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List of Jewish illuminated manuscripts
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A number of Jewish illuminated manuscripts include representational art and illustrations, with many containing religious or biblical undertones, while others focus on law, philosophy, science, or society-based (such as Ketubbah, marriage contracts) ideas. These manuscripts spanned a wide geographical array, including Europe, Northern Africa, and the East.[1]




Figures such as Joel ben Simeon became known for their work.
Archival records from medieval Iberia confirm that Jews were painters and practitioners of the fine arts.[2] A number of works survive.
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Bibles/Tanakhim
Haggadot
- Barcelona Haggadah
- Golden Haggadah
- Washington Haggadah
- Sarajevo Haggadah
- Ashkenazi Haggadah
- Hispano-Moresque Haggadah
- Graziano Haggadah
- Birds' Head Haggadah
- Kaufmann Haggadah
- Sassoon Haggadah
- Sister Haggadah
- Prague Haggadah
- Rylands Haggadah
- 1739 Joseph ben David Haggadah
- Rothschild Haggadah
- Hamburg Haggadah
Mahzorim and Siddurim
Chronicles, miscellany, and other works
Megillot (ie, Book of Esther or scrolls of Esther)
Other manuscripts by region
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Spain
- Torah (Five Books of Moses), 14th century[3]
- https://www.imj.org.il/en/wings/jewish-art-and-life/illuminating-script
- Haggadah, 1401-1520,[4]
- "Haye ha-nefesh," 1465, [5]
Iran (Persian Jews, aka Iranian Jews)
- Ketubah, Sanandaj (Iranian Kurdistan), 1903, https://cja.huji.ac.il/gross/browser.php?mode=set&id=45037
- Ketubbah, 1902, https://cja.huji.ac.il/gross/browser.php?mode=set&id=48992
- Ketubah, Mashhad, 1894, https://cja.huji.ac.il/gross/browser.php?mode=set&id=45036
- Shiviti, Iran, 1891, https://cja.huji.ac.il/gross/browser.php?mode=set&id=48467
- 1875, https://cja.huji.ac.il/gross/browser.php?mode=set&id=53564
- Prayer Book, 1860, https://cja.huji.ac.il/gross/browser.php?mode=set&id=53723
- "Shiviti," 1854/55, https://cja.huji.ac.il/gross/browser.php?mode=set&id=49257
- Haftarot (Shmuel ben Azaria), 1828, https://cja.huji.ac.il/gross/browser.php?mode=set&id=53776
- Ketubah, Isfahan, 1763, https://cja.huji.ac.il/gross/browser.php?mode=set&id=45782
- circa beginning of 12th century, https://mss.huc.edu/portfolio/ms-1/
- https://smarthistory.org/the-ardashirnama-judeo-persian-manuscript/
- https://www.irannamag.com/en/article/4598/
- https://www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/10.3828/aj.2021.17.7
- https://blogs.bl.uk/asian-and-african/2018/11/the-judeo-persian-manuscript-collection-in-the-british-library.html
Iraq
- Kurdistan, 1911, https://cja.huji.ac.il/gross/browser.php?mode=set&id=53523
- "Minchah ve-'Aravit shel Shabbat," 1886, https://cja.huji.ac.il/gross/browser.php?mode=set&id=53495
- Baghdad, 1881/82, https://cja.huji.ac.il/gross/browser.php?mode=set&id=53505
- "Seder 'Aravit le-Pesach, Shir ha-Shirim," 1854, https://cja.huji.ac.il/gross/browser.php?mode=set&id=53506
- https://cja.huji.ac.il/gross/browser.php?mode=alone&id=578109
- Judeo-Arabic Kabbalistic manuscript https://cja.huji.ac.il/gross/browser.php?mode=set&id=32976
- https://blogs.library.columbia.edu/jewishstudiesatcul/2025/02/20/manuscripts-of-the-yemenite-jewish-experience/
- Jewish purple-inked bound mini-books from Iraqi-Kurdistan https://cja.huji.ac.il/browser.php?mode=set&id=53679
