The passover seder among portuguese jews. Inscription: 1. A dish containing a shoulder bone of lamb, and a hard egg 2. A dish of bitter herbs 3. A dish consisting of figs, apples, almonds, mace, &c. Hashed & boiled all together representing ye manner of their making bricks in egypt 4. Sauce for ye bitter herbs 5. Half a levitical [levite] cake which ye master of each family breaks & distributes among ye guests nb. On this occasion all ye jewish servants are included 6. A napkin, which covered ye cake 7. A basket containing ye matsot or paschal bread. Copper engraving, ink on paper, leaf: h. 17. 4 - w. 23. 2 cm/ engraving: h. 15 - w. 20. 7 cm. Plate vi (bottom) from vol i 'ceremonies of jews and catholic christians' from the 11-volume work "the ceremonies and religious customs of the world," amsterdam: jf [jean-frédéric] bernard, 1723-1743. Translated in 7 volumes, london: william jackson for claude du bosc, 1733-1739. Object Type: copper engraving print. Genre: genre art. Date: 1725. Medium: paper and ink. Picart Passover Portuguese Jews
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