Hebrew Manuscript Gallery
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LJS 204 - [Shesh kenafayim]Written in Italy in 1509, this manuscript is an introduction and compilat
LJS 477 - [Florilegium]This manuscript is a collection of sermons, probably compiled from multiple s
Building of the Temple of Jerusalem, Jean Fouquet, ca. 1470
Samson and the Foxes. Miniature from a 13th century Octateuch, illustrating Judges 15:4-5: “S
Miriam’s dance (Exodus 15:20). Illustration from the Bulgarian “Tomic Psalter”, artist unknown; ca.
bodleianlibs:The Rawlinson necromantic manuscript, 15th centuryThis collection of texts on magic and
Playful figures and creatures spring to life among the foliate borders of this beautiful manuscript
The future King David, still a shepherd, slays a lion to protect his flock; a dead bear and unicorn
LJS 470 Medical and magical compendiumThis manuscript is a collection of medical recipes, folk remed
darkhei-noam:I’m relieved to see that even though I’m not ready to scribe a megillah just yet, I’m a
The foliate borders of LJS 41 – a 15C Italian production of the Book of Esther in Hebrew &ndas
Hebrew translations of Avicenna, Sefer ha-kanon (Canon of Medicine) by Nathan ben Eliezer ha- Me’ati
discardingimages:calligraphic dragonTorah, Germany ca. 1250-1299BL, Add 21160, fol. 19r
The whale (or, more properly, great fish) regurgitates Jonah. Miniature from the Bible of Pope John
David Anointed by Samuel and The Battle of David and Goliath (folio 7 verso from the Breviary of Phi
Illumination from a medieval Haggadah (text for the Passover Seder), surrounding the first words of
LJS 42 Bet Elohim, written in Thessalonikē (Salonika), Greece in 1551This manuscript is a commentar
Scenes from the Book of Genesis: above, an angel expels Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden; below,
What are these things? I really don’t know. I was doing my annual tidy-up-the-computer, poking
Bamberg Apocalypse (early 11th century) f.19v Manuscript created @ Reichenau island, Germany. (Revel
The healing of the man Sick of the Palsy. 11th century miniature in the Gospel. Lurentian Library, F
TWO KNIGHTS BATTLING, Between 1473 and c. 1480
Kol nidre, initial word: כל (“All”) opening the Eve of Yom Kippur prayers from David bar
Samaritan Pentateuch1339Source
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