life of Moses (his finding in the river, his
education, the burning bush, standing in front of the Pharaoh) and those of
the Exodus (ten strokes, death and burial of the first-born children of the
Egyptians, the command of the Pharaoh and the sacking of the Egyptians,
exodus, crossing over the Red Sea, dance of Miryam and song of Moses, and
the feast of the Passover). Later, when the codex was rebound – certainly
before the 16th century, because the possessor’s note can be read on the
new first page –
these sheets were replaced in the wrong order. Bezalel Narkiss reconstructed
the original order of the sheets and of the images in 1967. Gabrielle
Sed-Rajna also published the order established by him in her study
accompanying the facsimile edition of 1990 of the codex. Here below we also
publish the Biblical illustrations in their original order, but provided
with the present folio numbering. By clicking on the thumbnails, you can
read the short interpretation of the scenes next to the enlarged images.