User:Flinders Petrie/Joel Ben Simeon

Joel ben Simeon (&lrm;, c. 1420 – 1495), called Feibush Ashkenazi (&lrm;) was a Jewish scribe and illuminator, who worked primarily in Northern Italy and Germany during the Renaissance. He is best noted for his creation and illumination of the Washington Haggadah.

Early life
Joel was born in Cologne around 1420. After the expulsion of Jews from the city in 1424, his family moved to Bonn which expelled its Jews only 20 years later.