Morocco
- "ha-Notein Imri Shefer," 1930, https://cja.huji.ac.il/gross/browser.php?mode=set&id=53682
- "Pizmonim," 1900, https://cja.huji.ac.il/gross/browser.php?mode=set&id=53671
- "Tzahir shel Pesach," 1900, https://cja.huji.ac.il/gross/browser.php?mode=set&id=53694
- "Chochmat ha-Yad," 1889, https://cja.huji.ac.il/gross/browser.php?mode=set&id=56197 (illustrated in blue ink)
- "Chamesh Megillot," Kurdistan, 1880, https://cja.huji.ac.il/gross/browser.php?mode=set&id=53519
- Ketubbah, Tetuan, 1879, https://cja.huji.ac.il/gross/browser.php?mode=set&id=48905
- "Tzahir shel Pesach," 1875, https://cja.huji.ac.il/gross/browser.php?mode=set&id=53714
- Ketubbah, Rabat, 1863, https://cja.huji.ac.il/gross/browser.php?mode=set&id=48911
- "Sefer Hillulah Rabah," Tangier (Tanger), 1859, https://cja.huji.ac.il/gross/browser.php?mode=set&id=53676
- Meknes Ketubbah, 1855, https://cja.huji.ac.il/gross/browser.php?mode=set&id=45774
- Book of Amulets (Pesach), Fez, 1800, https://cja.huji.ac.il/gross/browser.php?mode=set&id=53680
- "Shi'ur Komah," 1789, https://cja.huji.ac.il/gross/browser.php?mode=set&id=53664
- "Chaim ben Yosef Vital, Otzerot Chaim," Marrakech (Marrakesh), 1751/52, https://cja.huji.ac.il/gross/browser.php?mode=set&id=53567
Afghanistan
- Shiviti, 1930s, https://cja.huji.ac.il/browser.php?mode=set&id=48570
- Ketubbah (marraige contract), 1899, https://cja.huji.ac.il/browser.php?mode=set&id=7205
- Ketubbah Herat," 1894, https://cja.huji.ac.il/browser.php?mode=set&id=18879
- Ketubbah, 1891, https://cja.huji.ac.il/browser.php?mode=set&id=18880
- Ketubah, Herat, 1861, https://cja.huji.ac.il/gross/browser.php?mode=set&id=45038
Yemen
- Dream Interpretation, 1919, https://cja.huji.ac.il/gross/browser.php?mode=set&id=53782
- 1850, https://cja.huji.ac.il/gross/browser.php?mode=set&id=53808 (painted, red and black colors)
- "Shimushei Sarim," 1875, https://cja.huji.ac.il/gross/browser.php?mode=set&id=53791
- Ketubbah, 1836, https://cja.huji.ac.il/gross/browser.php?mode=set&id=45773
- "Yitzhak Aboab, Menorat ha-Meor," Yemen, 1826/27, https://cja.huji.ac.il/gross/browser.php?mode=set&id=53736
- "Yamim Noraim," circa 1825 https://cja.huji.ac.il/gross/browser.php?mode=set&id=53781
- "Yitzhak Aboab, Menorat ha-Meor," 1745, https://cja.huji.ac.il/gross/browser.php?mode=set&id=53786 (brown and black colors)
- Ketubah, San'a (Sana'a), 1735, https://cja.huji.ac.il/gross/browser.php?mode=set&id=45772
- Jewish Bible, 1600s, https://mss.huc.edu/portfolio/ms-666/
- "Chamishah Chumshei Torah," circa 1500, https://cja.huji.ac.il/gross/browser.php?mode=set&id=53783 (red, black, and browns)
- "Netanel Ben Yishaya, Midrash Nur Eltzalem," before 1500, https://cja.huji.ac.il/gross/browser.php?mode=set&id=53784
Israel
- "Yit'aleh Ha-Meitiv Ve-ha-Mashpi'ah Ha-Chesed," 1960, https://cja.huji.ac.il/gross/browser.php?mode=set&id=50053
- "Ets Haim, Tree of Jewish Kings and prophets," Herzliya, 1937, https://cja.huji.ac.il/gross/browser.php?mode=set&id=52751
- "Ze'ev Raban Esther," Jerusalem, 1928, https://cja.huji.ac.il/gross/browser.php?mode=set&id=53836
- "Ha-Yoshevet be-Ganim Chaverim Makshivim le-Kolcha Hashmi'eini," 1925, https://cja.huji.ac.il/gross/browser.php?mode=set&id=50052
- Scroll of Ruth, Jerusalem, 1925, https://cja.huji.ac.il/gross/browser.php?mode=set&id=49777
- Ketubbah, Nablus (Shechem), 1917, https://cja.huji.ac.il/gross/browser.php?mode=set&id=48865
