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Image for Text Messages: The Met Cloisters' Hebrew Bible, and the *Prato Haggadah*
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Text Messages: The Met Cloisters' Hebrew Bible, and the Prato Haggadah

March 29, 2018

By Barbara Drake Boehm and Melanie Holcomb

Curators Barbara Boehm and Melanie Holcomb tell the histories of two Judaic manuscripts now on view at The Met Cloisters, in time for Passover.
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Power Paper: the Amate Manuscripts of Alfonso García Tellez

April 17, 2019

By Robyn Fleming

Associate Museum Librarian for Interlibrary Services and Digital Initiatives Robyn Fleming discusses some of the rare handmade bark paper (amate) books by Mexican artist Alfonso García Tellez.
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Books on Armenian Art in Watson Library

April 20, 2016

By Annalise Welte

Senior Library Associate Annalise Welte discusses some of the books in Watson Library that look at the rich cultural heritage of Armenia.
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Bittersweet: Celebrating the Cuisine and Culture of Passover

April 7, 2017

By Barbara Drake Boehm and Melanie Holcomb

Curators Barbara Boehm and Melanie Holcomb put a spotlight on the signature foods of Passover, as depicted in four rare Hebrew manuscripts on loan from The Jewish Theological Seminary of New York.
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Scenes of the Season

January 2, 2015

By Christina Alphonso

Administrator Christina Alphonso shares six folios from the Belles Heures of Jean de France, duc de Berry, that relate to the holiday season.
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On Birds and Beauty

August 10, 2016

By Alexandra Gimbel

College Intern Alexandra Gimbel takes a close look at a 15th-century manuscript depicting a scene from the famous Persian poem The Concourse of Birds.
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The Washington Haggadah: Of Mice and Men

June 7, 2011

By Barbara Drake Boehm and Melanie Holcomb

As our presentation of the Washington Haggadah enters its final month, we turn not to the end of the book but to the first page of the manuscript. In both word and image, this page proclaims the privilege of preparing for Passover.
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The Haggadah of Five Questions

April 21, 2016

By Barbara Drake Boehm and Melanie Holcomb

In celebration of Passover, Barbara Drake Boehm, Paul and Jill Ruddock Senior Curator for The Met Cloisters, and Curator Melanie Holcomb highlight one of the finest Haggadot from 14th-century Spain, the Prato Haggadah.
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Discovering the World of Armenia! An Intern's Perspective

December 27, 2018

By Earnestine Qiu

A graduate intern travels to Turkey to do research for the exhibition and discovers the multivalent nature of the exhibition objects.
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A Haggadah for Sukkot

October 14, 2016

By Elizabeth Eisenberg

In honor of Sukkot, Research Associate Elizabeth Eisenberg details one of the completed pages of the Prato Haggadah.