Manuscript

Birds' Head Haggadah

Medieval Ashkenazi illuminated manuscript in which human figures appear with birds' heads; a landmark of Jewish manuscript art.

Likely from southern Germany, around the fourteenth century; today associated with the Israel Museum.

Type

Manuscript

Date

c. 14th century

Creator

Menahem (scribe)

Institution

Wikimedia Commons

Licence

Public domain

Source

wikimedia-commons: Scribe- Menahem - The Birds' Head Haggadah - Google Art Project.jpg ↗

Attribution

Menahem (scribe), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AScribe-_Menahem_-_The_Birds'_Head_Haggadah_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg

Public domain

Yes

Retrieved

2026-10-16