- Shiviti, Jerusalem, circa 1910, https://cja.huji.ac.il/gross/browser.php?mode=set&id=48468
- "Sar Shalom ben Yitzhak Mizrachi Didya Shar'abi, Siddur Kavanot Ha-Rashash," Jerusalem, 1907, https://cja.huji.ac.il/gross/browser.php?mode=alone&id=574450
- "Sefer Zikaron," Safed, 1903, https://cja.huji.ac.il/gross/browser.php?mode=set&id=53472 (purple, golds, browns)
- Samaritan Illustration, Nablus (Shechem), circa 1900, https://cja.huji.ac.il/gross/browser.php?mode=set&id=49973
- "Prayer for Rosh Chodesh," Jerusalem, circa 1900, https://cja.huji.ac.il/gross/browser.php?mode=set&id=49807
- "Sar Shalom ben Yitzhak Mizrachi Didya Shar'abi, Siddur ha-Rashash," Jerusalem, circa 1900, https://cja.huji.ac.il/gross/browser.php?mode=set&id=53441
- "Pitom ha-Ketoret," 1900, https://cja.huji.ac.il/gross/browser.php?mode=set&id=53475
- Ketubbah, Jerusalem, 1896, https://cja.huji.ac.il/gross/browser.php?mode=set&id=48914
- New Year (Rosh Hashanah) greetings, Jerusalem, 1888, https://cja.huji.ac.il/gross/browser.php?mode=set&id=52750
- Ketubbah, Jerusalem, 1879, https://cja.huji.ac.il/gross/browser.php?mode=set&id=48870
- 1875, https://cja.huji.ac.il/gross/browser.php?mode=set&id=49758
- "Shiviti," 1875, https://cja.huji.ac.il/gross/browser.php?mode=set&id=49370
- Chanukah Blessings, circa 1875, https://cja.huji.ac.il/gross/browser.php?mode=set&id=50011
- Ketubah, Jerusalem, 1874, https://cja.huji.ac.il/gross/browser.php?mode=set&id=45035
- "Piyuttim," 1850, https://cja.huji.ac.il/gross/browser.php?mode=set&id=53427
- "Eretz Israel," 1800, https://cja.huji.ac.il/gross/browser.php?mode=set&id=53445
- "Avraham ben Baruch Mizrachi, Zikaron le-Benei Yisrael," Gaza, 1700, https://cja.huji.ac.il/gross/browser.php?mode=set&id=53692
- 12th or 13th century, https://mss.huc.edu/portfolio/ms-8/
- Samaritan Bible, 1232, https://www.nypl.org/events/exhibitions/galleries/beauty-and-history-collections-oldest-manuscripts/item/16396
Turkey
- Seder Tefilot Yesarot u-Barot, Istanbul (Constantinople), 1734, https://cja.huji.ac.il/gross/browser.php?mode=set&id=53727
Greece
- Yehudah ben Amram Diwan, Thessaloniki (Salonika), 1825, https://cja.huji.ac.il/gross/browser.php?mode=set&id=53715
- Ha-Sefer shel Pizmonim, Rhodes, 1872, https://cja.huji.ac.il/gross/browser.php?mode=set&id=53716 (blue and black ink)
- Ketubbah, Corfu, 1830, https://cja.huji.ac.il/gross/browser.php?mode=set&id=48906
France
- Ketubbah, Bordeaux, 1748, https://cja.huji.ac.il/gross/browser.php?mode=set&id=48901
- Mahzor (Prayer Book for the Holy Days), copied by Hayyim ben Isaac, 13th/14th centuries, https://braginskycollection.com/manuscripts-and-printed-books/
Italy
- "Piyutim le-Simchat Torah," 1825, https://cja.huji.ac.il/gross/browser.php?mode=set&id=53510
- Ketubbah, Pomponesco, 1820, https://cja.huji.ac.il/gross/browser.php?mode=set&id=50638
- "Tefilot Neged Magefah," 1800, https://cja.huji.ac.il/gross/browser.php?mode=set&id=53659
- "Zeh ha-Sefer shel Shnei Ketubot shel Shavuot," Ancona, 1800, https://cja.huji.ac.il/gross/browser.php?mode=set&id=53516
- Micrography, Italy, circa 1800, https://cja.huji.ac.il/gross/browser.php?mode=set&id=49753
- "Shiviti," circa 1775, https://cja.huji.ac.il/gross/browser.php?mode=set&id=49246
- 1761, https://mss.huc.edu/portfolio/esther-scroll-vi-7/
- "Invitation for Chatan Torah," Pesaro, 1723, https://cja.huji.ac.il/gross/browser.php?mode=set&id=50049
- Get (divorce contract), Mantua, 1699, https://cja.huji.ac.il/gross/browser.php?mode=set&id=45740
