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United in geometric design: Qur’ān & Hebrew Scriptures
#SaturdayThoughts
BL Or 12523C; Volume 39 of a Qur’ān, copied probably in Granada, Spain; 13th century ; f.37r @BLAsia_Africa
Bodleian Library, MS. Kennicott 1; Kennicott Bible; 1476CE;
La Coruña, Spain; f.122r @BDLSS

Joseph Ibn Hayyim marks the beginning of the Torah portion Re'eh (רְאֵה) with this open mouthed creature with blue horns & golden wings.
#ParashahPictures
MS Kennicott 1; 'The Kennicott Bible'; 1476 CE; La Coruña, Spain; f.106r @BDLSS

Joseph Ibn Hayyim marks the beginning of the Torah portion Eikev (עֵקֶב) with a thoughtful looking bird standing on one leg.
#ParashahPictures
Bodleian Library MS Kennicott 1; 'The Kennicott Bible'; 1476 CE; La Coruña, Spain; f.103v @BDLSS

It does feel a little warm today! 🥵

BnF MS Latin 14410; Apocalypsis cum figuris; 1275-1300; Abbaye de Saint-Victor de Paris; ff.18-19 @GallicaBnF

Awaiting the diagnosis: surrounded by water, air, and fire!

BL Yates Thompson MS 19; Brunetto Latini, Li Livres dou Trésor; 1st quarter of the 14th century; Picardy, France; f.28r @BLMedieval

The faces and names of the Pleiades, the Seven Sisters who lived in the heavens as stars.

BL Harley 647; Marcus Tullius Cicero, Aratea, with extracts from Hyginus's Astronomica in the constellation figures; 9th century; France, N.; f.4v @BLMedieval

Eadwine, the chief of scribes, sitting at his desk with pen & knife in hand; & the waterworks drawings.

Cambridge Trinity College, R.17.1; Tripartitum Psalterium Eadwini (The Eadwine Psalter); 12th century; (cir. 1150); Christ Church, Canterbury; ff.283v-285r @TrinCollLibCam

Joseph Ibn Hayyim marks the beginning of the Torah portion Chukat (חֻקַּת), which tells of the rite of the red heifer, with this beautiful creature.
#ParashahPictures
MS Kennicott 1; 'The Kennicott Bible'; 1476 CE; La Coruña, Spain; f.88v @BDLSS

@BLMedieval @britishlibrary My favourite pages are the ones depicting the Red Knight, Philosophy, Pegasus, and the Seven Liberal Arts.
#ManuscriptOfTheDay
BL Royal MS 6 E IX; Convenevole da Prato, Carmina regia; c1335; Italy, Tuscany; ff.24r, 27r, 28v, 29r @BLMedieval

Wonderful depiction of the evangelical symbols
Thanks to @InterlaceKnots for flagging up this ms!

St. Gallen, Stiftsarchiv (Abtei Pfäfers), Cod. Fab. 1; Evangelistary ("Liber viventium"); first quarter of the 9th century; Churrätien
(https://t.co/OE8gG7DwzX); ff.4,52, 94, 144