• f. 4v: full-page miniature, upper right: Loth and his daughters escaping from Sodom, upper left: the Sacrifice of Isaac, lower right: Jacob and Esau, lower left: Jacob's ladder; f. 5: full-page miniature, upper right: Jacob wrestling with an angel, upper left: Joseph's dream, lower right: Joseph relating his dream to his father and brothers, lower left: Joseph meeting an angel on the way to his brothers. Joseph's encounter with an angel is based on a midrashic explanation of Gen. 37:15, 'And a certain man found him' (Genesis Rabbah 84:14)., Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah'')

~The Censorship of Hebrew Books~ (New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1969), p. 104, and appendix § 112-117. Rabbi Joav Gallico of Asti, duchy of Savoy: gave the manuscript as a wedding present to his 'learned son-in-law Eliah', son of Menahem

• Full-page miniature, upper right: the increased labour of the Israelites, upper left: building of the two cities, lower right: Aaron's rod turning to a snake and swallowing the magicians's rod (Ex. 7:12), lower left: the first plague: blood., Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah'')

~The Censorship of Hebrew Books~ (New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1969), p. 104, and appendix § 112-117. Rabbi Joav Gallico of Asti, duchy of Savoy: gave the manuscript as a wedding present to his 'learned son-in-law Eliah', son of Menahem

• Full-page miniature, upper right: the sixth plague: boils, upper left: the seventh plague: hail, Moses begging God to stop the plague of hail (Ex. 9:33), lower right: the eighth plague: locusts, lower left: the ninth plague: darkness, the Israelites despoiling the Egyptians (Ex. 12:35-36). According to the Exodus Rabbah, the Israelites despoiled the Egyptians under the cover of the darkness of the ninth plague (Ex. Rabbah 1:12)., Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah'')

~The Censorship of Hebrew Books~ (New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1969), p. 104, and appendix § 112-117. Rabbi Joav Gallico of Asti, duchy of Savoy: gave the manuscript as a wedding present to his 'learned son-in-law Eliah', son of Menahem

• Full-page miniature, upper right: Moses' sister, Miriam seated on a hilltop watching the baby Moses, Pharaoh's daughter finding Moses (Ex. 2:4-6), upper left: Pharaoh's daughter presenting Moses to Pharaoh, lower right: an Egyptian smiting an Israelite, Moses slaughtering the Egyptian (Ex. 2:11-12), lower left: Moses saving the daughters of Midian (Ex. 2:17)., Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah'')

~The Censorship of Hebrew Books~ (New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1969), p. 104, and appendix § 112-117. Rabbi Joav Gallico of Asti, duchy of Savoy: gave the manuscript as a wedding present to his 'learned son-in-law Eliah', son of Menahem

• Full-page miniature, upper right: the tenth plague: the death of the first-born, the death of Pharaoh's first-born, the funeral of the first-born of the Israelites (or the Israelites taking Joseph's bier out of Egypt? (Ex. 13:19), upper left: the Israelites coming out of Egypt, lower right: the Egyptians pursuing the Israelites, lower left: the Israelites crossing the Red Sea., Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah'')

plague: the death of the first-born, the death of Pharaoh's first-born, the funeral of the first-born of the Israelites (or the Israelites taking Joseph's bier out of Egypt? (Ex. 13:19), upper left: the Israelites coming out of Egypt, lower right:

• The drunken Noah sleeping naked on the ground, his sons, while his sons, Japhet and Shem, are covering him with a robe (Gen. 9:23), detail of a miniature depicting scenes from Genesis., Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah'')

~The Censorship of Hebrew Books~ (New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1969), p. 104, and appendix § 112-117. Rabbi Joav Gallico of Asti, duchy of Savoy: gave the manuscript as a wedding present to his 'learned son-in-law Eliah', son of Menahem

• The hospitality of Abraham: Abraham hosting the three angels, with Sarah peeping out of the house, detail of a miniature depicting scenes from Genesis., Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah'')

The hospitality of Abraham: Abraham hosting the three angels, with Sarah peeping out of the house, detail of a miniature depicting scenes from Genesis. The codex is called Golden Haggadah because of the diapered gold-leaf background of its miniatures. Ruling

• Nimrod ordering his servants to cast Abraham into the fiery furnace, while Abraham is saved by two angels, detail of a miniature depicting scenes from Genesis., Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah'')

~The Censorship of Hebrew Books~ (New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1969), p. 104, and appendix § 112-117. Rabbi Joav Gallico of Asti, duchy of Savoy: gave the manuscript as a wedding present to his 'learned son-in-law Eliah', son of Menahem

