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The Amsterdam Haggadah
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The letters and illustrations of the Amsterdam Haggadah, made in the engraving technique, became very popular in European Jewish communities. Eighteenth-century scribes boasted of using the very same script, which came to be known as “Amsterdam letters.”
Title: The Amsterdam Haggadah
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The letters and illustrations of the Amsterdam Haggadah, made in the engraving technique, became very popular in European Jewish communities.
Eighteenth-century scribes boasted of using the very same script, which came to be known as “Amsterdam letters.
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