- Ketubbah, Senigallia, circa 1675, https://cja.huji.ac.il/gross/browser.php?mode=set&id=48900
- Ketubbah (Marriage contract), Rome, 1638, https://cja.huji.ac.il/gross/browser.php?mode=set&id=48994
- GFC Moshe ben Avraham Pescarolo Esther Scroll, Ferrara, 1610s, https://cja.huji.ac.il/gross/browser.php?mode=set&id=35193
- Esther Scroll, Rome, 1570-1572, https://mss.huc.edu/portfolio/esther-scroll-ix-6/
- Minhag Roma (The Roman Rite), circa 1500, https://braginskycollection.com/manuscripts-and-printed-books/
- Jewish Bible, Rome, 1401, https://mss.huc.edu/portfolio/ms-acc-167/
India
- "Likutei Dinim," 1940, https://cja.huji.ac.il/gross/browser.php?mode=set&id=53493 (red and black lettering)
- Ketubah, Kolkata (Calcutta), 1924, https://cja.huji.ac.il/gross/browser.php?mode=set&id=45795
- Ketubah, 1910, https://cja.huji.ac.il/gross/browser.php?mode=set&id=45820
- Ketubbah, Calcutta, 1866, https://www.nypl.org/events/exhibitions/galleries/jewish-traditions-around-world
- "Zevach Todah," Cochin, 1799, https://cja.huji.ac.il/gross/browser.php?mode=alone&id=576824 (brown, black, yellow, blue, and green colors)
- Ketubah, Kochi (Cochin), 1790, https://cja.huji.ac.il/gross/browser.php?mode=set&id=45778
Lithuania
- Ketubbah, Trakai (Troki), 1762, https://cja.huji.ac.il/gross/browser.php?mode=set&id=48903
Egypt
- Micrography with Kaddish prayer, circa 1900, https://cja.huji.ac.il/gross/browser.php?mode=set&id=49771
- "Aharon ben Raphael Tawil, Zevah ha-Shlemim," 1700 https://cja.huji.ac.il/gross/browser.php?mode=set&id=53616
Lebanon
- Ketubah, Beirut, 1877, https://cja.huji.ac.il/gross/browser.php?mode=set&id=45801
The Netherlands
- "Talmud Torah Libro," Amsterdam, 1744, https://cja.huji.ac.il/gross/browser.php?mode=set&id=53488
Hungary
- Pinkas (communal records), Budapest, 1807, https://cja.huji.ac.il/gross/browser.php?mode=set&id=53491
- Shiviti, Budapest, 1795, https://cja.huji.ac.il/gross/browser.php?mode=set&id=49811
Ukraine
- "Shavuot ketubbah," Galicia, 1914, https://cja.huji.ac.il/gross/browser.php?mode=set&id=45457
- "Zeh ha-Pinkas Shayach le-Chavurah di'Ner Tamid," 1830, https://cja.huji.ac.il/gross/browser.php?mode=set&id=53414
- 1800, https://cja.huji.ac.il/gross/browser.php?mode=set&id=53416
- Ketubah, Kirkeir, 1796, https://cja.huji.ac.il/gross/browser.php?mode=set&id=45791
- "Rabbi Yitzhak ben Shlomo Luria, Siddur for the Whole Year by way of the Kabbalah of Ha'ari," circa 1750, https://cja.huji.ac.il/gross/browser.php?mode=set&id=53417
- Kabbalistic manuscript, circa 1750, https://cja.huji.ac.il/gross/browser.php?mode=set&id=53439
Romania
- "Zeh ha-Sha'ar, Iași (Jassy)," 1875, https://cja.huji.ac.il/gross/browser.php?mode=set&id=53374
Algeria
- "Book of Amulets," Oran, circa 1900, https://cja.huji.ac.il/gross/browser.php?mode=set&id=53353
- "Hakavanot by Yitzhak Abulchir," Tlemcen, 1744, https://cja.huji.ac.il/gross/browser.php?mode=set&id=53351
- "Piyyutim by Natanel Crescas," Algeria, circa 1625, https://cja.huji.ac.il/gross/browser.php?mode=set&id=53350
Uzbekistan
- "Shiviti," 1883, https://cja.huji.ac.il/gross/browser.php?mode=set&id=49449
Syria
- Jewish Bible, 1616, https://mss.huc.edu/portfolio/ms_659/
Russia
- Jewish Bible, 1860, https://mss.huc.edu/portfolio/ms-751/
Jordan
- Inscribed gold amulets, 4-7th centuries, https://www.nypl.org/events/exhibitions/galleries/beauty-and-history-collections-oldest-manuscripts/item/14274
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