• Joseph's dream, detail of a miniature depicting scenes from Genesis., Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah'')

~The Censorship of Hebrew Books~ (New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1969), p. 104, and appendix § 112-117. Rabbi Joav Gallico of Asti, duchy of Savoy: gave the manuscript as a wedding present to his 'learned son-in-law Eliah', son of Menahem

• Jacob wrestling with an angel, detail of a miniature depicting scenes from Genesis., Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah'')

~The Censorship of Hebrew Books~ (New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1969), p. 104, and appendix § 112-117. Rabbi Joav Gallico of Asti, duchy of Savoy: gave the manuscript as a wedding present to his 'learned son-in-law Eliah', son of Menahem

• Joseph meeting an angel on the way to his brothers, detail of a miniature depicting scenes from Genesis. Joseph's encounter with an angel is based on a midrashic explanation of Gen. 37:15, 'And a certain man found him' (Genesis Rabbah 84:14)., Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah'')

~The Censorship of Hebrew Books~ (New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1969), p. 104, and appendix § 112-117. Rabbi Joav Gallico of Asti, duchy of Savoy: gave the manuscript as a wedding present to his 'learned son-in-law Eliah', son of Menahem

• Joseph relating his dream to his father and brothers, detail of a miniature depicting scenes from Genesis., Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah'')

~The Censorship of Hebrew Books~ (New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1969), p. 104, and appendix § 112-117. Rabbi Joav Gallico of Asti, duchy of Savoy: gave the manuscript as a wedding present to his 'learned son-in-law Eliah', son of Menahem

• Sacrifice of Isaac, detail of a miniature depicting scenes from Genesis., Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah'')

~The Censorship of Hebrew Books~ (New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1969), p. 104, and appendix § 112-117. Rabbi Joav Gallico of Asti, duchy of Savoy: gave the manuscript as a wedding present to his 'learned son-in-law Eliah', son of Menahem

• Loth and his daughters escaping from Sodom, detail of a miniature depicting scenes from Genesis., Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah'')

~The Censorship of Hebrew Books~ (New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1969), p. 104, and appendix § 112-117. Rabbi Joav Gallico of Asti, duchy of Savoy: gave the manuscript as a wedding present to his 'learned son-in-law Eliah', son of Menahem

• Jacob's ladder, detail of a miniature depicting scenes from Genesis., Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah'')

~The Censorship of Hebrew Books~ (New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1969), p. 104, and appendix § 112-117. Rabbi Joav Gallico of Asti, duchy of Savoy: gave the manuscript as a wedding present to his 'learned son-in-law Eliah', son of Menahem

• Jacob and Esau, detail of a miniature depicting scenes from Genesis., Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah'')

~The Censorship of Hebrew Books~ (New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1969), p. 104, and appendix § 112-117. Rabbi Joav Gallico of Asti, duchy of Savoy: gave the manuscript as a wedding present to his 'learned son-in-law Eliah', son of Menahem

• Detail of a miniature of the third plague, of lice., Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah'')

Detail of a miniature of the third plague, of lice. The codex is called Golden Haggadah because of the diapered gold-leaf background of its miniatures. Ruling is visible. Hair side and flesh side are distinguishable.Erased text (e. g., ff. 81,

• Detail of a miniature of the second plague, of frogs., Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah'')

Detail of a miniature of the second plague, of frogs. The codex is called Golden Haggadah because of the diapered gold-leaf background of its miniatures. Ruling is visible. Hair side and flesh side are distinguishable.Erased text (e. g., ff. 81,

• Detail of a miniature of the fifth plague, of murrain., Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah'')

Detail of a miniature of the fifth plague, of murrain. The codex is called Golden Haggadah because of the diapered gold-leaf background of its miniatures. Ruling is visible. Hair side and flesh side are distinguishable.Erased text (e. g., ff. 81,

• Detail of a miniature of the fourth plague, of wild beasts (~arov~). The meaning of the Hebrew word, ~arov~, by which the fourth plague is described (E. 8:21) is not clear. In Christian iconography following the translation of the Vulgate, which translates ~arov~ as ~omne genus muscarum~, that is, 'all kinds of flies', the fourth plague is depicted as flies. Jewish iconography follows the rabbinical explanation of ~arov~ depicting it as various kinds of wild animals (see e.g. the Rashi's commentary on Exodus 8:21)., Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah'')

Detail of a miniature of the fourth plague, of wild beasts (~arov~). The meaning of the Hebrew word, ~arov~, by which the fourth plague is described (E. 8:21) is not clear. In Christian iconography following the translation of the Vulgate,