AFW8190

Title

Subject

Description

Rabbi Abravenel's commentary on the Hebrew Haggadah was written in Italy. Venetian law did not permit Jews to own or operate printing presses so this second edition was printed by a Christian printer. The final leaf, dated 1617, has the signatures of two censors, Clemente Renatto and Giovanni Domenico Carretto. In Psalm 115's commentary, the censors' ink deletions have corroded the paper, creating a large loss.

Creator

Abravanel, Isaac, 1437–1508.

Source

AFW8190. Isaac Abravanel (1437–1508). Sefer Zebach Pesach. Venice: Marco Antonio Giustiniani, 1545.

Relation

Expurgations

Format

Displayed as .jpg

Language

Hebrew

Type

Censored religious commentary

Collection

"Heresy and Error": The Ecclesiastical Censorship of Books, 1400–1800

Citation

Abravanel, Isaac, 1437–1508., “AFW8190,” Bridwell Library Special Collections Exhibitions, accessed January 14, 2026, https://bridwell.omeka.net/items/show/1902.