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Joel ben Simeon

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Joel ben Simeon
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Joel ben Simeon, also known as Feibush Ashkenazi (died c.1492) was a 15th-century Jewish scribe and illuminator who worked in Germany and Northern Italy.[1] He is best known for the manuscript today known as the Ashkenazi Haggadah.

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Life

Joel ben Simeon was originally from either Cologne (where Jews were expelled in 1424) or Bonn. Around the middle of the century he moved to northern Italy, where he travelled between cities to work his trade. He died around 1492.[2]

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First Nuremberg Haggadah, illuminated by Joel ben Simeon.

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